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Hi I have an Clarke Air Compressor which I tried using for the 1st time today. It saysit goes up to 8 bar but only maintains pressure at 2 bar!!! Is this normal? If yes is it because the air tank is small? What size tank is necessary to get 8bar continuous output/pressure without waiting...

Hello. I am in the market to purchase a new floor. At the 5k bill I'm looking at, I am being very cautious. I therefore am looking advice from other peoples actual experience. The floor will go over carbon film heating situated on plywood subfloor and 6mm depron. MY STRESS TEST I obtained...

Hi can someone give me an idea or price range typical for skim coating new plasterboards which are already up? How thick in mm is a skim usually? I had my builder try taping and jointing but my walls are too uneven for him to get a good enough result where the joints don't show. I am within...

Is foil backed plasterboard suitable to screw directly into a brick fireplace wall and if so, does the plasterboard go behind the fireplace or up to the surround? My fireplace is a 1 piece cast iron combination wood burning fireplace. I worry that the cast iron will get hot and either...

Hi I have a new 51000 btu space heater from sealy and it is connected to a 19kg orange gas bottle via the supplied regulator and hose. When I run the heater, I almost can't breathe- the lpg stinks so much and feels like my throat burns- I find the heater is really unusable because of this...

Ok, I just read the Boiler FAQ in this forum and don't understand what wall hung boiler to use now. The boilers only role is to heat the water for the 1 bathroom which will consist of 2 sinks, a shower with spray jets, and a whirlpool bath which has a pump. I am not sure, but the shower...

I am looking for a chart of sorts with wall hung condensing boiler manufacturer, model, kw, flow rate of hot water/min and avg oil usage per hour. I have been reading on this forum that LPG may not be the best way to go because of cost of LPG and that the lpg boilers break down? I...

Hi, I am tiling a bathroom and have a fireplace inside of it. The fireplace is a solid cast iron combination fireplace. It is a wood burning fire. I need to know if I can tile up to and under the fireplace surround with ordinary tile such as porcelin. In stores I see granite hearths...

How does one deal with insulating and dryliining walls that are not straight or plumb? I heard that foil backed insulated (25mm insulation) plasterboard does not dot-and-dab well? Also these boards are amazingly expensive I'll need a more economic solution. If I batten, the battens...

I used ratedpeople.com to find a tradesman. He quoted 1600pounds to install two soil pipes and I accepted and wrote a check for the deposit. He also said that if the work takes less time he will charge me less. Bonus! On the day he started, he dropped off what I consider to be an...

Hi I have lifted up my joists to replace rotted soil plates and such and have noticed that the ground underneath the joist (consisting of lightly concreted rubble) seems to remain damp (not puddling water, just cold and damp to the touch) most of the time. Should I cover the ground with a thick...

hello I am going to be drylining my house and using battens on the ground floor to screw the plasterboard to. As my brick walls are somewhat wet, I am wondering if anyone here has coated the battens or protected them with membrane etc so rot will not be a future issue. Thanks for your comments...

hello is it odd to request the main electric and consumer unit to be moved? Mine is currently under my stairs and I've been thinking of putting a cloakroom there instead. I am going to upgrade from 60 amp to 100amps anyway. I thought that putting the consumer unit in a cupboard near where it...

Hi I was wondering if it is ok to use 10mm electrical wire with standard sockets. I know that it is typically used for cookers and such, but is it against building control etc. to use it for everything? Please comment on same question for 6mm wire. Thanks. C

Help! No heat, but do have hot water. Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post I didnt know where to put this. There was a leak so our gas was shut off. No heat. In the meantime, we are using a backup electric system to heat the water. The boiler coil is working on electricity and the water...