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Hi there I am having double glazing fitted (as I type), the windows and a 3-pane concertina door are in and being finished... but... I have noticed some scratches on two of the door panes and a few of the windows. I have paid a deposit but not the rest yet. The fitter has told me that...

Hi there I have a firm installing double glazing right now. The written agreement states prices include all making good and removal of debris. When I said that I wanted the property made good I specified that it be made good for decoration. I did not want to seem unreasonable by...

Hi, I have a worcester boiler and megaflow in the garage, next to the garage is the utility room, there is a brick wall separating the two rooms. I would like to build an airing cupboard in the utility room since the washing machine and tumble dryer are there. Since the pipework will only...

Hi while I was away my boyfriend re-did our bathroom. Massive brownie points for that but unfortunately I wanted tiles in the shower and not a shower tray. It is a low profile tray and firmly tiled around so ripping it out is not an option right now. Can I tile in travertine mosaic over the tray?

Hi, I just had my house re-wired, plastered and skimmed. The problem is where the sockets have gone in. The plaster job doesn't go down to where the socket is and as a result there are messy gaps all around most of them over a centimeter high in places. :? The plasterer has said it is...

Hi there - can anyone please advise on this? If there is a Megaflo Indirect Megatech Solar 300 litre the same price as a 210 litre HE indirect - should I buy it? :shock: I would love to install solar panels at some stage (when we have the bucks) but it won't be for a year or so...

Hi there, a couple of questions. 1) My boyfriend decided to surprise me and start painting an undercoat onto new plaster :P but unfortunately he has rollered the walls and then used a brush for the corners and edging :shock: as you can imagine it looks terrible with the different...

Hi there, I have new plaster on my walls but due to the cold - and because we have no central heating yet - brrr! :shock: - the plaster it is taking quite a while to dry out. I have 'paint for new plaster' which is breathable - can I start painting that before the plaster dries...

Hi there, we've knocked out a wall to extend the kitchen. A bit of the 'new' floor needed to be raised to the height of the kitchen floor which my boyfriend screeded 10 days ago. Now it has cracks in it - horizontal and vertical. :shock: It is a small old passage area approx 1.5m x 80cm -...

If there was one question to ask a plumber or central heating expert to gauge the depth of his/her competence what would it be? I'm new to an area and don't have any references for tradesmen. Already have one botched plumbing job :oops: so I'm trying to find someone good to fix it and also...

I'm trying to find a good plumber to redo a bathroom and a central heating engineer to fit new rads and central heating. I had someone in who was nice but made a complete mess of the bathroom plumbing so now I'm scared to trust anyone. I've only recently moved to this area (Epsom KT21) and...

Hi there - I'm in trouble! My head is spinning around (like Kylie) I'm being thrown so much info I'm getting a bit overwhelmed. We are doing the central heating from scratch. This is a 3 bed 2 bath detached house with 2 stories (which may later get another bed and bathroom addition)...

Hi there - thanks for reading this - your advice would be most welcome. After taking a couple of quotes I hired a small firm to take on the plumbing. For the central heating they got hold of a Corgi guy (who really seems to know his stuff) however he has just told us that we need to replace...