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Not sure if this is the right forum but posting here as I want to check safety. We're considering replacing our gas inset fire/fire surround with an electric equivalent. Our fireplace used to have a back boiler and gas fire attached. When the back boiler was removed they left the corregated...

We've had a few bathroom installers round to give us quotes for installing a bathroom in a new extension. All walls are concrete block with plaster. We intend to have a flush shower tray and the shower is situated in a recess between these concrete and plaster walls (i.e. up one end of the...

We are planning a new bathroom which will have a WC unit with a floor standing back to wall toilet. Just wanted to get opinions on your experience of the most reliable/easiest to get parts for/easiest to repair concealed cistern. WC unit will have a push button flush and as far as I know it will...

Hi all, We are trying to decide whether to extend or not. Obviously the decision will be mostly down to cost (even a rough estimate for now will do), but also on what will be possible in terms of layout (drains & sewers to consider) and what will most likely be allowed by planning. The extension...

What is the best way to stop water getting into a single skin concrete block garden shed, which is built on a concrete slab? The outside of the building is pebble dashed but water is travelling through the concrete blocks and pooling on the floor. I have tried painting bitumen 2 feet up the wall...

Hi, Hope you can help. I've spent the last 2 days trying to remove a charming mixture of Khaki vinyl silk which was painted over what looks like Polytex (thin textured Artexy stuff). I managed to get all of it off one wall, but the other wall that I need to do is doing my head in :x I...

Hi Guys, I need some expert advice on floor tiling please. We need to get someone to tile our kitchen floor. At the moment it has old vinyl tiles that are stuck fast. The floor is not all level and there is an area about 18 inches x 3 foot that is bare concrete and below the level of the...

Hi, Can I have some advice please guys? We are having a new kitchen fitted with a built under electric oven and gas hob, sited against one of the kitchen walls. At the moment there is no cooker switch as we have a gas cooker. We have just had an electrician to look at the job and he asked if...

Would like to know your opinion of Neff appliances please, especially ovens and hobs. Also, has anyone had any problems with cleaning Neff stainless steel hobs of spillages etc? Thanks for your help :D

Hope you guys can help answer these questions please :D . 1. I would like downlighters in my new kitchen. My electrician has said that he will fit 'Fire Regulation' ones. What does this mean? Does he mean that he will fit firehoods on them? 2. There are a few different downlighters i.e...

think I posted on the wrong forum last time, didn't get much response...so here goes. I have been told by a guy that the plastic/vinyl tiles that have been down on my kitchen floor for years and years (not loose), can be left down and my new ceramic/porcelain tiles can be laid on top of...

Hi all, hope you can help. I want to get the kitchen floor tiled with porcelain tiles. At the moment there are vinyl tiles down and they are stuck fast because they have been down for years. The guy who is supposed to be laying the new floor has told me that there won't be any need to lift...

Can I please have your opinions on which manufacturer you prefer for condensing combis please? We have to replace an aged Baxi back boiler, we live in a bungalow and we have been recommended either a Worcester or Vailant boiler. Plumber says that Vailant have a new condensing combi which is...

Hi, Hope you can offer some advice. We have an ailing Baxi back boiler which is connected to a one pipe system with 7 rads in a bungalow. We are going to replace this boiler (with either a combi/cond combi or other suitable boiler) soon and would like to know if it is possible to do this...