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Hi all. My roof is quite a low pitch which means that the loft insulation butts up against the sarking (the damned stuff is non breathable bitumen) and it's a struggle to cover the edges of the ceiling below without blocking the eaves with insulation. So I was considering fitting some loft vent...

My Glow-worm 24hxi (conventional boiler) has its flow temp set at 70 yet I often find it showing a flow temp of 55 with the burner modulated down to one or two bars. In my simple mind, I'd have expected it to be aiming to hit the 70 by modulating up. What am I missing here? Many thanks.

I'm after some opinions please. I'd like to clad over the ugly rough render on our house (it's been patched in many areas where building alterations have taken place and it just looks so ugly). Now, I realise many people will hate the idea of cladding anyway but if I'm to go down this route...

Hi folks. I'm a complete dumbass when it comes to the subject of smart TRVs etc and would like some advice please. Our current setup is a large'ish house with a single storey annex on the side. So quite a wide footprint. It's currently a single zone Y plan and for obvious reasons, I want to...

So my 1940s house is largely rendered with a textured finish. The house has had many alterations, extensions etc over the years and the render is patched where alterations have been made. And now some of the render is beginning to show hairline cracks so I'm going to have to do something about...

For a standard boiler providing heat for an unpressurised 2 pipe radiator system and for an unvented indirect hot water cylinder : if you need 18kw for the heating and 3 kW for the hot water, how on earth is the boiler supposed to deal with such a massive difference in required heat output? In...

Hi folks. I have all the table lamps etc in our living room switched on/off from a single wall switch. There is a dedicated circuit run around the room for this. I now want to add another table lamp but in a position where the dedicated lighting circuit isn't available so the new lamp will plug...

I currently drive a family SUV and love the elevated driving position, lazy driving, interior space, comfort etc. But its becoming increasingly rare that the kids (18 and 16) come out with us. Maybe 2 or 3 "long" distance trips per year. And we have a small people carrier thing (Mercedes B...

Hi all. Hoping there is a solution out there for me. We currently have 2 way lighting in our lobby and I need to convert it to 3 way. Access to existing cable runs is extremely difficult without significant damage to floors and ceilings so I'd rather not do that. I do have good access to the...

We've never had anything other than carpet but now wanting to be a part of the 21st century. This is for our lobby, hall and cloakroom. I cannot justify hardwood floors so it's laminate or vinyl for us. Laminate seems so hard and cold and I'm wondering if LVT will give a more cushioned, warmer...

Help! I really cannot fathom what's going on with my ceiling. It's a mixture of old plaster, a bit of new plaster and some filler. I sanded any glaze off and mist coated with a 10% dilution and it immediately started bubbling in a few places. Once dried, it started crazing/flaking in isolated...

I have the floorboards up and have noticed one length of CH pipe that is thick with green crust along it's entire length (It's about 2m long, between two compression joints). Its as dry as a bone so no abvious leaks. Do I need to be concerned and replace it?

A bit of a tricky question for sure (because who knows what's going to break in the future) but in general, for someone who is well used to electro-mechanical work and can easily replace a pump, motorised valve, thermostat etc, is a boiler care plan likely to be worth taking out on a 9 year old...

Hi folks. I'm still struggling with a problem on my Glow-worm Ultra-com 24Hxi. System is indirect vented cylinder with 3 port valve. The continuing issue is that whenever we are heating DHW, the boiler continually cycles (don't get this issue when heating CH only). With the tank cold, boiler...

Quick question. Should the external cavity wall dpc be above, below or at the same level as the internal floor? Just sorting out a patio that is above DPC level on a 1930s house where the existing DPC is well below the internal floor level, and wondering if it would be easier to install a new...

Due to family circumstances last year, I paid a professional to wallpaper our hall, stairs and landing. Latterly we've noticed it seems as if the wallpaper is somewhat see-through (I can see wall dimensions written in pencil on the walls in a couple of places) and the paper is just too white for...

I've just observed that after no call for HW and CH for hours and with all the attached pipework now cooled down, the motor in the 3 port valve is scalding hot. Plainly it's being energised but I'd have thought it shouldn't be under these circumstances. Is my reasoning correct or is right that...

Our two story house is rendered from chest height up to roof level, leaving exposed brickwork from chest height down to ground level. The side of the house used to have 3 doorways into a lean-to conservatory but this was removed prior to our ownership and the doorways bricked up (with rendering...

When we had some windows replaced last year, the fitters installed some UPVC trim around the inner window to cover over gaps between the reveals and the windows and the cill and the windows. I now want to rework the reveals and cills to get rid of the ugly trim but upon removing it, it seems to...

What's a suitable way of fitting 2nd fix cavity closers to lintels? I'll need to plaster board over them so need it to be strong. Is grab adhesive good enough? I can't see how you'd mechanically fix anything into these concrete lintels. Many thanks.