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Hi All, I'm currently gutting and replacing my kitchen which includes plastering, flooring, electrics everything. I do have an electrician coming to re-wire the kitchen properly for me but in the mean time I have had to remove some as a wall is to be cut out and bi-folding doors installed. I...

Sorry if this is in the wrong section folks, So I have just installed a new kitchen at home and it looks great but I appear to have mislaid the door fixing kit for the integrated dishwasher along with the instructions. I can't seem to find one online to purchase either so wonder if anyone has...

Hi Everyone, i wonder if you could help me please, I have had a joiner mitre some new 50mm worktops for my kitchen as well as cutting the holes for the hob and sink. Everything has been fine until I tried to fit the sink today and it doesn't sit flat all round after further investigation it...

Just a quick question please folks, I need to open my chimney breast to accommodate a new cast iron fireplace so I removed the old ornamental one and had a sneaky peak inside but can't see any sign of a lintel, are the lintels normally one bricks width or should I still see it from inside the...

Hi Guys, I am going to be fitting a new Wickes kitchen at home soon and the missus wants laminate flooring putting down as well. My question is as I will not be going wall to wall because a large section will be covered by floor units do I still have to leave an expansion gap all the way...

Hi Guys, I have a problem with my boiler for some unknown reason the 3amp plug fuse blew last night and all I had was a 13amp, I put it into the plug with the intention of getting more fuses today. About 11 o'clock last night the power tripped and after some investigation today the internal...

Good Morning Everyone, I have a question for you please if you could help, as in the title I have an Ariston Clas HE 30 Condesing Boiler we have had it for around 7 years or so now. We seem to have an issue with secondary heat exchangers in it as its on number 3 now, the last time the plumber...

Hi Everyone, Did a conversion on the loft a few years ago and it looks really good, I left all the beams exposed and cleaned them up, insulated with that shiny bubble wrap stuff then plastered between the rafters. Now my 2 girls are getting older they want to go up there but don't like the...

Hi Everyone, Not been on here for a long time but have a simple question for you, My loft is all floorboarded and plastered etc but has standard halogen downlights in the floor approx 10 of them, I dont like using them as I dont trust them but the effect is superb. Can i swap out the...

What is the best filter to put on the boiler pipework guys, MagnaClean, Fernox total filter or the magnabooster 2 ???

HI everyone, I am after some information on flushing my boiler and central heating system. I have an 'Ariston condensing boiler' and approx 10 old radiators around the house, about a year or so ago my secondry heat exchanger failed and once repaired i was advised to flush the system out...

I had a plumber round the other day who replaced my heat exchanger and said it was full of silt, he suggested that the system is flushed. I have an Arriston condensing boiler, what is the procedure for flushing the system, do i just buy a bottle of central heating cleaner poor it into a...

Hi Guys, What is a 'mag cleaner' ??? I have just had a plumber round to sort my boiler, he has changed a part and said it was full of 'silt' and advised the system is flushed and a 'mag cleaner' is fitted. He said i could get one from screwfix but when i went on there website it did not...

Hi everyone, Please could you try and point me in the right direction, i have an Ariston HE30 boiler approx 2 years old, in the last week or so i have noticed that the hot water temp is not what it should be. If i run a bath with the water temp turned up to full the bath is only luke warm...

Guys i have recently moved into an old house and slowly going round room by room. My problems is i have made it to the utility room and the 2 lights do not work properly, one of them is nice and bright the other is very dim, they both work off the same switch when i had a look, it looks...

Hi Guys, Here is my predicament, i have had blockage problems with my drain for a while now and dug it all up at the weekend to find out that an old clay t-piece had broken. Cut the old pipe out and inserted my drain rods through the remaining old pipe, all seemed to be ok the rods went...

Hi everyone, After the great success in building my extension i am about to venture out and install decking, having never done this before i wondered if anybody could point me in the direction of an idiots guide of doos and donts.

Hi Guys long time no speak, I need some advice when it comes to rendering, i am a self taught plasterer and have had a pretty good success with it over the last 5 years to say i have had no formal training, im am never without work. Alas i have never rendered before, i understand the...

Hi guys, Just dot and dabbed a wall about an hour ago, how long should it be left before i can skim over it ??? Cheers Stan

Appologies guys if this isnt in the correct section not sure if it went in here or under roofing, what is the current requirement for insulation in a single storey extension with a mono pitched roof, will i be ok with 150mm rockwool ???