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Hi guys I need some assistance from someone in the trade. I need to lay a horizontal sheet of acrylic plastic across a gap 85cm wide, so I was thinking of using 90cm wide sheet. The plastic must not sag so it need's to be thick enough to remain rigid and prevent this happening. I can't find...

Hi guys I'm hoping you can help me as I'm no plumber! I live in a townhouse that's about 5 years old, we moved in last summer. Since pretty much day one we noticed the shower and toilets drain slowly. In our ensuite bathroom the toilet pan can sometimes fill close to the top when flushing...

Hi guys I'm getting a water softener installed which is to supply the whole house, and I need some help with some questions I have. It's the Wickes E10T softener which seems cheap and cheerful but has good feedback. We have a small 2 bedroom house which is heated by a Worcester 28i rsf...

Hi guys Our Worcester 28i RSF has started acting up all of a sudden and is taking forever to provide hot water. Normally it comes through straight away. Any tips where to start looking? I did notice the other day it sounds quite noisey outside where the outlet is. Could that be a worn out...

Hi all I have a Worcester 28i RSF. It works perfectly but I wanted your advice on the temp setting. It has a dial on the front which allows you to set the heat (power?) of the heating. It ranges from off to '4' with 4 being the hottest. Now from an efficiency point of view what setting...

Hi all I'm just finishing insulating my loft and the final job is to sort the loft access door. The current setup is a wooden opening which has been converted at some point so the door is on hinges and opens with a catch. However there are gaps around the edge which will let past a...

I want to put loft boards down in my loft to make it easier to move around after I've insualted it. It's only to store the xmas decorations etc so all I need is basic tounge and grove boards. In the past when I've searched I've seen posts like '3 boards for £3 at B&Q'. Well thats certainly...

Hi all We've had a Mira Excel mixer shower fitted for about a year now. Since getting it though we've never been able to use anything but the most powerful flow setting. If we don't the pipes either start a high pitched whine you can hear right across the house, or instead the flow starts...

Hi guys If I have 100mm joists should I put 100mm insulation between them, or is it better to pack in 150/170mm? I only ask because seeing how tightly packed those rolls of insulation are I was a little skeptical it would expand to fill the gaps fully :) Cheers

Hi all Can the SF19/SF40 foil insulation be used between or across ceiling joists when insulatiing a loft? It only seems to mention being used below the roof. Thanks

Morning all I have a Worcester 28i RSF Boiler which has been in place and operating since 2003. It has a overheat cut-off thermostat which when trips, turns off the gas so you don't get hot water. This has now tripped twice in the past 24 hours, whereas before then it has never tripped at...

Hi all I want a washing line for my garden which runs the whole 22m length. I previously bought some 2 piece poles from Wilko (the same ones are sold at B&Q) and these lasted about a year before high winds bent them out of shape. There is a company called Linepost on the internet that...

Hi all On my roof there are sections where the gap between the bedroom ceiling and the roof tiles above is 100mm, basically the height of the joists. I need to get some insulation in there. I've read somewhere there should be a gap of 50mm between the insulation and the slate tiles, but is...

Morning all. I have a 1920's terraced house and a roof insulation problem. We spend a lot on heating and the upstairs is noticably colder than the downstairs. In the loft there is some insulation which needs topping up to modern standards and thats fine, but the real problem is the...

My combi boiler appears to have a 'Scalemaster' unit on the cold water pipe that supplys water into the combi before it's comes out as hot water. The boiler itself is a Worcester 28i RSF Boiler and the flow rate of the hot tap has always been quite slow compared to the cold which blasts out...

Hi all I'm upgrading the kitchen tumbledryer and want to fit a vented tumbledryer. The tube will be going through the wall to the back garden. Normally I'd pay someone to do it for me, but it's not hard and I figure I can do it myself easy enough with the right tools. The only question...

Hi all I'm new here and looking to pick someones brains over my boiler. I have a Worcester 28i RSF boiler which currently only has a mechanical timer on the front. I gave Worcester a call and they told me I could fit a programmable thermostat onto it instead and suggested Honeywell...