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Thanks guys, The joists seem to be ok (just not terribly even) its the laths that are split and in some places broken (looks like someone has put a foot through at some point). I've previously tried repair washers screwed into the laths which worked so-so, but too many of the laths are too...

Hi, I have an old uneven ceiling (house is around 1800) which is lath & plaster. It is cracked and failing in several places and after doing some investigation I've found that many of the laths are damaged so any decent repair seems out of the question. So, boarding over seems the way to...

Thanks. Good point. And its nice to know I'm not suggesting anything too outlandish. I mentioned this to a builder I know and he was insistent that I needed either a huge cavity or no cavity.

Hi, I'm thinking about converting one of our floors from being a suspended timber floor to a solid floor and I have a couple of questions. The room in question is at the corner of the house and has external ground level above the internal floor level on both sides. To the back of the...

I would be looking to wall mount the lcd rather than putting it on a stand on the sleeper. Given that you are making the fake chimney breast anyway, I would build it with a recess so that the screen sits flush with the wall surface.

YMMV - Your mileage may vary ie you might get different results IANAL - I am not a lawyer HTH - Hope that helps

seeping from where ? walls or floor ? To properly sort it out you need to look at where the water is coming from (yea I know - the clouds!) whats the location like? is there a drain thats overflowing ? Are you on a slope? terrace or detached? Is it that the water table is high or is...

Just be careful. Arches are strong but they can slip, make sure that the mortar in the arch is good before you remove a linel below it. You could find that the lintel is supporting (not supporting the weight of the wall but just holding the arch in place) the wall. You can have a...

If you are working on an old house with soft stone your best solution is to use the materials which were used when the house was built and that means lime. Not concrete with a bit of lime throuwn in, but just lime and sand. Lime mortars are flexible and breathable and much softer than modern...

Cheers Tony and Chris, the flow is hotter than the return so thats one thing that is correct. I'm used to the fact that nothing in this house is done in the 'normal' or 'conventional' way. I'll go ahead and replace the zone valves then. The ones that are on are much stiffer than the...

Or do some 5 min pre-prep and give them prunes for breakfast?

what sort of a wall is it ? I mean is it a solid wall or just a partition/plasterboard wall ? If its solid then the pipes are probably chased into the wall. If plasterboard then they may be threaded up from underneath or have been put in while the wall was being put up. As its over the...

sorted! OK. As a general question, should the pump be pushing water into the boiler return or sucking it out of the flow ? And should the zone valves be on the flow (which is what all the diagrams show) or the return (which is where they are on mine)? If I turn the pump around and swap...

OK - how do images work I have the image url between [ img ] and [ /img ] - without the spaces - but I cant see the images. If I right click and view image I get it though. What have I done wrong ?

Hi Nige, Pics are tricky because of the angle and access but here we go This is the top of the boiler - connector on left is marked PR so I assume return. On the right is market PF - Flow? The PF comes up in front of the PR and splits into two both of which go off through the ceiling...

Hi, We have found that some of the radiators are coming on when only the HW is turned on. Also sometimes the pump and boiler contine to run when nothing is on. We had our old oil boiler replaced with an Ideal classic ff1200 gas boiler some time ago, but only recently realized that the rads...

Hi, I bought a satellite receiver and got what I thought was a static shock off the case. Then another. So I got out a digital multimeter and I find that I am picking up either 110v or 220v between the case of the receiver and earth - It depends on which was round the cable is connected...

Well, after the quotes and the 'maybe the week after next' stuff, I splashed £200 on climbing equipment and did it myself. I'll put the climbing stuff on ebay and get maybe 60-75% back (all bought in sales and some unused) so I'm thinking it will have cost me no more £100 and it happened when I...

Hi, Im looking at solar hot water. Systems I have found on the web are solartwin - which looks expensive for what it is (and is described as cheap rubbish by one installer I spoke to) viessmann - which is descroibed as excellent by the installer but doesnt seem to be available to the...

Well first two rough quotes in - for Install only £600 and £200. When challenged about the cost the first one responded with, 'well people dont like doing it so we can charge that' The liner itself comes in at about £350 plus £100 for the fittings (cowl, adapter, etc)