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Hi all I noticed my neighbour has insulated his up-and-over garage door, which is the same as mine, attached to the house and under half of the front bedroom (little daughters). It appears all he's done is bond Kingspan or Celotex panels to the inside of the metal door panel. I'm not...

Hi All I live in a 1933, standard 3 bedroom house. However being an old house I don't have cavity walls. Even with all the other energy improvements I've made over the last few years, double glazing, better internal doors, new radiators and boiler system etc, the house still has a general...

Hi All A bit of an odd question, but this got me thinking ... I'm looking to re-edge my grass from the pathway, currently its just 15mm treated timber on edge, buried down about 4inches, leaving about 2inches on the grass edge face. I was looking to replace the wood with slate...

Hi All I'm in the process of buying the bits necessary to replace all of my dated exterior fencing. I'm looking to build a simple but rigid frame arrangement from 3" posts in the ground (some 6' apart) and 3"x2" rails top and bottom, running some 40' along the garden perimeter. However, my...

Hi All I'm in the process of buying the bits necessary to replace all of my dated exterior fencing. I'm looking to build a simple but rigid frame arrangement from 3" posts in the ground (some 6' apart) and 3"x2" rails top and bottom, running some 40' along the garden perimeter. However, my...

Hi All I'm looking to replace my failing toilet syphon with a new unit and was wondering if it is possible to replace for a push-button type directly ? Obviously replacing all the syphon section with a new body, but more questioning whether the handle hole is correct for the push button...

Hi All Just after some knowledgeable advice about replacing a toilet base, basically are most (if not all) domestic toilet waste pipes at the same level ? Or while replacing my toilet pan should I replace the 'pan connector' too ? Any advice or replies most welcomed John

Hi All When i moved into my house over 2 years ago the white exterior garden walls were looking a bit drab, so in the summer of 2007 I set about painting them. I discovered pebble-dash rendered walls are an absolute nightmare, it seemed to sap 2-or-3 times the amount of paint of a plain...

Hi Everybody Trusting you all had a good Crimbo ? When i moved to my latest home one of the back bedroom UPVC sash windows did not seal in the bottom hinged edged corner, over the last few weeks as the night temperatures have dropped there is a reasonable draught from this bottom corner. As...

Hi All, I'm about to change my ageing toilet syphon and decided to buy a standard 8" Delchem model from Screwfix, only i'm not sure before i fit it and find out, but should there be some sort of diaphragm material flap on the very bottom of the main chamber part ? (where the bulk of the water...

Hi All, hoping this might be the place for a sensible answer. My main upstairs toilet flushes every time but just quite slowly, i mean i don't have to pump the flush handle to get it going (in fact it flushes first time every time), but the water flowing into the main pan is pretty slow so it...

Hi all, i've just moved into a new house (well to me) and need to replace a few section of wood panel in the hall-way, they're white-washed tongue+grooved boards, but what is the easiest way to make up a quick white wash to repaint the new panels and try and blend them back in with the rest of...

Having just acquired a new Siemens (Landis) RWB9 programmer to replace what can only be described as the original grandfather of heating timers, is there a way to set it work just as 7 day timer, rather than the 5/2 set-up it describes in the user sheet ??

Hi, newbie to this site, but recommended by a friend I installed a Showerforce easiboost (1.5bar) power shower pump a few years back now, coupled to a Gainsborough thermostatic mixer unit etc. But really since installation the shower takes a good few minutes for the hot water flow to settle...