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Hi, I live in a mid terrace property. At some point the owners of the house next to us build a second story rear extension acoss the entire of their property (this was before we moved into our property). The extension is on what would have been the kitchen at the time and as a result their...

A well meaning handy man added a bit of plastic to our bay windowsabout 18 months ago. Over Christms this year with the snow we experienced damp in the front room. I'm trying to find a local window firm to help, without having to replace the whole bay. I wanted to ask though please, can the...

Hi, On the left is my neighour's small extension, on the right is my Kitchen. Should I be concerned that this crack has formed over the last 12 months? Whilst the extension is new, the houses are terrace properties from 1900s. Any advice please? Thank you

Hi, Noticed today we have no hot water. Condensing boiler showing F22 dry error. No obvious hose for refilling water in and cannot see how to get current pressure displayed. Reset boiler and it did work for 30 seconds before displaying error again. We did have a power cut yesterday. BG...

Hi, We have quite a weak flow of water from our shower (its always been this way), we also have quite a slow refill rate on the toilet or from taps. We'd like a more powerful shower mainly, but wondered if it were worth addressing the pressure in general throughout the house, and if so how...

Hi, Two questions please... I managed to break a clip on our buggy. The clip is still attached with a nut 1) How do I remove this nut/broken clip without negatively affecting anything else? 2) What tool(s) do i need to fit the new clip with the provided rivet/nut Am...

Hi, 1) We had an old back boiler in our dining room which was replaced this summer with a condensing conventional boiler. My understanding is that because we had a back boiler we had to have a fairly large vent, now the back boiler has gone can I place insulating material within the vent to...

Hi, We moved into a new mid terrace 1900's house just before xmas. Its on 4 floors and I don't believe has adequate insulation in the attic room/dormer/walls. Our gas bill for that first month was huge - 200 quid. Obviously it was xmas we were home a lot and it snowed a lot, however...

Hi, Our house has loose paving slabs (sand etc appears to have washed away/aged) on a lot (most of) the patio. Is it ok to get this fixed in the winter? Or should we wait till the weather is better before having people come round and quote for the work? Thank you

Hi, We've bought a new house which has an older style fuse box. We are getting quotes for getting it changed. Whats been suggested is a two zone RCD with MCB's. Is this a good idea? Instead of getting an RCBO? Apparently RCBO is more costly, but does if offer any protection greater...

Hi, We've bought a new house which has a hot water tank and a digital thermostat. The CH and HW timings of when they come on and off can be set individually. At the moment I've the HW coming on for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the evening... This seems to...

Hi, We've a mixer shower which is probably 3 -4 years old. We noticed earlier in the year it start to change temp from hot to cold (being cold most of the time). Around the same time the shower head for want of a better word broke and water came pouring out of the shower head seal...

Hi, Blooming cold at the moment and tho rads are warm/hot have noticed our combi boiler pressure is maybe at .75 - is that a problem? Have read it should be 1 - 1.5. What are the symptoms of low boiler pressure? Thank you Ben

Hi, Woke up this morning to a leaking Potterton Puma 80 boiler. British Gas can't come round till tomorrow morning, turned the boiler off and leak stopped. Just went back to it and boiler is leaking again from front fascia. Whilst I wait for BG to turn up is there anything i can do to...