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Hi, I've had a plumber service my boiler and unvented cylinder , he did have the necessary certificate. The problem I have is water flowing through the tundish. I know he checked the pressure in the expansion tank, and identified the problem being the pressure reducing valve. He told me that...

Hi all My house is south facing and my front door gets a full blast of UVA each year, and even though a composite door has faded. I'm thinking of painting it this spring, but having read a few threads I'm not sure what paint to use. Can anyone suggest which paint is best for a composite door...

Hi I'm about to tile my bathroom floor. It's tongue and groove; I'm going to use concrete boarding 6mm . Do I need to glue this down as well as screw this boarding down prior to tiling? Cheers

Hi I want to replace some isolating valves (water), as a couple are leaking. I've looked at the price of lever ball valves 1/4 turn ones; the price varies from £2 up to £13 each. The ones from screwfix are £6 , are these ok as they may not be branded names.?

Hi I know there is the engineers and customer access code , which one of these as more access to the reprogramming.? Can I set the engineer code the same as the customer code?

Hi There are the user code and the engineer code. Which code has more control over the setting? Can I change the engineers to my own code?

Hi Just installed veritas excel alarm with odessey bell box. All seems to be working, but the strobe on the bell box flashes every 15 to 20 seconds is the how it works..? Cheers

Hi I've just replaced my old alarm with a new one, as above. Everything seems to work fine, walk test alarm all seems in order except.. 1)When I set the alarm by pressing FULL to exit, after 30 secs, when the time expires the external alarm goes off!! 2) how does one connect a panic button to...

I have a Texecom system installed in my house with a digital display. 1) How do I adjust the exit and entry time delay for zone 1 (front door) 2) the outside bell seems to go on far to long when the alarm goes off, if I've left the dog in the house. Ive tried to go through the user manual...

Hi Can anyone please advise me. I'm trying to help my daughter who has just purchased her first house and had to have all the rooms plastered. Has anyone ever used a sprayer to cover the walls, and if so which sprayer did you use? Cheers

How many coats of 50:50 water/emulsion should be applied to new plaster

Hi My daughters 110 year old house has a void under the floor boards, I'm thinking of insulating the under the floor boards with kingspan 25mm insulation boards. Is this a good idea or what? Cheers

Hi I've a dishwasher I've had for 4 yrs and only use it about once per month. Came to use it yesterday and it stopped working and had an error code of E14. Googled this to find it was the flow sensor Reed. I took out the apparent faulty device, but cant see any issue with it. Any advice please.

Hi My nieghbour has had a problem with his boiler over heating, an engineer has been to try and sort it out, and has concluded it's his unvented tank. I'm not an expert, but how many things can go wrong with this type of tank? My understand ( practical not experience) tells there are only the...

Hi My neighbour had a leaking radiator, which I've now removed and isolated. The problem is the rad was imperial size and the new one is metric, plus new TR valve and lock shield fitting to rad are smaller than the old ones. How much should it cost to fit the new rad and adjust the pipe work...

My daughter just bought a house that she wants to extend on the back of. It's basically knock down the small extension that's there now and built the full width of the back of the house , 5.5 x 3m single story with a rsj supporting the external back wall of the house with a flat roof. I realise...

Hi I've had a plumber (so called G3 registered) come to service my invented tank, cost me £80.00 I The problem I had was, every time I turn the hot water tap on, I get a noise from the tank area. The guy came and all he did was check the expansion tank to make sure it was 3 bar, which I'd...

Hi I want to install a burgular alarm at my daughters new home. I've got a Honeywell Accentra G4 in my own, but realise there are better ones available now. I dont want a wireless because of the hassle of batteries. Any suggestions

Hi My daughter has just moved into a 110 yr old semi. She had a survey done where they suggested there might be slight damp in the down stairs. Having had a contractor in, they stated that although it wasnt too bad would cost £7000. The length of wall to be sorted was 30 feet . Is £7k the...

I seem to have acquired over the years 1000's of slotted screws, but of course they are difficult to use with a power drill. Is there anything that one can use as a guide to fit over the screw when using a electric driver? I hate to throw screws away. Cheers