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Hello all After a little advice if possible. I moved into a house with a large garden, around the edges is allot of grass / weeds perfect for a brush cutter (never used one before) I want battery as its cleaner and less service and quiet. I have been looking at the Ryobi one+ 18v one but...

Hello there I have a Grant vortex oil boiler which is very old, when the CH is on its very loud all over the whole house, it sounds from every room like someone is hoovering everywhere. I have the AAV on the pipe at the top opened and drained out some air, the other one on top of what looks...

Hello gardeners I am new to gardening so need some advice on a few things. My front garden i am planing to get rid of all of the mis match of bushes, weeds that have been planted over the years randomly and either turf or seed with some box hedges to make it minimal and easy to manage. I have...

Hello all I added x800 to my heating system this morning as rads were cold at the bottom and ran it for a few hours. Amazing stuff the rads all get nice and warm, next step is to drain the system and add x100. I cleaned the magma clean which was caked in junk. I Tried to open the drain value on...

Hello there Anyone got this stuff? I read a good few reviews and everyone says its great but want to double check, my bedroom has three external walls and they are cold to touch, colder than the ceiling. I am thinking about using this over the walls to make them warmer and less condensation and...

Hello all I moved into a new house which has a single socket on the chimney breast. I noticed when have a coal fire downstairs a tiny bit of smoke comes out of the socket. When I moved in the socket was a little black, i thought it was burnt so I changed it and found a little soot in the back...

Hello all I need a little help if anyone can advise. I moved into a new house and my active speakers are buzzing with a low ground loop hum The house is 1970’s and has a dual rCD protection. No supplier earth so its using an earth rod. I have tested live and neutral volts, volts between earth...

Hello there Just moved into a new rental house. when we viewed the house there was some mould on the corner on the ceiling, during the process we were told the landlord fixed the problem of the guttering. Some mould has appeared in the upstairs toilet and bathroom on the egde of the walls where...

Hello all I have an old accenta g3 alarm panel which was installed into my house when the house was built. When I switched off the fuse board this week to do some other work the alarm sounds and the panel is dead. I checked the battery and it’s reading 0.3 Volts. After removing the battery and...

Hello All I am interested in a nest thermostate. My current boiler is a BAXI standard boiler pretty new with a programmer underneath it current set to always on as I have lived in my new house for month and cannot be bothered to mess with it. I have two zones conservatory and rest of house...

Hello all I have a TV which is painted in a specific colour. The TV was scratched during my house move. I spoke to the manufacture who has said the colour is NCS S 8500-N shine 20 Any idea where I can get a tester pot of this NCS colour? I can google it and it’s the right colour. I spoke to...

Good morning all I have recently moved house and my new house has a Citadel XRI alarm since the house was built in 1998 The alarm is working fine with multiple PIR's. I think its connected to the smoke alarms as when I open one of the old smoke alarms they have alarm wiring inside and there is...

Hello all My plans that went into building control said in the floor I should have 75mm xtratherm hyfloor insulation board. Can I use kingspan thermafloor of the same thickness or does it have to be exact? Cheers all

Hello All Our garden wall is english bond and around 6 courses high. The wall is falling to peices and i will rebuild it. I have some questions. Whats the best way to clean the old victorian bricks? Do i need to put in a small footing for 6 cources? Cheers All

Hi all Today I pulled up a piece of the kitchen floor so see if I had any sleeper walls and found this little creature. Is this a death watch beetle? I am itching all over after finding this think, yuk.

Hello All My edwardian house has half suspended wooden floor and half qauary tiles. The whole thing is being extended into the out building and this will mean a screed layer right abck to the wood. the seperateion from wood to concrete is shown in the pic below with a white line. I need to...

Hi there all. I need to dig out my soil pipe so I can connect plastic onto it. I have hired the pipe cutting tool for a good cut so I can get the plastic to clay adapter on. How do I dig down and get soil out because my arms don't reach down far enough, is there a good way to go this so I...

Hi there all I need some concrete delivered, possibly 2 cubic meters for a trench and to encase an RSJ. The concrete needs to be C35 and is a little hard to get to. We have alley at the back of the house but getting a cement lorry there would be difficult. Is anyone aware of any companies...

Hi there I have a wall remove and building control want a footing to be installed. The floor inside and outside are two different levels. How can I prop up the RSJ so I can dig under a spreader beam, can I use two acro's and a beam between them? The RSJ is supported by two steal posts...

Hi everyone, I have dug out the floor in my outbuilding as the wall has come down and an RSJ put in. There was a downstairs loo and as you can see below its the old clay pipe. In the garden there is no inspection put for the soil pipe, everyone else has one. My question is should I replace...