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Hi all. I have searched but couldn't quite find definitive answer. I have small slab hearth to pour and want the surface smooth. I have read concrete finish 3 stage process...screed across to compact and flatten, then float to even out lows and highs but leave open pores and allow water to...

I need your advice guys and girls...Rebuilding a new constructional Hearth to regs. Min 500mm out from jambs and extending min 150mm either side of builders opening. This means the hearth will be 1280mm across front with a depth of 880 from front hearth to back wall. All at a depth of 420mm to...

Looking at prices for fitting a combi boiler, I notice that most quote for a chem clean. Is system water quality checked first? Nobody is mentioning this on the details of prices etc. I'm not convinced a chem clean will be adequate for the guarantee, on an older ch system unlesss the quality is...

Well, I've searched the net, searched this forum..and I'm undecided. There is a youtube vid, posted June last year, by a very well known London fitter...who espouses the fabulous virtues of these new Ideal Combis....mostly from the fitting and repairing point of view. He actually predicts that...

Hi all. Having a WB Greenstar 24i Junior fitted to replace a knackered Saunier Duval and have just seen that my quote includes a WB Programmable Thermosat ( DT10RF wireless) which is about £170! I was even more shocked when I read that there is no weekend setting in the programmes...that comes...

Hi all. I've decided to fit t&g floorboards to my suspended joist ground floor. I'm just at the stage of improving ventilation...then will be insulating between joists with Celotex 75mm. Having read a little about available t&g floorboards, I've ended up a bit confused. The floorboards will be...

I am just about to start fitting new joists to a suspended ground floor in a very, very drafty Victorian terrace. I've spent some time clearing out the under floor of debris earth and crap and am improving the front to back ventilation of the ground floor...so it's going to get even draftier! 2...

Hi all. Had some good advice recently about replacing my suspended timber floors. I'm now at the stage of looking to get max ventilation to the 2 ground floor rooms. First question relates to the staircase walls that separate the front and back room (typical victorian terrace)see...

Here are the reference pics... (The pictures are showing the SAME wall btw) [/img] My queries: Is it a good idea to lay a concrete oversite? What you are looking at is earth, which has dried over a year but remains damp. If over-site is a good idea, what should be the...

Hi all. As the title...can it be done? I have the entire floor up at the moment. Victorian internal party wall. No cavity. 2 brick thickness. Lime mortar between brickwork. Look forward to your thoughts.

Hi all. My brother and me rent a property out through an letting agent. Yesterday we had our annual gas check done and the gas safe guy told us that the boiler electrics had been changed and an infra red thermostat had been wired in. As he had originally fitted the boiler, he also pointed out 2...

More on my hearth..sorry guys. New Constructional hearth, 1400mm wide by 900mm into recess. Overall height required from ground up to level with ply floor is 418mm. I intend to build a block retaining wall and then fill that with the appropriate materials. Can you advise me on the different...

Hi all. The picture shows the old hearth which I have now removed and opened up the chimney breast builders opening and am about to put in the constructional Hearth. The bricks you can see at the moment were the existing hearth perimeter and those will go as it needs to extend a little more from...

Hi all. Finally found the support arch in my chimney breast. The photos show brick infill under the arch, which I intend to knock out and open up the builders opening. Supporting the brick arch is a steel arch bar. If the steel..(wrought iron?) bar is in good nick, is this ok to relying on...

Hi all. I am about to fit a new timber joist floor to this room and wish to build a new constructional hearth to the fireplace (for open fire). The pictures show the existing constructional hearth. My question is...can I remove this without worrying about the chimney structure itself...ie, is it...

Hi all. I am nothing more than a novice. Recently ripped out my Victorian wooden floor. The air vent was blocked and wall plates and joist ends all rotten. Now, after much humming and thinking I have fitted wall plates, 4" x 2" treated timber ready to take joist hangers. I could have used the...

I have searched...honest! I am a novice..Simple question...I am relaying new floor joists onto ground floor brick sleeper walls topped with new sleeper timber. What's the procedure...Sleeper wall, thin bed mortar to stick the DPM, then thicker bed mortar to bed the timber sleeper, then joist...

Hi all. Got a Saunier Duval Thelia 23 Boiler. :oops: Looking for the foam seal strip for the combustion chamber front panel. The old piece I have from the boiler looks nothing special. 10mm sq foam with double tape on the side. Does anyone know a good supplier for Saunier parts or Is...

Had a registered fitter look at my 14 yr old leaking S.Duval :shock: this week. As some of you might expect he basically told me not worth repairing and parts difficult to get hold of...etc etc. He seemed a genuine guy and is local, but basically moved immediately onto recommending a new...

Hi all...I'm a newby...great site, just what I need. My problem as follows.. I have a terraced house, built circa 1890. When I need to drill and plug a wall I seem to encounter a problem with the bricks. Sometimes they will crumble internally, leaving a sloppy hole for the plug, or more often...