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Hi there, This is a Wickes Combi 102 (Halstead). I want to box it in as the room is now a bedroom and I need to shut off the noise. I would like to be able to box this in completely with no venting - is this allowed/possible? If it requires venting, am I allowed to vent into the loft...

Hi all. This is the flooring in question: http://tinyurl.com/5fylt9 Expansion is 12mm on 3 edges (as per instructions). The flooring is 'sitting up' on the edge that has no wall (i.e. where the carpet will go next weekend). so expansion certainly not the culpirt. Floor was laid on...

Hi all, I have bought some real wood flooring from wickes as it was only £11.99 sq/m http://tinyurl.com/5fylt9 Which of these underlay methods would you recommend? This will be on a concrete floor. High Performance Floor Underlay from Homebase: http://tinyurl.com/6nyqea OR DPM from...

Hi all, Just got to thinking about this weekends work, and need some advice. Wooden flooring on concrete base. Plan to put skirting in after the flooring so that it fits neatly over the expansion gap. Trouble is that the mortar behind the old skirting is so uneven, I am wondering how I...

Hi All, Have done 2 ceilings before now, with no problems. I think I may have bitten off my than I can chew with the current ceiling.... 6x3 metre ceiling covered in stipple, with a 3m x 1ft (6mm deep) recess where I removed the arch wall. 6mm due to the fact that someone had presumably...

I've got a plastering project coming up, but the preparation requires a few small bonding jobs. Instead of using my standard bucket and mixer, can anyone recommend a smaller bucket and/or mixer which would enable me to mix up a smaller amount? It would save the mix splashing all over the...

Should angle beading be put in before plastering the ceiling or after? Thanks!

Hi all, Have a tiled lounge/diner which we will be covering half/half with Laminate(or real wood) flooring and carpet. Some of the tiles have loosened over the years and a few are also cracked and moving (one in particular is smashed due to bricks falling on it). Before the new flooring is...

Keen to find out how a carpet fitter would fix a carpet to a ceramic tiled floor? For example, does he/she have to glue down the tack strips then come back later, or is another method used? Also, I understand from this post (//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=675985#675985) that...

Hi all, Have ceramic tiles over concrete on the ground floor of my house. Would like to lay some laminate flooring over one part of the floor and carpet the rest (splitting the lounge and dining area). Could anyone advise whether I should lay straight over the tiles or whether I should...

Hi all, first post so be nice! Boiler is a Combi 102 (Halstead/Wickes). Initial problem was no DHW but CH okay. Correctly identified as a split diaphragm. In replacing this part (£31!!!), had to remove the pressure sensing pipes from the flow switch body which were held in place by...