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Thank you for the info on crack repair. The chip I meant is in the middle of the oak worktop - well looking again it may not be a chip and a small imperfection in the wood

I'm finally fitting the kitchen after a bunch of unexpected repairs in our new house. The oak worktop which iv had stored for 18 months has got a split on the end. The other one I've fitted It was pre mitred to be rounded at this end so impossible to flip round. It's happened whist stored...

Have an old property we're trying to improve. We have damp issues on all the walls internally. Building has been knocked around in the past, and someone has taken up all the floorboards, infilled with bricks and rubble and concreted all the floors. Im reliably told this was 45 years ago. If...

Any ideas of this shower fitting make / type Maybe 20 years old. It's been good but constantly drips. It's impossible to open it up to look at washers, looking to get an equivalent, iv even had a plumber try. Maybe its mira, would be high end range. The back plate holds it in place or can we...

Hi redoing kitchen half of which leads on to a timber frame extension built maybe 25 years ago. There's been a hotchpotch of work done over the years so I'm renewing everything on the timber extention. Ceiling is also down, it had 1 inch insulation, didnt realise anything that thin would exist...

Its not a full size basement, just on the back, 2 rooms and shower room you walk down to. There wasn't any need to do a full plan. houses on a slope with lower rear rooms are not common, but not uncommon either. Its ok I've lifted the drop, just 4 or 5mm out now. Its possible this is the most...

Hi, I've started replacing the kitchen and noticed some problems. Sorry for the long winded post. I've done a quick sketch. We're in a bungalow, on a slope so at the back of the house there are some rooms you walk down to, so from the picture the floor in question is in the "middle". The...

Thanks all. there doesn't seem to be anything online. I've replied back to the BT person who sent the email and just posed the question how the sum is calculated and if it was agreed nationally. Will post an update as it may be useful to someone else

Just an anecdotal experience - Had a house a long time ago rented with a copper pipe running under the concrete kitchen floor and persistent damp in the cloakroom behind the kitchen. The water company switched to a meter and the tenant rang to say they had a £1000 water bill come through o_O had...

Hi we bought a house with a pole and junction box in the front (phone lines to neighbours), its a 13m wide front garden so doesn't get in the way or anything tbh and yes obviously we were aware it was there when we bought the house! I checked with BT and there is no wayleave in place (something...

Appreciate the reply. I take your point on the gravel holding the slabs up (and holding soil back) failing after time. the geotextile is what I have, wrapping the gravel sounds like a great idea! I've found a soil pipe at the back not far from where I have dug the trench. I questioned the...

Hi wondered if anyone could give some ideas. Bought a 1960s bungalow, its built on a downward slope, and its had a couple of rooms added at garden level, I understand around 25 years ago, so you walk down to these 2 rooms and the garden. One of the 2 downstairs rooms just feels a bit damp /...

managed to get a couple more quotes (both 25-30%cheaper than the larger company just have to wait a few weeks longer) from independent heating engineers - 1) 30kw ideal logic max 300l oso cylinder And 2) A 30kw glowworm, 250l Albian cylinder I've gone for the slightly more expensive quote with...

Thanks, I did think the materials were high - the boiler and cylinder are approx 1700+vat so 2500+vat for all the other bits? I should have said we are moving to a bungalow, current boiler they said was 20kw, I did say its likely in a few years we would want to add a storey. There is a 25mm...

I've tried to get 3 quotes, but only the one has come, 2 independant heating engineers haven't returned the voicemails out hence posting on here. They spec'ed the quote, I didn't specific boiler make as I feel its better letting the experts put their recommendations i just said I'd like it...

Hi Just completed a house move to market harb going from a house with a combi to a larger place (bathroom with shower, 1 ensuite with electric shower, 1 separate shower toilet) 15 rads. I asked 1 company 2 tradesman, only the company have come to quote so nothing to compare it too. Guess the...