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Hi. I was hoping someone maybe able to advise. I have included two images of a flat roof membrane that I may need to undertake a repair upon. The job is the replacement of the fascia boards around a stone built extension. However, I have concerns that the flat roof membrane may be damaged...

Hi all. We have an ARISTON Combi A Series boiler in our loft. The last number of years we have had a number of instances where it has either cut out for no apparent reason or lost pressure. The cut outs are very infrequent and so are not at this time a concern. The pressure loss however...

Hi all. We have an ARISTON Combi A Series boiler situated in our loft. The last number of years we have had a number of instances where it has either cut out for no apparent reason or lost pressure. The cut outs are very infrequent and so are not at this time a concern. The pressure loss...

Hi all Just moved to Barnsley and need some good and not overly expensive scaffolding companies that work in the area. I run a Roofing company and need some reliable companies to quote me a number of jobs. So, if anyone should know of a scaffolding company that you were happy with, please...

Hi everyone. My wife has once again been watching far too many home improvement programs and has given me my next project, but I have my reservations. We have a raised patio built using red/orange brick with cheap stone flags on top. To stop people falling over the edge is built a knee high...

Hi. Need a fully water tight seal, and pleasing to the eye solution to a problem. Two roofs, both the same pitch, but the adjoining properties roof is around 1-3" higher. It currently has coping stones over the join but don't really want them replacing. The height diffence is too small to use...

Hi. Need a fully water tight seal, and pleasing to the eye solution to a problem. Two roofs, both the same pitch, but the adjoining properties roof is around 1-3" higher. It currently has coping stones over the join but don't really want them replacing. The height diffence is too small to use...

I have a friend who is considering having their house pointed. It is stone faced at the front, brick at the rear and brick also on the side of the house. Now, they have been there around two years and it appears that they have a lot of damp in the house, and they are wondering if it needs the...

Evening all. I am tomorrow going to look at a little job for a friend. He is going to buy a summer house. I think he said that it is around 3.6 by 3.6 metres. The people supplying the shed said that they could lay a foundation of crush and run and then lay some flags on top. All for around...

Hello everyone. May I say from the start, thanks for reading this. Yes you! Right, on with the show. I am having problems with our ARISTON Combi A 24 MFFI boiler. It has been losing pressure and cutting out. I have located a leak on one of the radiators and intend to replace it. However I did...

Hi, I have just finished painting a very large gable end. When it dried I noticed that it has verticle lines down it. I understand the importance of keeping a wet edge, but how is this achieved? And whats more how do you keep a wet edge on such a large area? Any help would be very helpful...

Hi all I am having problems with our ARISTON Combi A 24 MFFI boiler. It has been losing pressure and cutting out. I guess it cuts out cause it has lost pressure. An error code comes up E 02. which means 'Pump Protect'. So, I am guessing that to protect the pump it is cutting out when it loses...

Hi. I need to replace our electric shower. Our old shower is a Gainsborough 850E rated at 9.5 kw. Navigate to this page for some details: http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/showers/gainsborough-850e. It may be helpful to add that this shower has two power settings. If we use the shower on the...

Hi. I need to replace our electric shower. Our old shower is a Gainsborough 850E rated at 9.5 kw. Navigate to this page for some details: http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/showers/gainsborough-850e. It may be helpful to add that this shower has two power settings. If we use the shower on the...

One year ago decorated our front room. New laminate floor, the works. I even took the skirtings off to do the floor properly. I refitted the skirtings, but I used putty to fill the gaps. It was fresh. I then painted over the putty, we had previously painted the skirtings out side. This saved...

Hi, Is it ok to paper over lining paper that has been emulsioned?The paper has been up and painted for approx 2+ years. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have just drained my central heating system to make a repair to a leaking valve. I sorted the leak. I Filled up the system, added some Fernox, bled the rads and then switched on the pump without firing up the boiler. No leaks, no noise. Great. But then for some reason I switched off the pump...