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Hi lots of schools and offices have double glazing where the glass is either mirror or tinted so you cant look in but you can look out, and this obviously lets the light in. I live on a main road, cars are always queueing, along with a bus stop outside lol, means lots of nosey people!!!. I...

Hi Thank you all for your replies. The answers to your questions is.... What is/or went wrong with my boiler. We came home late and went to bed, got up in the morning house was hot, son had put heating on about 2.30am. I turned it off, and the next day I went to use the hot water and it was...

Hi Thanks for your reply. I will take your advice and go for the one with the longest warranty. I shall keep ringing plumbers/ heating engineers until I actually get one out to have a look and give me a quote. I know they are very busy. I have been looking on line at prices of boilers but as...

Hi Our Worcester 230 RSF broke this week and was told it was more viable to get a new boiler. The gentlean who came out no longer fits new boilers just services and mends them. I have some plumbers coming out next week to quote, I have had one so far, who only quoted over the phone, never...

Hi Thanks for your replies. Funny you should mention about building a dwarf wall cos over the weekend we have talked and talked about nothing but this bloodly decking lol, the pros and cons etc. We have realised that with decking it dont last long and it requres lots of maintenance - but can...

Hi We didnt realise how much our garden slopped till we had our extension built lol. Now we has finished we need an deck. I got a quote, the deck needs to be raised 50 cm so I can wheel myself straight out on to it ( see what I mean about the slooping garden - out frount it is only 4 inches...

Hi Thanks for the replies. So it sounds like I should get a 2nd opinion. We have never had any problems with our boiler before, and as for energy, who's energy would I be saving??? I live in an old house, with old wooden windows, have the roof insulation and cavity wall etc, but it wouldn't...

Hi I have a worcester 230 combi and it is broke, been told it would be cheaper to replace. It is nearly 12 yrs old, ( it was working rad's on, then next check rads were cold, flame out and pilot light would not light, but could clicking). I am being told I need an condensing combi, but I...

Hi thanks for your advice :-) will let you know how we get on! just now have to wait for some dry days. Sharon

Hi I need a little bit of advice regarding tryolean, which I can't find anywhere. After you have applied the scratch coat, and the second coat, do you then wait for the second coat to dry before you apply the tryolean finish, or you do apply the tyrolean finish on top of the second coat...

Hi I am thinking about a tyrolean finish on my extension. Having looking at various sites there are several types of tyrolean guns out there. Which one would you recommend, what one is easy to use for the DIYer etc. I want a good finish lol Cheers

Hi We are at the stage of where our new extension needs rendering. We have been told various things when it comes to rendering..lol So I thought I would ask you guys :-) as you just dont know who to believe and it contadicts each other! The render is covering breeze blocks walls and we are...

Hi We used plastic pipe as diyers ( first time home owners and diyers!) for all plumbing, heating, and that was 18 years ago. we have had no leaks, and it was so easy. We have put it in our new extention too. We will never use copper. It doesn't look messy ( I have a free standing bath and...

Hi We need another shower or just another toilet in our house ( 2 teenagers + 1 bathroom = madness !) I have two options. Either have a shower, toilet and basin, or just go for a toilet and basin. There are two possible areas these could go, it all depnds on the minmum space required on...

Hi thanks for your replys. I am putting the insulation between the joist. It was Celotex tech advisor who told me I needed 150 mm thickness. I gave them a ring ( got the number off their website and they took details of my joist sizes etc and they came up with: 50mm air gap, 150mm plus vapour...

Hi Can anyone tell me if you can use that polystryrene (sp) type insulation as roof insulation in a flat roof. And is so will it pass building regs? I have seen jablite 100mm thick and thought about using 150mm + in my new extension roof. I have already been quoted for celotex and so far...

Hi all thanks for all the replies,just needed to confirm what i expected,just hope the building inspector is so straight forward Sharon

Hi As the new wires has changed colours is it still necessary to identify the switched "live" neutral at ceiling roses and light switches as previously the black neutral switched "live" was identified with a "red sleeve"?. If so what identifies it? Any help would be appreciated Sharon

Hi I am going to have a go at building a flat roof on the extension we are doing at the moment. Can anyone tell me what I need to do, or where I can go to find any information on how to do it. I am hoping to put a large sky light /dome inside it to let lots of light in to it (1.5 x 4...