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Hi, need 2nd, 3rd, 4th opinion. Recently had a new boiler installed in our loft. Registered gas safe company, all good. 3rd day error code appeared, rang Worcester and they said error code not a problem use boiler as normal until their engineer comes along to sort. He came today, sorted the...

Hi. Hope not a stupid question. In our lounge we have an Amazon Echo and in our kitchen we have a Makita site radio (don't ask!) I listen to a lot of internet radio, specifically BBC 6 music. For some reason, when i have both playing, there is a 50 second difference between the two, i've timed...

Apologies if this is a repeat thread. I am experiencing regular fly tipping outside my garage. I need a CCTV camera that is discreet and must be battery powered as there is no mains available. Also with a memory card and capable of night vision. The battery needs to last ideally around 6 hour's...

Hi. We had some Polyfor fitted in our kitchen and downstairs bathroom a little while back. The floor is very easy to clean and comes up really nice but there is one section, about 400mm and about 25mm wide alongside a weld that somehow really holds onto the dirt and shows up very quickly even...

Hi. I have an Edwardian house and i need to re do the front bay window. At some point the 2 stone/brick pillars supporting the bay were removed as well as the stone sill itself. Look's like the double glazing has an internal metal rod inside supporting the stone at the top. (hope I've described...

Hi. Im actually a tiler and have a small issue refitting a wc. I've levelled a floor and tiled it with a thick stone and now the flexi hose won't reach the bottom of the cistern. It's only about 50mm. The existing flexi hose is 300mm. I know the next size up is 500mm which wouldn't be feasable...

My jobs come in at around the £750-£2000 range. Not big money. Increasingly im getting customers offering cash for a discount. I am genuineley not interested becasue if i did accept every offer little would go through my accounts. And not only that my prices are very keen so i just cannot go...

Got a downstairs bathroom and really really need a loo and shower upstairs. Cannot loose a bedroom unfortunately so the only area I have is on the landing. The space I have is around 2.2 metres by 800mm! Small but it can be done but I need advice on what you think of macerator units. Seem to get...

Hi. I have 2, 4 metre lengths of 9"x3" which I got from the roof of an old house im working on. Nice condition timber which I want to turn into a 18"x3" low level shelf. What would be the best way of joining these 2 pieces together side by side? Bearing in mind its unplanned and quite rough...

Been tiling for donkeys years. Pretty good at it! Until. Tiling a big room a little while ago. Finished one part of the room and to continue I had to put a level line across a doorway. Simple enough, done it before. Put the bottom of my level on top of the tiles on one side of door, got level...

Gas and water usage in my home has got out of control and I think will lead to a divorce court and my kids being sold! Seriously though, I need to kerb their shower times as its ridiculous. Is there some sort of timed shower control/head, whatever, that I can have installed. I was thinking like...

Hi, 6 years ago we had a new boiler fitted in our loft. We have noticed over time that the bedroom window under where the boiler is situated, has frosted over. What ever is on it will not come off. We have noticed the condensing pipe (sorry for terminology) comes through a hole in the soffit...

Hi. We have limited ground space in which to grow veg. Sorry if it's a stupid question but is it possiblE to grow climbing peas and climbing beans in hanging baskets or wall mounted boxes? Thanks.

Had a call from a very pleasant lady last night about changing a 'few' cuts around an architrave on a recently fixed floor. She was crying on the phone and when I went to visit her this morning, very very distressed. A very nice house and the people obviously have money. When I looed at the job...

Had a call from a very pleasant lady last night about changing a 'few' cuts around an architrave on a recently fixed floor. She was crying on the phone and when I went to visit her this morning, very very distressed. A very nice house and the people obviously have money. When I looed at the job...

When fitting a shower screen over a bath is it good practice to put a bead of silicone sealant behind the wall channel before being screwed to the wall. Thank you

Hello, I am refitting a bathroom and my client wants 5 downlights fitted. 5 lights have been supplied and they need 110mm space to fit. Upon drilling out the holes to accommodate lights we see we only have 80mm. At the moment changing the ceiling is not an option unless there is no other way. My...

I have a large cabin in my back garden that I want to paint. When the cabin was new 3 years ago it was painted with an 'exterior shed' paint, Sandtex I think. Timber is in perfect condition but does need painting again as original stain has gone a bit flat. This time I want to paint it, rather...