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Hi, this is me clutching at straws. We have a curved showere enclosure for a 1200x900 tray. Its about 2 years old and was installed by a builder. For some reason the door rollers which are plastic, have perished and and cracked. Trying to source replacements is proving impossible as I do not...

Hi, my 1930s house has next to no insulation in the loft. I did board with 22mm T&G and I thought with the amount of junk that is on top of it would be plenty of insulation. The insulating properties of childrens toys dont seem to be as good as I thought so I plan to put down some proper...

Hi, my 1930s house has next to no insulation in the loft. I did board with 22mm T&G and I thought with the amount of junk that is on top of it would be plenty of insulation. The insulating properties of childrens toys dont seem to be as good as I thought so I plan to put down some proper...

Apologies if I got the wrong end of the stick. It was quite a scary story and I must have come to the conclusion that hot water in the loft was a bad thing. In light of these safety devices I will rethink my extension plans.

I would like to do the exact same thing, however I was put off by an earlier post. I cant remember who or when it was posted. Essentially it was a link to a story where by way of a sequence of failures, the hot water tank in the loft space started gushing hot water out of a leak. The water came...

I am indeed in the Thames Water area. Apparently you need 'Build over agreement' from them if you plan to build within 3m of a public sewer, which they tell me ours is. They did explain to me the concept of using lintels to bridge the sewer. I think I would prefer to re-site the thing. If the...

I am planning an extension but wonder what my options are regarding the sewer pipe that run to the parrallel to back of the property about 2.5m away. How close to the pipe can I dig the footings ? If I decide to build past the pipe, the manhole cover access will be within the extension. I...

Glad it wasnt me :- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3770939.stm

What a choker ! A similar thing happened to me a few years back but I wasnt in such an advance stage of preparation so I can only begin to imagine how retched you must feel and bitterness/anger at the vendor. Couldnt agree more with sentiments posted already. However please keep things in...

I have found a merchants who will bend a radiator for me. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on making the template from the bay window. Should I place a piece of paper against the skirting board and then run a craft knife against the curve. Or will the extra 10mm of the skirting...

A very cheap and simple radiator valve key can be bought from most hardware stores. Follow the link for an example. here Use this in the release valve at the top of the rad. Release the air slowly and have an old rag handy because as the air is fully expelled you will get the heating...