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Hi. Would anyone be able to assist me please. We are struggling to get the heating to the rads downstairs. They are warm but barely and some cold. When we had a plumber over a couple of years back he adjusted 1 or both of the red turn valves as pictured. Is anyone able to tell me which one is...

Hi there. understandably the weather has been bloody awful the last few days but am quite worried about water ingress we have on one of our chimney walls. We are currently renovating one of the upstairs rooms and typically have literally just finished painting ready for a new cast iron...

Hi there. just a quick bit of advice needed please. Our house is around 1930s and are getting each room plastered one by one. The other rooms have been fairly well covered in plaint but also had been wallpapered. This room we are currently doing has just had thick old paint on the walls at...

Can anyone recommend a decent clear fence treatment for my new Pickett fence. I like the rustic feel of the natural wood and just want something to protect it without changing the colour too much. Don’t mind if it changes slightly. Also don’t want to spend the earth as I am aware that some...

In our house we moved into a couple of years ago we have a 13amp fcu off a ring supplying power to the shed. The shed is around 15 metres away and it's currently on a 2.5 swa with a small consumer unit in the shed. The shed is barely used and has a few lights and one socket. The socket only...

Would it be ok to connect 2 1/2 flexible hoses with a Hexagonal nipple like in the picture. Thanks.

We are getting a grey loud humming and vibrating noise when we turn hot water taps in in the house. From looking at the Cold water tank in the loft it seems to do this when the cold water tank is refilling. It's the cold water feed all around the house which vibrates. Only started when the...

We had a lovely porcalain peteo laid in the summer with dark anthercite slabs. Unfortunately 2 laid were chipped so I got the guy back and he fitted 2 more which I went and collected. After being laid it was evident that the 2 replacements are much lighter and stand out like a sore thumb. We...

I am just finishing a room in which everything has been stripped back to nothing. The VERY old single panel radiator has gone and i'm wanting to know what size to get for the replacement. The old one was very large, I believe 600x1800, without going and measuring. The room has a large bay...

Need a quick bit of help if possible. I'm lookimg at fitting a couple of new fused switches to the immersion heater feed. Currently I have the switch on picture 1 next to the consumer unit which is fed from an MCB. Then the line goes upstairs to the airing cupboard with the switch in picture...

What's people's recommendation for a nice white emulsion for walls and ceiling. Just want a decent product which doesn't cost the earth but will cover well and not look too shiny. Most people say to go with a trace paint. Thanks.

Hi there. I have an old Purple Dudley Turbo 44 Syphon in my toilet, I know these are obsolete and have been replaced with the orange Turbo 44 Syphon. Am I able to fit either a Turbo 44 or Turbo 88 syphon to my existing down pipe in the cistern. My old Purple 44 Syphon has the yellow plug to...

So, I decided to take down the ridiculous amount of strip lights on the ceiling of my utility ready to decorate, unfortunately I've now made it so both light switches have no effect. I have 5 wires coming from the ceiling but am struggling to get it back running. Cable 1 (live,neutral, earth) -...

Currently have a Grundfos UPS 15 50 130 and I think it's on the way out. I have a large 6 bedroom detached house on a Y Plan system with 19 rads. Is the current pump underpowered and what do you suggest as a replacement. I want to yet something with a bit of power as the system is pretty big...

Since drain and refill of our gravity fed system I cannot get heat to alot of the downstairs rads. One downstairs rad is boiling but turning that off doesn't have any positive effect. Most of the upstairs get nice and warm but if I turn off all of the upstairs rads then the boiler simply turns...

Hi folks. I'm soon to have 19 TRVs fitted on my system. Alot of the radiators will be replaced as we decorate rooms but I need to get TRVs and lock shields fitted as most are knackered and around 20 years old. Which TRV do people recommend. I don't want cheap crap and something which will...

Hi, We are currently decorating a room in our 1930's house. We have removed an old fire from the wall and have been left with the hole in the picture below. Whats the best procedure to go about bricking it up as of course this goes into the chimney breast. We no longer require a fire in this...

Hi. I'm having some issues with removing rediators for decorating. I cannot seem to isolate the value where the TRV was. The value itself doesn't seem to isolate it and taking it off and turning it doesn't either. All I get is water gushing out when I open the radiator nut. I've attached some...

Could anyone point me in the right dkrecrion for a cheap ish replacement to this diverter Valve please. Thank you. Mike

Firstly I know that sockets should no longer be fitted into skirting boards etc but I wondered if anyone is able to tell me what the brackets are at the back of my plug sockets. Also if these can still be purchased as I Need to replace one until we work on one room. I've never seen this kind of...