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My bi-folds have been in for about 8 years and the bottom corner of the traffic door has been catching for about a year. It seems like the door has dropped a little so i need to adjust it, problem is i cant seem to find any way to actually adjust the door! The hinges do not appear to have any...

I am installing a drain down valve, as i dont have one, in my open vented CH system and at the same time taking each radiator off and giving them a good flush. I recently took one off for decoration and the amount of thick black sludge that i flushed out the bottom was alarming to say the least...

Hi - I need to drain my central heating to replace the pump, it’s an open vented system, but as the gate valves are also corroded it’s a full system drain first. I do not have a drain valve that I can find but I do have a downstairs radiator, by a door, that has this - if I undid this bolt and...

Hi I may not have the correct term but i think the water is flowing around my central heating system backwards and resulting in poor performance in terms of even heat output from the radiators. Let me explain and i'd like some input. I had a new boiler fitted when we did a kitchen extension a...

Long shot here but can anyone identify a supplier a handle for the door i have posted below? Brief synopsis is that the doors were supplied and fitted by the builder as part of a project last year. All was fine until at the weekend when opening the door the handle snapped in half. Its clear that...

Put this into 'In the garden' but i think this might apply more here and i cant delete the old post - sorry for the dupe. Hi We recently had a new kitchen extension completed and was signed off by BC and everything is present DPC wise for the new walls. Part of the build a patio was...

Hi We recently had a new kitchen extension completed and was signed off by BC and everything is present DPC wise for the new walls. Part of the build a patio was created, thats tiled, at the same height as the kitchen floor which is around 10 inches about ground level and so above the DPC of...

Hi - We recently had our boiler changed and the pump was moved due to some problems with water circulation at the same time, although there were no issues with water with the old boiler. Since this time the radiator that is the last on the system, this radiator is in a loft bathroom, gets air in...

Hi - We have a standard open vented CH/HW system powered by a new WB boiler - We are now looking to replace the HW cylinder as its a touch small now we have grown the family and added a bathroom into the loft. The airing cupboard will only accommodate a 500mm width tank so i am finding my...

We are getting Alu Bi-Fold doors and are looking at if we need what seems to be called a traffic door. I thought this door opened on its own but could also fold and slide with the rest of the doors but i am hearing that the traffic door gets left behind and hinges on its own on one side and then...

Hi We are in the first stages of building a rear extension on the back of our house and have been granted planning and in fact the footings are almost dug. We now discover some communications from Thames Water to our Building Inspector telling us we need to have a build over agreement for a...

Hi I am trying to get info about where my gas meter can be relocated to due to the current external wall which houses the box being demolished due to an extension. I am in an SGN area and they seem reluctant to do a site visit without me committing to the move timescales, but i cant do that...

Hi The cistern in the loft runs after being flushed until the flush 'cable' is moved a bit at which point it stops running and starts to fill. This toilet is newish and has a cable operated flush and the fact that wobbling it slightly makes it fill i guess something is getting stuck somewhere...

We had our loft converted and part of that was covered by a flat roof. I dont think this has been caused by the warmer weather but today i see this on the edge of the flat roof. Does anyone know what the problem is and will it effect the roof in any way? The roof has been in place since...

Any clue what i can do here as the carpet is about 10mm lower than the tile floor. thanks

Hi We recently had a loft convertion and so relocated the cold tank to within the space in the eaves from in the centre of the loft. Now we are living in the loft and as my head is within about 50cm's of the tank, although with a stud wall and insulation inbetween, the noise from the tank...

Hi Had a loft conversion done and so electrics extended into loft. Due to us still being on a fuseboard, its a late 1800's victorian terrace, he fitted a new consumer unit into the loft for the new circuits. His report report on the current installation states this...... "Poor, no...

Just trying to judge if what i feel is fair is indeed fair! ... Builder has done some work, on clearing up the garden i notice that there is an off cut of 4x2 under a teak garden table with a pile of sawdust. On inspection there were/are 3 saw marks in it as it had been cut into as it appears...

We have just had a bathroom fitted and the wall is 'finished' ie tiled, grouted and ready to take the basin. The basin in question is free standing and nothing touches the floor so all weight is taken by the wall. When the stud wall was built the builder installed horizontal pieces of 4x2 (i...

I am very lost here - i thought i could use a fret saw to remove the material from the back of the rail but due to the angle coming up the stairs it makes the dado on the 45 degree's 'taller' - Any clues??