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Hi, Shower stopped mid-cycle and now fails to pass any water through the system, I have checked the water filter, checked the PCB cable is on secure, but nothing. All lights show correctly, and it sounds as if it is trying to pump the water, but not even a drop comes out; regardless on...

We have a gas fire that was fitted a number of years ago by a gas safe engineer, never had an issue when serviced in the past. Today we had it serviced (different engineer) and was informed that a gas restrictor valve should have been fitted instead of a gas isolation valve!? Is there a...

Planning to install 2 cctv cameras, the camera will be fitted approx 2.4 - 2.6 metres in height, yellow circle. The camera will face towards the driveway (yellow circle) The second camera will be fitted at the rear garden The cat6 cables need to be routed to the lounge which is at the rear of...

Ideal vogue boiler which has a ideal RF wireless PRT3 thermostat. It is shockingly inaccurate, it is at least 3 degrees out and doesn't display the room temperature correctly! Can anyone recommend an accurate wireless thermostat preferably one that can be controlled via an app not interested in...

From the pic could anyone kindly advise regarding my boundary line, would it be line 1 or 2?

Moved house recently and noticed the valley needs repointing, it's a steep roof with smooth roof tiles I've done pointing on our previous property but was straightforward and easily accessible I can't get the ladders close enough to the valley as it's a tight area. Pics attached. What would...

Looking to diy replace my felt flat roof with grp fibreglass, the area is 5sqm There are alot of brands out there cureit, cromar, restec etc all vary in terms of costs I've found the following product on eBay at a reasonable cost...

Is it necessary to lay type 1 sub base before laying down pea gravel for a garden? It'll only be an area for the kids to play I was planning on doing the following Level soil Compact soil with wacker plate Lay down membrane 50mm pea gravel

We have some land to the right hand side of our property, which is our boundary, total length is approx 24 metres. We would like to install 6 ft close board fence panels from a safety and security perspective and will give us more garden space However adjacent to the land is a footpath I...

Need to paint some internal primed wood doors, purchased Dulux Trade Diamond Quick-Drying Eggshell Paint Pure Brilliant White Hopefully I've purchased the right paint! Has anyone used this paint? Any tips? Would it be best to use a mini foam roller? Cheers

I posted a thread previously regarding building a pier to support an rsj Upon further discussions with the SE and in agreement with BC they've agreed I can build the pier with 7.3nm dense concrete blocks laid on its belly instead of the solid engineering bricks :) The snag I have now is...

Need to build a 230 x 230mm pier as stated in the calculations by the SE in order to support an RSJ This will then allow me to create an opening between the garage and dining room I'll be purchasing a wall starter kit from screwfix so I can tie into the existing brickwork...

Looking for some urgent advice as I'm being told conflicting information I'm planning to level the rear garden, the soil at its peak upto the side wall of a neighbouring property is upto two metres high I've been told removing all the soil will compromise the structure of the neighbours...

As part of my garage conversion i am planning on fitting internal bifold doors which will go between the dining room and the newly converted garage The dimensions for the bifold doors will be 3000mm width x 2100 height approx There will be approx 500mm or so of brickwork to the left side of...

I'm in the process of carrying out a garage conversion and would like your thoughts in terms of what would be the best option to raise the height of the garage floor to the rest of the house. The difference is 610mm! Would a suspended timber floor be the best option?

I'm considering carrying out a garage conversion to make it into a habitable room, majority of the works I'm planning on doing myself On the ground floor in another room to the side of the garage there is a wash basin and toilet, the waste from the basin goes into a drain which is literally on...

Can anyone tell me for certainty which is the flow and return, I'm guessing the flow is the pipe on the left of the valve?, there are no arrow markings on the double entry valve indicating the flow and return This will allow me to fit the new pipe into the right 22mm pipework below the...

The return and flow is 22mm copper which has two sets of manifolds supplying heat to 4 radiators Is there a 22mm to 15mm manifold out there which allows you to insert all 4 pipes in one? Or will I have to use 4 22mm to 15mm tee's instead? Per 22mm pipe, access is not great as there is solid...

Current flow rate with an open vent system is 18 litres per min, as I'm converting to a combi system, what should I expect the flow rate be? the same, increase or decrease?

I currently have a open vent conventional boiler which will be replaced with a combi, I'm planning on removing the tanks and cylinder and modify the pipework ready for the plumber to fit the new boiler Cylinder is in the bedroom cupboard Boiler is in the kitchen Having read a few posts, if I...