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Thank you, it doesn't look like it can be doing anything, I appreciate the confirmatiom

I'm replacing my mother's temperamental thermostat with a Hive one. The boiler is currently being fed through the receiver (which is being fed from a fused spur a couple of inches away). I intend to put a new flex in from the fused spur direct to the hive L&N (doing away with the connectors) and...

Several years ago whilst having new central heating installed we had a back boiler removed from behind our surface mounted gas fire. A couple of year ago we had a new gas fire fitted inside the fireplace (similar style to a log burner). Since then, whenever we get heavy rain we can hear...

Thank you for your advice on this. My son managed to get access to the gutter from next door's flat roof and the small pipe at the top that feeds from the gutter into the down pipe was completely blocked. He was able to unblock this so hopefully the cause of the dampness has been found. I have...

Hello, my son has just sent me some photo’s of some damp patches that have appeared in a cupboard under his stairs. It is an outside wall so I asked him to send me some pics of the outside wall too. I’m no expert but the damp patches look like they may be linked to dot & dab? The outside wall...

Hi Ken, thanks for your reply, the original coat was Matt, the one she has added was Matt also.

My daughter has recently moved into a newly refurbished terrace house with all the newly plastered walls painted in magnolia. She has just painted over the walls with a colour of her choice but she is finding that the paint is scratching off very easily. I asked her if it scraped off easily...

We are having a new floor fitted next week and in preparation for the screed I am removing the carpet etc so they have a blank canvas. Under the carpet, in front of the patio doors there was some pieces of laminate flooring screwed down. I removed these to reveal the cavity between the outside...

My son has just moved into a newly refurbished house. There is a twin coax from the satellite dish going through the wall which he had connected to the sky box. Coming out from the wall behind the TV is also another twin coax which has been snipped. As it's a refurb I am assuming there has...

No, it's not poured concrete. About 15 years ago (before I came on the scene) my wife had an old gas fire and back boiler removed and a combi boiler installed. She seems to recall seeing a bigger opening but doesn't remember anything being built up to accommodate the new fire. However around the...

Sorry about that, does this help... The ducting goes straight up about a foot then curves backwards.

Thanks for you reply, do you mean below from outside? The dimensions of the space are 380mm wide, 580mm high and 445mm deep. The flue is 5"

Hello, not sure if this should be in this section or building. We had our old gas fire removed so we could see what was behind and what options we had for a new fire (ideally something inside the hole with no hearth). When the gas engineer removed the fire he said that it was pre-cast flue and...

Hello, I think I know the answer to this question but my wife has asked me to get confirmation if possible. There has been a single story extension built along the back of the house (before we moved in), accommodating an extension to the kitchen and a separate dining room. Where the cut through...

Hello, My daughter has just moved into a flat and there is a terrible smell of drains coming from the kitchen and she has also had dirty water coming back into her washing machine. I have had a look at the drainage pipes under the sink to see if there was an obvious fault and (although not...

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Thanks for the advice and tips guys. I really want to stick at it if at all possible. A part time job may be the answer I suppose. The diversify route could be the answer. Maybe leafleting my local area about fitting mains powered smoke alarms at a fixed price (risky!?). My son works for a well...

I have been trading as a Domestic installer for 14 months now and am lucky if I get one job a week. I advertise in the Yellow Pages and local paper. I advertise 'no job too small' and charge extortionately low rates in the hope that these will lead to better things in the future. My partners...

I was 49 when decided to re-train as an Electrician after redundancy. Love every minute of it although 'minutes' is about the about of work I am getting on a weekly basis.