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I've brought one of these pergolas, the 2.4 x 3.6 one https://arborgardensolutions.co.uk/products-wooden-garden-pergola-kit-sculpted.html but not sure of best way to anchor it. The area it's going to is covered by paving slabs, they look like they're about 500mm deep. Can I anchor it to those...

I have a 3 story semi with 11 rads feeding 4 bedrooms, a large family bathroom. The largest bedroom has an ensuite. We're having an extension that will house a small WC, a laundry room and small office so # rads will increase to 14. What size boiler would suffice? Thanks, Graham

The garage I've got with my new house has a 6/7 foot deep inspection pit. It's about 1 meter wide and about 3 meters in length. I don't want it properly filled in and cemented over as it'll be gone forever (and I'll lose potential storage space). What I'd like is to run a battern down each...

Hi, I'm about to buy a house for renovating and it has an old style back boiler system installed. I was wondering whether it'd be better to rip that out and replace with a more modern combi boiler system. The house is a standard 2 bed terrace. This might be a stupid question without...

Hi, A house I plan to buy has had the chimney breast on the ground floor removed but left in place on the first floor and in the loft. At this stage I don't know whether the chimney is adequately supported and my mortgage lender want to see a structural engineers report. I'm assuming the...

Hi, In my garden I have two walls at a 90 degree angle and I want to "fix" a beam of wood (2inch*2inch) between the two walls. I say fix but I want to be able to take it down and put it back up with minimum effort. Can anyone suggest the best way to achieve this? Are there any 45 degree...

Hello all, I plan to add more insulation to my loft, there is already some insulation between the joist, which I wish to increase. Would it be OK to simply lay the new insulation at 90 degrees to the existing joists/insulation, or should I lay it on top of the existing insulation even though the...

Hi, I'm thinking of insulation my loft, there is already some insulation between the joists. The joists are about 4 inches deep, if I'm gonna lay 270mm or about 10inches of insulations on top of the existing, then do I build the joists up to 10 inches or can I (as someone suggested) simply lat...

Hi, Ive been reading the post about rising damp not existing with great interest. I've just had a survey done on my own house, the surveyor has recommended that the person who is interested in buying my house, have someone come out and inspect it. When I moved in, the wall paper in the...

Hi, I've been reading some of the forums and I'm not sure as to whether moving my cold water tank into the loft would give me a better shower. I have a straightforward mixer shower, the bath taps have the hose coming from the top. The pipes to the bath are those flexi types. The hot water...

I've read here http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/191-0000 That power showers are not compatible with mains cold water. Can anyone tell me why this is please. It also says that some require an electrical connection. Can anyone explain why some do and some dont. I assume the electrical supply is to...

Hi I'm interested in insulating my loft to use as storage space/office. I have some really old fibre glass between the joists. Do I simply board over them and insulate the rafters? If so, what thickness board shall I use and how do I insulate the rafters? Any help is greatly appreciated...

Hi, I'm interested in insulating my loft and putting down some boards so I can use it as usefull storage space, maybe as an small office. The insulation that is already down is inadequate. I've seen some postings that say to insulate only the between the rafters but I want to be able to stop the...

Hi all, I have a very basic mixer shower. It has a dial in the middle, which when I turn it anti-clockwise, it opens a valve and lets all the cold water through. The more I turn it, it then opens another valve and lets the hot water through. I can only adjust the hot water coming through...

Can anyone help me please. Since moving into my house (1900 victorian end terrace) I have had constant problems with my central heating. It's an old style stored hot water cylinder with CH expansion tank above it in the airing cupboard and cold water storage above that (still in airing cupboard...