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Hi all. Just a quick question as we've had a bit of a leak (fixed) and have some damp plasterboard by the leaky window. As it's in our kitchen/diner, wheer we also dry the washing when it can't go out, I'd like to get a dehumidifier to help things dry out. I've seen various compressor and...

Hi all! I'm hopefully going to be converting a stone shed which is attached to our house into another living room and I'd be very grateful for any advice about how many (and what size) Veluxes to have installed. I can't have any windows in the walls as they will overlook our neighbours to the...

Good morning! I am currently looking for an extractor fan for our bathroom which must be loft-mounted as out walls are very thick stone and drilling the vent hole will be a nightmare! Also, we've got a three-quarter storey (think that's how it's described) upstairs so a wall-mounted fan would be...

Good afternoon! I'm currently drawing up draft plans for the conversion of a stone & block built shed adjoining our house. We're re-opening a door between the house and the shed (when we find it!) and are going to be having exclusively Velux windows in the living room section so we don't...

Hi all, We will be converting a shed adjoining our house into extra living space and to keep our privacy (and our neighbour's privacy) we are planning to fit three large (1.34 x 1.4 m) and I would like your thoughts on whether we should get the double or triple glazed pane fitted ino the...

Hi! I currently live in the Scottish Islands and will shortly be converting the shed adjoining our house into extra living accomodation for our use. The shed is probably better described as a 'building' as about 26' x 13' internally, concrete floored, block and render walls and slate roofed...

Hi, We moved into our house 3 months ago and the wiring into the consumer units (domestic & storage heating - no gas in the area!) looks like a nest of wires. There also aren't RCDs on either of the CUs, what's on each CB in the domestic CU is very random and we'll need 10-way boards anyway...

Hi, I have noticed that my hot water header tank has been overflowing and venting down the side of my house - I'd like to stop this but can't for the life of me figure out why it's doing this! Firstly, the header tank is situated in a utility cupboard upstairs as there isn't enough room in...

HI all! I'm trying to sell my old house which the surveyor has listed as of Dorran construction. We'll not mention that the survey when I was buying made no mention of it being Dorran and, in fact, stated the house if of 'Standard Block and Render' construction. Moving swiftly on... I have...

Hi all! I’ve just recently had my prepayment meter replaced with an Economy 7 credit meter on nPower. I would imagine that it would provide power to the storage heater / main immersion heater consumer unit under the control of the radio teleswitch, giving 7 hours of heating sometime between 2200...

Good Morning! I've noticed recently that when the boiler comes on to heat the hot water, if the three-way valve has been to heating, that there is a thumping in the pipes as the hot water starts flowing. I've got a header tank in the loft so would that be causing air to get into the system...

Hi all, Just had the boiler (Baxi Bermuda 401) on for central heating and my girlfriend sitting in the living rooms says it made two small popping noises after it'd been around 10 minutes. The boiler appears to be operating normally, ie blue flame, pilot lit as normal and cycling itself on...

Good morning! I'm wondering about getting cavity wall insulation and I don't know if my house will be suitable so if anyone can point me in the right direction.... The house was built around 1975 by my local council using a pre-fab design. Sometime in the 1980s the council built brick walls...

Hi All! Just a quick question about trying to sort out a camellia in my garden. It was in a pot and the leaves started to go yellow so I re-planted it into the garden, using the correct compost for camellias. Since then it hasn't really done much and there are only a few leaves remaining. I have...

Good afternoon! I'm currently objecting to a proposed extension by my next-door neighbour on the grounds that his plans will block out the majority of the light into my living room and I've found this which may assist my objection: http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/righttolight.htm I...

Hi all, I've currently got a Baxi Bermuda 401 which, whilst old, still works happily and gives stacks of heating and hot water. Just wondering though that, should it die one day, are there still any Baxi BBUs in manufacture? And how much would replacemtn fitting be? I'm aware that I've got to...

Hi, I had a slight roof leak whilst I've been away - fixed now - but it's left a brown water stain on my white ceiling and the girlfriend's nagging me to get it sorted! I've had a look on here and people say to use a primer / sealer prior to touching up the area. I've seen that B&Q stock 3 in...

Good evening! I was hoping that someone could advise me how to repair some wallaper that is peeling slightly in my living room. Currently it's coming away in the top corner ever so slightly - I can't quite get my fingernail under it - so how would I repair it? Is it even worth trying as am I...

Hi, apologies as I really ought to know this! I'm changing my central heating controller and it says 'no wiring changes will be required on a fully-pumped system' (replacing Potterton controller with Potterton controller and I'm hoping to use the existing backplate and wiring). I have a back...

Hi, I'm planning on replacing my current Potterton EP2002 with the EP6002 for more flexibilty. Can anyone tell me if the backplate and wiring are the same for both controllers and it's just the front that'll be changed? If it's of any use I have TRVs on all bar one radiator, a thermostat on...