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Hi, I know this issue really needs the eye of a structural engineer but I'm initially looking for thoughts on what might be involved in the best and worst cases. Just so I know where this might be heading. I'm looking to buy an old Victorian terraced house but the homebuyers survey came...

Hi, I'm after replacing an old imperial sized radiator in the bathroom. Its 25" (680mm) wide. Looking through previous posts, the simplest solution is to use a 600mm wide rad with two 40mm extentions. The two valves at each end look fine and I'd rather keep them than have to remove...

Hi, I've had a problem with the central heating. I was removing a rad but one of the valves is damaged and the circuit is draining itself. I'm letting that empty so I can replace the valves but in the mean time - if I keep the central heating off, can I still run the hot water? The...

Hi, A minor DIY job is turning major for a tiling newbie. I wonder if some folks can help. I have a bath in the corner of a small bathroom. The tiles are old and damaged and the plan was to just replace them. I tried removing the ones at the top end of the bath but the wall appears to...

Hi, I'm replacing a radiator - mounting the new one in a new position. The new pipework is in place - ready to connect. I was going to drain the sealed combi-boiler system but there's no drain cock and most of the pipe is under the floorboards so finding a lowest point is going to be...

Hi, I'm planning on replacing a radiator in a flat - which has a sealed combi-boiler system. Also, moving the rad along the wall at the same time. My thought is to put the new rad in place and pipe up to the old pipes - then freeze them and attach the new pipes. However, being a sealed...

Hi, We're replacing a radiator in a cold bedroom. The old one is on the chimney breast. There are two external walls - one with a window. The plaster's recommended putting a wide, short rad under the window but I always though rads under windows just pumped heat outside? So does the rad...

Hi, Preparing a window for painting and noticed that the upvc frame has been painted too. Half of it is straping off really easily but the rest isn't. I don't really want to scrape it really hard as it will damage the surface and I don't want to paint it again (unless necessary). Any thoughts...

Hi, We're having 3 of our bedroom walls skimmed to cover artex. The pattern isn't too deep. However, on one wall, it's blown so that's getting redone totally. That wall and one of the others are outside brick walls. The other two are internal: One is brick, the other partition. Once...

Hi, I'm looking to get rid of artex finished walls in the bedroom and been looking into it. The ceiling is fine. Replastering is one option - but money's tight at the mo and we've been quoted over £1000 for the 3.5m x 4m bedroom which seems a lot. Been looking at stripping options -...