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Looking to purchase the new shower wall cladding system,although cannot find a supplier in Devon. Anyone have any leads on a supplier nr Exeter

I have a large concrete drive which is solid although bloody ugly and holds water in a couple of spots. Can I cover it with tarmac and if so how deep would it need to be concerned about height to lawn and DPC against the house.

Hi just got home from work to find a ring main mcb tripping 32amp I think. We have just had a massive rain storm,however I do not have any outside power. I have disconnected all appliances on the ring and not made any difference. If water has got in the only place I could see is a low air...

Which should I do first tile the walls and then fit shower and cubicle to the tiles or do I fit the shower and screen first and tile to them. It’s a walk in shower 1700 mm longs against two std work walls, which have been plaster boarded. Both walls are good and solid with decent 4x3 studs. How...

Hi can anyone help my hot water expansion tank is constantly overflowing,I have checked the ball valve and its fine. It looks as though the system is overfilling and then draining back into the tank. It has been suggested by a friend that the pump is overpumping what is this. I have checked...

can I fit a couple of double rads in place of the singles I have in a couple of rooms,I beleive the boiler can cope with the extra demand. WB Greenstar 24Ri

just had new boiler fitted and on filling system the auto bleed vale in the airing cuboard was venting lots of trapped air. problem is its now venting water not a lot but a pain in the airing room,can it be repaired or should I get plumber to replace it?

Why do I have air bricks in my loft,none of the other houses in the close do? Can I cover them up?

Have a new WB Greenstar 24CDi combi boiler installed in a 4 bed house with 4 recep and two bathrooms all showers are elctric so no demand. New double galzing fitted. Will boiler cope with the size of house? A couple of the rads struggle to get the room warm,so I am looking to change a...

:( :( I have just had a so called professional plumber around to install a new system boiler. He fitted boiler then left saying I do not do electrics,so boiler does not work. I guess I can get this sorted by finding a electrician. However what worries me is the way the boiler is plumbed in...

Why is my boiler bounching in and out,it fires up then cuts and almost instantly re-ignites and goes on doing this all the time if I let it. First repair man said it was the air pressure switch and orderd one and fitted it. All appeared fine for an hour or so after he left and then it started...

:? anyone have any comments views on the above boiler, Corgi man number one wants 1600 to fit one feels like a good price or should I wait for corgi man two and three. No 2 wants to fit Baxi. Vokera sounds good to me as its an English MANUFACTURER :?:

Has anyone any experience of using this company for cons and windows,they appear to come from the Hampshire area and are spreading SW. We have always used Anglian in the past. Ant feedback would be useful? :?:

:cry: No its not the wife! My Potterton Neatheat 16/22 is starting to play up and been told its 20 odd years old so probably past its best. I realise its been asked before but could anyone recommend a good replacement and a good person to fit it? It has its own boiler room so space not a...

My upstairs floors are all chipboard in a poor state and creak like mad, thinking as I decorate each I will lift floors and replace, but with what, plywood appears so expensive. What size can I purchase as 8x 4 is going to be really hard to handle for one person? can I use normal glass fibre...

Since going wireless broadband my house move forced this on me as standard modem would not pick it up. I have not been able to get Lava soft virus checker to pick up its updates via the WWW. It tries and then cuts out , anyone got a clue as to what settings have alterd. and were I find them :x

Hi All, Just moved to a house from a bungalow and you guessed it he bedroom floors creak like mad. It appears that floors are covered with pretty ropy chipboard. Plan is to screw it back down with as many 60mm as I can and then cover with 6mm MDF. Will this work? How can I check for...