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Before I make this post, I would like to say that I am almost purple-faced with rage ... !!! We bought this house last year and we knew that there were quite a few DIY snags that needed fixing, but this one just about takes the jammy sodding dodger! The central heating pump has been making...

The bath tap remains constant - boiler stays on constant too all the while that the bath tap is running. It only does the on/off hot/cold thing with the shower.

Hi, A few thoughts from me: 1) Indent your code correctly! I looked at your indentation and ... ***ughhh*** !!!! (Sorry). 2) I am not sure why you are using eval. The purpose of eval is simply to evaluate a string as if it were javascript code. Furthermore, the way you have used...

We bought the house in Dec 2013, it has a Worcester 35CDi boiler providing hot water on demand (i.e. no water tank because of loft extension). Over the last week or so, we have noticed the following behaviour when taking a shower in the morning: 1) Turn on shower. 2) Boiler switches on...

The other day our Triton t300si shower began leaking like a good'un. I have just taken the back off and the leak is coming from the top of the stabiliser valve unit, where the main seal sits - water spurts out from between the body of the unit and the plastic end cap. See the images below...

I am burying a 110mm teracotta pipe to take rainwater from the downpipe from my roof across my back garden. Do I need to use a bottle gully or should I couple the downpipe directly into the underground pipe, or it is a matter of personally preference? Note that the roof is not overhung by...

Thanks for the continuing advice and info :) As regards the slope, it slopes down towards a point just in front of the garage where there is a drain that goes into the foul drain. To give him his due, he did say that that was entirely inadequate as it was (pipe too narrow) and so he as put a...

Hi guys, thanks for your replies. I've got to say that now I know my worries were well founded, I've looked over the site and I've found where he's cracked the concrete surround for the drain and I think he may have actually cracked the pavement outside the house too. I'm going to talk to...

Hi all, I may just be having a good panic over nothing, but I thought I would check this out with people in the know. I am having my driveway re-done at the moment, under contract (yes, I have signed a contract!). It was previously covered with concrete and tarmac and I am having it...

While I'm on the subject of abominations, why oh why do people do these things in the first place? Lol! For example, the previous owners of my house took perfectly good, solid, old English oak floorboards - really really lovely wood which would sand down and wax up a real treat and look just...

Hi all, I am in the process of replacing a UPVC back door and window. The previous owners of the house had put an abomination ... *ahem* ... I mean lean-to conservatory on the back of the house, which I am going to demolish. They had also plastered in the exterior door and window from the...

Hi there, I personally don't know or use the software you are talking about (so I don't know what F1 is supposed to do). *however* it sounds as if the anti-virus prog has blocked port 80 comms; you need to enable that in the port settings in Kaspersky (they will be in there somewhere!)...

Thermo, your pics look fantastic! Out of interest, what did you do to the cracked concrete underneath to stop the weeds from growing once the decking was down?

Ok thanks for the tip!

Hi all, My back garden is an abomination. It was laid to concrete many years ago (decades) and it would seem that the previous owners employed the services of some dodgy itinerant driveway refurbishment people who charged them an arm and a leg to slap down a layer of tarmac straight onto the...

Hi, Thanks for the reply, I figured it couldn't be that hard! (rectangular opening + rectangular object to be inserted into it ...) I have got the window fitting guide from the wickes website; I presume that with fitting a door you just need to be extra careful that the frame is...

Hi all, I know little about how PVCu windows and doors are fitted, but, like most things, I am sure I could do it with clear instructions (i.e. jargon free). I have had a look on Amazon and there seem to be numerous books on the subject, however they all appear to be American publications...

Thanks mate! :D I shall now measure my surfaces (oh matron!) and go price up some paint ...

Hi all, I am renovating my house and I would like some advice as to what paints to use. The scenario is as follows: 1) The walls in all rooms (except kitchen and bathroom) are to be hung with 1200 gauge lining paper. Can I just put a couple of coats of emulsion straight onto that with...