Search results

I want to remove my crumbling, powdery, cracked, un-level and un-even concrete garage floor and replace with quarry tiles. Is it just a case of digging out all the old concrete back to earth and pouring some more, making sure it's flat and level this time and of a decent quality mix, then...

I want to install a new light switch which is a single unit with two dimmer knobs on it. I understand the principals and theory of electrics, but I'd feel more confident if someone could explain exatly what 'gang' and way means and how differring combinations will affect functionality. For...

I'm about to start a new kitchen project which requires moving the boiler - Baxi Solo - works perfectly and isn't going to be replaced. Here it is in it's current location.... Behind the wall to the right is the garage and I'm going to move the boiler literally to the other side of...

Please can someone explain the difference in application suitability between box lintels and RSJ's? I'm removing a 3m long load bearing wall between my kitchen and dining room and during my research have read much conflicting information about the pros and cons of each. If it matters, it...

I want to knock through from the kitchen into the dining room (like everyone else) but I'm not sure if the wall is load bearing or not. I've taken thee pics which might help. Some background.... House is two storey. Built 1990 All walls are dot n' dab board over breeze block The...

Our fence and posts need replacing and I'm tempted by one of those half wall / half fence types where the wall is about 3 foot tall with a short fence panel on top withthe fence panels separated by capped brick turrets if that makes any sense? I've no idea whatsoever of how much it costs to...

Having removed the bathroom radiator today and re-filled the CH system, the downstairs rads don't get hot, they stay stone cold. I've bled every rad in the house 3 times and there is no air in any of them. Also, to add insult to injury, the pump has now stopped working. It is scalding hot...

Hello, can anyone help me identify what my ground floor is constructed from? THe house is 1990 and a small link detatched two story house. Under the carpet and underlay is a flat, smooth black rubbery type surface with no visible pattern. If I jump on the floor if has a very slight...

Hello. I want to knock through from my small kitchen into my small dining room to create a kitchen diner (like everyone else). I've just taken a drill to the offending wall and it is single course breeze block with dot/dab plaster board each side. Does this mean it is automatically a...

I'm about to knock through to create a kitchen / diner and want underfloor heating but haven't got a clue what it might cost. The room will be 15' x 10'. I have a fully pumped standard CH system with 10mm micro bore rads. The wall to be knocked down has a rad on each side that will be...

Having now identified the source of my hot water issues, I have opened this thread as the title for this thread is more appropriate. I have a fully pumped, vented CH system in a two story house built in 1990. Whenerver I run the system as 'water only' the pump goes very noisy and sounds...

Please help... My wife is doing the 'told you so' dance around the living room because I ignored her request for an electric shower in preference for a faster flowing mixer that I've just spend a fortune on. Problem is that unless the heating has been on for ages (hours) the hot water in...

Some of the rad valves in my house are leaking from the valve body under the adjustment cap. I've tried tightening them up etc but they still leak. I want to replace them with new valves and/or rad stats etc. BUT THe 10mm micro bore that feeds them comes out of the wall at a 45 degree...

Whilst fitting a new bathroom sink / vanity unit, I had a real 'mare using push fit connectors on the flexi hoses. I made sure both ends on the copper pipes where not damaged, not scored, not corroded, polished with wire wool etc. I made sure there was no debris in the ends of the push fit...

I have a 1991 vintage fully pumped, conventional central heating system in a two story house heated with a baxi solo boiler in the kitchen. ( not a combi) All has been fine until this morning. When the timer switches everything on, the boiler won't light. The pump works fine, the flow...

Hi, I'm in the middle of re-doing my en-suite from the ground up. My problem is the walls in the shower area. They are not straight at all and I'm going to be fitting 40cm x 30cm tiles which at the moment will look a mess unless the wall is flattened. If I lay a long steel ruler accross...

I have a standard gravity fed, traditional boiler CH system in my two story house. In the winter when the rads are switched on, the pump opperates silently. As the weather warms up and we start to turn rads of in various rooms, the more rads we turn off, the noiser the pump gets. Now it...

Hello - sorry my first post is a tricky one but..... Can anyone point me in the direction of a supplier of 18mm fittings, whether they are push fit, compression, yorkshire, end feed isn't important. I need a 22mm to 18mm reducer and or elbow. The Hudson Reed shower head is 18mm whilst...