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Hi all I wonder if you can help... We are in the process of buying a house, this was originally a 2 bed end terrace which has had a massive double height extension on the side to make it a 4 bed. The kitchen is in the extension part of the house and the dining room is in the original part...

Hi all i wonder if you can help. i have a drayton tempus 6 control box linked to a potterton boiler, they must be at least 15 years old. yesterday we had a powercut for roughly 10 hours and when the power came back on the control box has stopped working? on the screen it is showing 10ee...

hi all, i have a problem with the two larger bedrooms in our house not staying warm at night. we live in an end terrace ex cuoncil house . the house has had cavity wall insulation and double insulation in the loft. the two bedrooms that are cold are on the external wall of the...

hi all. im having a problem with the two main rads downstairs not heating up correctly. they are both connected to the same set of pipes back to back on a wall. both rads were removed to wallpaper behind them and then put back on . now when the central heating is on these rads are...

im looking at moving a rad in the dining room from on wall to another and was wondering if is ok to use plastic piping and push fit connectors?? or does it need to be copper pipes. most of the piping will be hidden . any ideas please? cheers steve

hi all we are in the middle of doing up our house which we bought in november. so far we have done the following........... new sink in kitchen new bath and taps in bathroom moved shower from one wall to another. now our hot water pressure is rubbish the cold taps will blow...

hi all ive just ripped up the floor tiles that were down in my kitchen/diner and im left with the stufft the tiles were put down on. it looks like concrete substance thats been put down with a serrated edge trowel . do i need to get this lot up or will leveliing compound do the trick ...

hi there im about to lay some laminate in my boys play room and just have a quick query about the underlay?? do you have to leave an expansion gap in this aswell or does it go tight up against the skirting board?? cheers steve

upstairs in my house on the landing the chipboard floor is starting to sag in one place as though its knackered. how easy is it to get up and is it just a case of adding a nogin under where it was sagging?? cheers steve

hi all . im doing a bit of work in my first house and have a query about the stair case. are you allowed to have an exposed staircase with out and form of stopping you falling off it to the side?? (stair rail) here is a picture as you can see the stairs in my house run up the...

im going to lay some laminate in my hallway and front room but im unsure on what type of underlay to use. i know the floor is concrete and i guess i need a barrier of some sort?? i will be setting up a surround sound system in the front room so want to keep echos etc to a minimum(i know...

hi all ive posted on my thread about the boiler probs aswell . basically my envoy boiler is knacked!!! i need to replace it with a new boiler, does it have to be the condensing sort?? can anyone recommend a good boiler to replace it that willbe reliable. i dont have a big budget...

hi there . i recently bought my first house and it has one of these condensing boilers fitted it is connected to a tank in the loft. the previous owner never used the central heating for a good few years and now we are having problems with it. my father has been round today and...

i bought a house in november and its got a condensor boiler?? made by potterton i think. the previous owner never had the heating on for about a year or so , but had the boiler serviced annually. we have just put the boiler on to give us central heating and hot water and its been running...