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– back and sides? I live in Brent (London) and was wandering will Brent Council have there own minimum distance guidelines? I'm thinking of a rear dormer which cannot be seen from the street and obviously I want to maximise the space. I've had a look on here and google and can't find...

so it sounds like the heat exchanger needs to be replaced again. Apparently those items on the side (whatever they're called) were factory fitted and come with the exchanger. Would I be better off buying a new boiler? because as far as I can see this is just going to keep happening. If I do...

Don't know? We used a company who spealise in flushing systems to do the work. By the way my plumber was talking it's as if they would have come with the heat exchanger when it was replaced. He seemed confident he could get them out but has never purchased them before.

The heat exchanger hasn't gone – the core plugs have eroded (at least 2 of them). So rather than get a new heat exchanger I was wandering can we just get some new core plugs? I'm not technical at all but the boiler was leaking water when I got home yesterday so i got our plumber over today...

…Potterton FF 55 boiler? Just had my plumber around and he said rather than get a new Heat Exchanger if he can obtain them from his supplier or from Potterton directly it would save us a lot of money. Also, if they can't be obtained is it better for me to buy a new bolier? I've had nothing...

Just had a new bathroom fitted and wanted to glue a large mirror to the tiled wall. We had a mirror glued in my last flat and it seemed fine. Our new fitter said he'd prefer to screw it to the wall as it is safer. If we can glue it, what's the best type to use?

I was at work today when he performed the task. My wife dealt with him. To be honest as you can tellby my questions I'm a toatl novice when it come to this sort of thing. Can anyone be a bit more helpful and apart from looking for a new electrician advise me on what to do the next? What about...

OK – cheers. Where do I find a decent electrician then? I've used 2 now and as the above poster suggested they seem to both be unreliable. I paid 180 pounds for the new CU and fitting and this is really annoying me. I presume you are supposed to check these things before fitting and he just...

What doesit mean – no bonding?

… in the observations/recommendations section (PIR-N) it said that 2 things need urgent attention: 1. No bonding to gas / water 2. Identification of cables Just wandering how serious is the first one and what does it mean? and with the second one I think it's to do with some wires the...

Thanks foreveryones help

Just heard today that apparently the popping is due to: In order to turn off the water supply to our house you have to do it in the loft.In order to access the supply you have to walkacross the bare joists which hold the ceiling. Aprrently it's this action which has popped some nails and...

and this is safe considering it's acyrylic? If it is safe this will suit me fine and I'll get my wife to do it.

The holes were the right size. It was me who damaged some of the edging when I was painting around the edges. Out of 6 lights I need to try and "make good" 3 edges where the plaster/paint is chipped (by me). I was thinking of using silicone but as i said i'm worried about the heat – what's the...

I'm in the same situation I'm worried about using silicone and the decorators caulk sounds worrying as well. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Maybe the title isn't right but basically we had 6 holes cut in our ceiling for downlights. Things looked ok untill we had to play around with them due to a problem with the transformers. Now around the edges when the lights aren't turned on you can see dark edges where the rim doesn't sit flush...

Cheers for your quick valid replies. I'm a toatl novice when it comes to this sort of thing so I'd rather just wait and see if any more develop. I'm just worried about how likely any more are to develop. In an area 3m x 5m I've had 3 so far.

I used 5:1 water/paint – not pva which may be a mistake? So it doesn't sound like a serious problem then? WouldI be right in thinking that this isonly a short term problemi.e. if any more popping willoccur it should occur within the nest few weeks? becasuse this is a kitchen should I have...

I've just had a new kitchen fitted. The original ceiling was very bad so we had to have a new ceiling put in. It's been up for 4 weeks now and it's been painted – first coat 5:1 water mix and 4 coats of wickes kitchen paint. I noticed what looked like 2 bubbles of paint. I got worried becasue i...

thanks for your help. i will do that test now although he has already finished the tiling. i was alsoa bit worried about him using pva and i've let him know this forums thoughts about pva. the kitchen was a test to see if he'll do the bathroom and so far his tiling (positioning wise) is spot on :)