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I have re built the outer studded walls of my bathroom and insulated them. I had to remove a portion of new plasterboard to fit the new electrics and found a couple of areas of the foil backing was wet on the outer wall but the inner was dry. Any ideas or suggestions?? I used new loft...

Water has been dripping behind my fibreglass flat roof. I removed the plasterboards and could see the water dripping in. I removed the lead flashing to the first dry joist which is approx 50 inches from the end of the roof and found roofing felt. I asked around and found that it was...

Hi All Long time since I was here last and now need some advice. I am moving house soon and on inspection, it will need a new consumer unit and some new wiring. The heating will be provided by 5 Storage Heaters along with the Cooker, Shower, Lighting etc. What type of Unit would be best...

I have a Worcester Heatslave 15/19 combi boiler. Through the forum with a lot of help, the faulty motor was diagnosed. I would like to know how easy it is or hard to fit the new motor. Anything i need to look out for etc. Steve

Are there any bearings in a boiler. Mine was quiet for a while and now get a high noise coming from the burner like dry bearings. My boiler is a Worcester Heatslave combi boiler. Any ideas??

I have a Heatslave 15/19 boiler. There is a whinning noise that has appeared when it turns on from the burner area. I was hoping there would be some sort of grease nipple or something similar to lubricate the bearings etc. Heating still works!!! but for how long?? If anyone can put some...

Hi I have my bath up to the wall and want to know if I need to leave a 3-5mm gap from the top of the bath to the first row of tiles or just sit the tiles to the edge of the bath? Steve

Hi I have a Worcester Heatslave 15/19 oil boiler. It is a sealed system. I have had to replace a leaking valve and had to drain the system. I need to know how to refill the boiler. I downloaded a manual but it just shows two examples without any info. Desperate to get it working...

Hi All I have an extractor fan connected to the lights in the bathroom. So that they don't have to come on everytime you switch the lights on, can it be wired to the shower switch so you use it only when you have a shower? Steve

Hi All I have installed my solid fuel stove and boiler. Had my pie work checked and all in order. I installed the ususal thermostats etc. Everything is working fine apart from a banging noise in the pies as the pump kicks into gear. Is this just pie thump or is it the cold water meeting...

Hi All I have just installed my Solid fuel stove. I have plumbed the pipework so that we get hot water but after looking at some diagrams, I am puzzled about the connection for the radiators. It seems to be showing the connection straight to the boiler on my stove but if you did that, the...

Hi All I have a Baxi Bermuda Boiler. I am removing it soon and installing a fire with boiler. The new boiler will have only 2 connections where as the Baxi has 3. Can anyone tell me why there are 3? 2 come from the water cylinder and connected to the pump, and the other goes off somewhere...

Hi All Got a good supply of peat and logs so have decided to have a multi fuel stove instead of the lpg. The existing pipe work is great to access but is it possible to fit flexible piping to join the copper pipes from the stove boiler to the existing old boiler pipes? The gas boiler...

Hi All We are going to remove a gas cooker and replace with electric. The fusebox is quite full. Can I add a new consumer unit to go alonside the existing one or should I replace the old one with a larger unit. I'm not sure about this and don't want to be ripped off. Any help will be...

Hi All, I am going to plaster my pond with a mortar mix adding a waterproofer. It tells me to add 250ml to 25kg cement. Trouble is, I am mixing by hand so would appreciate any help. Ratios for sand and cement etc. I suppose I will have a lot of calculating to do. Steve

Can you do just that???? I want to use my spraygun instead of brushes. Steve

Hi All This is similar to the topic about weathersheild. I too have a pebbledashed house. This can be a nightmare as I re-rendered my chimney. I painted it with Homebase white. Is it possible to water these paints down as it is so thick and hard to work with around pebbledash. Can you...

Hi All Checking my flat roof has shown some patches that are starting to peel back and crack. This is only the top surface. Apart from that, it seems very sound. I want to tidy up the whole roof so what should I use??? Bitumen or special fibreglass resin coat etc. Any help...

Hi All I am about to remove the old LPG cooker and want to install my new Electric cooker. I had a look at the fusebox and found there are three 45 amp fuses in place. One is for the Water Heater and the others are Ring Main. How do I wire up the cooker?? To the Ring Main?? or do I need...

Happy New Year to All I have got a lot of rendering to do. I purchased some PVA bonding agent and want to know if I mix it with my concrete mix or do i just paste it into the crack ready to accept the concrete. Any info greatly received Steve