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First time living in a house with a combi. When I run the cold tap it triggers the combi hot water setting, I've checked the pipes and they are all connected correctly. The combi is just over a metre from the cold tap, is this just the slight pressure drop triggering as the boiler is so close to...

Anyway if lifting vinyl tiles of an asphalt floor other then scraping. Going to be here all year.

Why did people ever put thick textured goo on their walls? It's there any way to get the stuff off. I've got solid stone walls with lime plaster, in one area there's been some damp and it's pealed off in sheets but the rest is rock solid. It has been tested for asbestos.

I've replaced my old radiators and rejigged where they sit in the rooms (two smaller spread apart rather than one huge). The existing system now has a 4m length of 22mm that feeds two radiators and just doesn't need to be that size. Would the system run better with the pipe reduced to 15mm or...

Got an old system with a few weeping 10mm joints and a real mismash of 10, 15 and 22mm pipe. I have access to all the pipework due to renovating house and plan to renew the rads and pipework (plastic sorry). Lounge is a 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 high with a stone exterior wall. Online calculators give...

Ultimate plan is to update all rads and pipework but as an immediate job I'm putting a new rad on the landing and a towel rad in bathroom which currently has no heating. Photo shows the connection to existing landing rad, would it be reasonable to remove the narrow pipe and connect new probably...

Got an old stone house, other than getting a micrometer what clues give away metric or Imperial pipe. The copper looks really clean but it's been under the floor so that might mean nothing. House is like an onion, I really need to stop peeling, pulled a load of lead pipe or so at least I'll get...

Plasterboard ceiling that has water damage in one place. Better to board over or replace with new board. One section has crumbled away. Attic has the usual fibreglass insulation and this strange stuff between the joists that's like a cross between wool and ground up cardboard. I've had the artex...

Just wondering, why whenever I've pulled off tiles in my homes does tile adhesive always look like the photo. Is this just how tileing was done back in the day? Does make it easy to take them off the wall.

Disconnecting my bath tomorrow ready to install a shower enclosure. Will a 22mm speedfit Stop end seal an imperial pipe? Will be for a week or so until I get to sorting the birds nest of pipework.

Looks like I've had a historic leak in the bathroom. So far this is the only rot I've found. Would it be reasonable to cut out say half the depth of the joist, piece in a new section and then sister either side to add the strength back. I've ordered some boron gel to cover everything in after...

How accurate are the online guides for sizing a radiator and are there any which are more accurate. I've moved into an ex-rental house which has a relatively new Main boiler but the rads are older than God and take up so much wall space, I want to replace them with new more efficient radiators...

Got a quote for my roof to be refelted with breathable felt, new battens and the original slates reattached with recon slates where needed. Needed as no ventilation to the roof space and numerous slates have slipped. My slates are a completly different size to the neighbours and the tie in is...

Ripped out an ancient gas fire and the concrete blockwork and now have a large fireplace. The brickwork needs cleaning and repointing and the current mortar is lime so I assume I need to also use lime. Lime putty for a newby looks difficult to use and my local merchant has bagged hydraulic lime...

This seems to be a subject that has come up so many times. Moving into an 1850s cottage the bathroom ceiling is artex covered lathe and plaster, the ceiling is water damaged from the roof leaking (will be fixed before I start anything) so it has to come down, I also want spots and a ceiling fan...

As a DIY bod I realise I'm basically not allowed to do much on mains electric these days which I understand. I'm moving to a new house and want to install network cable from the router to the spare room, it's an easy route through the garage and then inside a stud wall. Can I still do this DIY?