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I have made a box for my bath to sit in out of ply wood. Will i be able to tile straingt onto this or will i need to use a membrane of some kind too?

Im in the process of tiling my bathroom. Now my kids are little sods in the bath and water gets everywhere! My floor is floor boards which i am going to screw ply over. Will i then need some kind of membrane before i tile? If so is there a cheap membrane that will do as im currently out of work...

We have put down some black slate floor tiles. We cleaned them after laying as they had paint etc on them with some turps. The tile seemed to soak this up they come up quite pale and washed out looking. We have tried some kind of resin sealer which brings them back to a dark colour again and...

I used to run a power shower on my gravity fed heating system and it was great. But now ive had a combi fitted what are my options? The hot water flow rate is no where near what it used to be. What type of shower do i need to get a nice shower that doesent just dribble on me? Im re doing all...

Im in the market for a new combi boiler to replace my very old gravity boiler system. Obviously you could go hight street like British Gas and get it done or i could get a friend of my father in laws to do it on the cheap. But with all this new legislation for energy efficiency and selling...

To fit your own boiler? Mines pretty old and has issue. Im a competent mechanic and recon i could fit a boiler no problem. But is it legal. Do i need to be qualified by law?

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First i will explain the problem. I have a standard gas boiler that runs the radiators and hot water. The radiators have always ran fine. However the indirect water system has issues. When heating the water the system will heat and heat until the water boils and has no other option to rise up...

Ive not used my radiators for a couple of months now. I went to put them on the other day and it seems that my pump has seized. It spun for a few seconds then jammed. However the wire for the pump seems to disapear under the floorboads of the next room and i dont fancy pulling up the carpet and...

Hi there. Im having problems with my hot water as i belive the hot water cylinder is scaled up badly. I was thinking i could just add some descaler to the tank via the emersion hole, leave for 24 hours then flush the lot out and allow the tank to re fill. Is this a good or bad idea?

Hi. Ive just moved into a new property and nearly everything went to plan. However there are problems with the central heating. The system is a Thorn Olympic gas boiler with hot water cylinder and header tank upstairs. The radiators come on and work a treat. However the hot water is not...