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Just looking into painting the exterior render on my house when the weather gets warm enough. Its generally in good nick with some hairline cracks. We had decided to use Dulux Weathershield (trade) Classic Cream but they seem to have discontinued this colour now? May go for Gardenia but will...

Shower blew yesterday when I was showering! Massive sparks , black water etc. After isolating it via the double pole isolator and turning water supply off I went to check the 40 amp MCB and found it hadn't tripped. I took the the shower off today to find an absolute mess inside, Live wire/s...

Just pricing up materials for a new shed. 10'x16'. Just wondering how I work out the coverage if I clad it in featheredge?

Just put up a stud partition using planned 3x2 and plasterboard. I have a doorway I need to frame out in it and have never done this before. What timber should I use , what measurements? Any help appreciated.

Hi am converting garage. It was built on the side of the house so one wall is part brick and part render whereas the others are all block. Anyway have plasterboarded over the 3 new walls but am unsure of how to tackle the old house wall. Basically it is brick for a couple of foot up from...

I'll be trying it next week for 8 week run. Just wondering what it costs you guys for particular sized adverts etc?

Hi I know there are varied opinions on here on how good yellow pages is but as a fairly new starter business I thought I'd give it a try. How much should I expect to pay for a standard(ie:cheapest) advert with them? Also would folks on here if they use van signage go for preprinted...

any1 know where I can get hold of one of thses?

Have been asked to replace an existing conventional Baxi with another Baxi on an unvented system. Have not got my unvented ticket yet but as I would only be replacing the boiler and not touching the unvented cylinder etc am I allowed to do it?

Hi got my first fire install since I went self employed. Customer wants a Crystal heatrave - have been to local fire showroom and was given a price for the burner and fret which didn't seem very good to me compared to the price of similar Valor dfe's from Screwfix. Can anybody give me any...

Went to service customers DFE. Was Black Diamond which coincidently were manufactured in Wigan which is quite near me but they went out of business 15 years ago. The fire was sooting up as was the back , on closer inspection the ceramic supports for the coals had broken leading to the coals...

Just wondering which is the favoured option for most and why?

MY multimeter has just gone T**s up. Anybody recommend a decent one that is rugged enough to stand up to some abuse?

This is not a condensing junior. It was installed sept 04. The HW works fine but on the CH side when a demand is created it takes about 10 to 12 mins to get up to temp( all rads get hot, actually only 5 rads) then kettling occurs in the ~HX the O/H stat kicks in and shuts the gas valve and the...

Just looking for recommendations , which ones you guys think do the job best and most quickly and efficiently?

Just wondering what you old timer self employed guys charge? I'm just starting up on my own in north west england and have just got a straight combi swap. old non condensing vaillant to be replaced with worcester 37cdi, flue hole will need bricking but other than that straight forward. I thought...

I've recently started to do some work for a mate as he has got a lot on, I have set up my own company(I'm do plumbing/gas), do I just invoice my mate or am I subcontracting and do I need to contact the revenue? Bit new to all this so any help appreciated.

Came across a RIDDOR reportable situation yesterday. Gas fire removed and electric fire installed. 10mm feed to the gas fir cut off and capped with blue fleixble plastic cap. There was a definate smell of gas in the room but an initial tightness test showed no drop. Anyway I left it on for a...

After reading the installation manual for the Worcester Highflow 440 i note that if the heating system has a volume of more than 100 litres it is going to need an extra external expansion vessel fitted. I have never installed a system this big before. Can anyone point me in the right direction...

I'm fitting a worcester highflow 440 but the customer doesn't want the mess of wiring up the standard roomstat from the boiler. I installed ones of these last year for the firm I was working for which was installed with a wireless roomstat as well as a remote control. For the life of me I...