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Hi... Not sure which is the best place to post this so have gone for general DIY.... Just had an old gas fire with balanced flue removed and now looking to fit a new electric fire which granite hearth, granite back panel and solid pine surround. the whole 'suite' will be fitted to a flat...

ok thanks - although i had planned on using the flame resistant foam. however the fact that it will be directly behind the new fire worries me slightly..... will have to re think this one.

The foam would be used as a more temporary fill for the internal hole - that was my hope anyway - i hadn't planned on skimming over it. the outside hole will be bricked this week at some point. it's about a 4" hole in diameter. the wall is an external wall - plasterboard wall on masonry block...

Guys....it has been suggested that i use expanding foam to fill from the inside - has anyone ever used this in this sort of situation? Thanks Ben

Hi Guys, I have a Corgi guy coming in tomorrow to remove our current gas fire. we have a Powaflue fire so i will have a gaping hole through the wall to the outside for a short while until the new fireplace (electric) is fitted on the weekend. Obviously i want to close the flue from both...

whipped cream! get back to work you lazy a*s. :D

that it does. but wanted to be absolutely sure that it was decent stuff because no doubt you can get good and bad. thanks

Hi This OK for tongue and groove glue? will be installing real wood floating floor. Cheers http://www.stikatak.co.uk/web/detail.asp?pref=385&ref=151nc=11&pc=ST7732&dpc=ST7732

guy came back out last night. its working 'fine' now, but the sceptic in me is still not convinced it's working as effectively as it could do because there is roughly 6-8 meters of pipe that is not absolutely necessary - even he admitted that. Having said that he clearly did not want to move the...

thanks - so just so im absolutely clear - use foam underlay that is a minimum of 3mm thick for real wood? what happens if its less than 3mm - juts out of curiosity?

well i thought it was strange but it was through a freind whose friend is a carpenter. the first thing i thought of was sound insualtion but there you go...so the foam underlay is the best for the floating floor? i dont intend to secret nail. is this the same sort of underlay as you can pick up...

Hi I'll be making a start on laying a new real oak wooden floor in my upstairs bedroom in a few weeks and was just wondering whether i should be using an underlay (have heard that for real wood you don't necessarily need to lay underlay??). having already removed some of the carpet, i have a...

have been up the loft to investigate this further. from what i can see, the pipe that originally fed the hot water to the old mixer is located just underneath the tank in the attic and is teed off via a gate valve from the hot water pipe that comes from the top of the hot water cylinder in...

honest answer to those questions is god knows. all i know is that the pump is working fine in that the pressure of the water has increased since it has been fitted. we have had a humming in one of the pipes since the pump was fitted when you turn a hot tap on anywhere in the house as well...

Hi I've Recently had a new shower pump fitted in the airing cupboard. I've also had a new thermostatic mixer valve and shower head fitted. It's a gravity fed system. I now have no hot water from the shower. I think i can rule out the mixer valve being faulty because when this was fitted, it was...

Cheers Guys - all sorted now.

please excuse my ignornace...'stalks'? are these the same thing as bleed valves? e.g. the one in the airing cupboard that sticks up ( i think there would be one in the attic as well?)

Hi Just had a new radiator/towel warmer fitted. I know that the whole system was drained to do this. Since the system was turned back on/re-filled the boiler will not fire when turning both the Hot Water and Central Heating on at the main controls. Followed the instructions on the boiler to...

ok nice one cheers!

Hi looking to change existing dual shaving socket within the bathroom from a standard plastic one to a new chrome fitting http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=A441515&ts=48102&id=50718# . however, all of the fittings i can find are 115v/230v where as the existing plastic fitting...