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Hi, I just ripped out the ceiling from my flat roof in the "conservatory" (glorified lean too built in the 70). I can see tons of water marks on the joists which all seem to be old (I know it was re-roofed about 9 years ago so assuming they were made before that !). However, I have bought...

About to dig an s shaped edged patio. But how to drain the run off ? I can't find any curved channel drains - is there such a thing? I don't want to use a gravel edge as it would fill with leaves due to near by trees - and I hate weeding ! I think I can link whatever the drain is to wherever...

Hi Folks, seen a few items on this sort of problem but not sure of the actual answer ! I've got a dimmable transformer - inductive or resistive it tells me. I bought a 250w dimmer from b&q. Works fine on full but at lower levels - particularly around the middle range, it pulses and the dimmer...

I've got a pump pushing water up through the loft and down to the shower. Currently got manaul air vents in loft. However, like to make those auto. Plumbers merchants just sold me these...

OK, so I know I'm abusing my cheapo Bristan shower pump... I've attached split the hot water outlet pipe so it now feeds the shower AND the hot water pipes in the sinks. this was due to extremely low pressure in the hot water - no idea why and can't fix it. So, that worked OK for a while now...

Hi Folks, I'm reducing the size of my carport and, rather than changing the roof entirely am just reusing what is already there - some corrugated pvc roofing sheets. The PVC flashing has all gone yellow and brittle and I'm replacing that at the end that I'm reducing. Unfortunately, the stuff...

Looking to replace my corrogated carport roof with some nice polycarb twin wall. Never used it before and suddenly realised that there may be potential to "upgrade" my carport so that it had a nice curve on it rather than the grotty old straight wooden beam effect. I've seen that people...

Hmm, Just putting in a new window or three and realised that I don't understand how to put in the cill. I can't get a complete description of how to seal the cill. I'm going to screw them down through the brick (I've read various views on this versus mortaring them in but I'll go with this...

Perhaps showing a great deal of amateritus however....Can I simply replace a fuse in my main box with an RCBO? a) Would it fit (at work so don't know what sort of box but it's reasonably new) b) Any regs I need to know? thankyou ! John.

bit confused with all the information I've seen on this - could I get some guidance please? Got a dormer and the cheeks (I believe is the term for the void between the lower part of the outer wall and the sloping original roof?) are not insulated on some parts and not done enough in others...

Hi Folks, Putting in a new bath... Is it better to tile below the bath line then put the tiles on or put the bath in then tile down to the bath line? (I'm tanking too for good measure - which I shall do below the bath line regardless of tile placement?) thankyou ! John.

Not a technical question - sorry ! Found a great bath in Wickes but never like paying their prices... does anyone know who supplies wickes with their baths ? OR can anyone tell me where to get the same sort of bath - it's a modern acrylic double ended bath but with an integrated front...

Hi Folks, I've currently got old aluminium windows set into a wooden frame. Is there any reason that I can't just chop out the whole of the wood back down to the brick when I replace them? And does this go for both the downstairs ones - which are brick structure, and the upstairs one - which...

hi folks, not really home security - but field security. We have travellers in our area who we'd like to keep out. We've decided to invest in some mole posts but I'd like to know how secure they are. They are advertised as ram raid posts. But the travellers don't fit into this category...

Hi folks, I've got a 1960's suspended floor bungalow. All properly vented underneath. Someone put on a solid floored conservatory on the back. It's lower than the main house so it hasn't covered up the two airbricks that it goes over - they are visible at the floor height. However, what on...

Power shower struggling to "start"and pump racing - certainly air in there somewhere me thinks - what do I do to fix !? This is the history so far.... Plumbed the shower about 4 years ago. The shower always had a "quirk" whereby it would sometimes (maybe one in 20) struggle to start unless...

Hi folks, got lots of info on here about this but still confused - sorry ! Firstly - is an AAV another name for a durgo (this is what this tells me - http://www.diydata.com/plumbing/air_admittance_valve/air_admittance_valve.php) Secondly: OK, so I already have a perfectly good...

Hi Folks, I've just had a plumber round to put in a new boiler thermostat. While I was changing it round so the thermostat was facing the correct way (so I could see the nice red line - don't ask me why he thought I'd be dumb enough to think it was meant to be the other way -!!!!) I noticed...

Hmm, just how hard is it to install an essex flange? Most people seem to avoid it and go for, what appears to be, the worse option of a surrey flange. And, do they come with the nice curved pipe - or do I have to make it - I don't have a pipe bender ! Hmm, I guess I'll need one for the...