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Any of you lot got a gel fire and know where I can get some more fuel for it at a decent price. Thanks in advance.

Just had my rads replaced and one of them isnt fully heating up ie the top is hot but the bottom isn't.I've bled the rad so there's not an air lock.Any ideas

Stupid question I know ,but what colour is it?.The old system was jet black in the header tank and when the guy fitted the new rads he said he had put some new stuff in.I just woundered because the header tank now looks like its just plain water in it.

I recently got all my radiators replace and was just wondering can I take them to a scrap yard and get a bit of cash for them ,or is it not worth the hassle.

I've looked everywere to try and find some bog standard polystyrene boards but cant find any ,just foil coated ones.Anyone got any ideas were I can find any. :?:

Does anyone know where I can get hold of some at a decent price for use as insulation between joist on a solid wood floor.They need to be about 25mm thick ,doesn't matter about size as they'll get cut to size. I live near Edinburgh if anyone knows anywhere local.

I'm hoping to get solid oak flooring in my house (approx 30 sq/m) and reading up on it ,it appears I'm going to either have to glue it directly glue it to the concrete with a vapour barrier underneath or put down a 3/4inch plywood sub-floor and secret nail it to the plywood.I personally prefer...

I'm going to knock down an internal wall in my livingroom to open it up a bit and build a new porch as I will loose the old one when the wall comes down. My question is ,who should i contact first with regards knocking down the wall and building the porch.Should it be the local building...

Is this stuff any good?.I've got it in my new house and I'm thinking its the cause of the rubbish heating(along with the rubbish rads).I'm getting some building work done in the next few months and was wondering if its worth replacing it with 15mm copper piping.

I've just moved into my new house and have noticed the heating isnt to great.The problem being (I think) is I have old single rads being feed with 8mm microbore pipe.They are feed by a condensing boiler(1 year old)and they are all placed under windows.Would it make sence to replace all the old...

I had a problem with my radiators a while back ,as in they were not heating up fully so I drained them ,but the pressure dropped on the combi ,so I topped it up ,but I put to much pressure in so now when ever we use the hot water tap it bangs.My question is how do I drop the pressure ,I only...

I got some black cheapy (Homebase £5 sq/m) tiles ages ago for my bathroom.The problem is I grouted them with white grout and forgot to clean them thoughly.Does anyone know a good product to clean them ,I tried some powerful cleaner that I got from tops tiles ,but it didnt work very well. Thanks

Just a quick question.What is the best brand/type of wood paint for a stair well ,I was told to use gloss but it always seems to have a really lumpy finish and make it look cheap.

My house is on 3 levels and as such i have 4 staircases to get me to the top.The thing is I don't like the banister in it(cheap lumps of wood from stair to stair).I had a guy into give me a quote and he thinks the bits of 2X4 that join each stair case aren't load bearing(from top to bottom of...

Has anyone ever made a claim with them.I hoping to get my roof sorted through them as its leaking and causing my bathroom and livingroom ceilings to be water damaged.They've put it down as storm damage so hopefuly it'll all be good.

My house is ex council and i'm having bother trying to find a front door that will fit because of the weird size 1930mm x 845mm(76" x 33 1/2").Does anyone know were I could get such a door?.I've tried the usual ie B&Q ,builder centre ,Wickes ,Homebase.

I just got central heating put in ,in April and still have the old copper storage heater.A couple of people have said to me that I could get money for this.Who would be the best person to contact to sell it to and how much would I get for it?

Has anyone ever heard of this stuff being used for building house.I ask because hundred of house near were I live are being demolised because this stuff was used and there only 40 years old.

I dont know if this is the right place but ,on saturday my mirror in the bathroom fell off the wall and chipped my bath(Steel) ,does anyone know of anyone that could repair it.Im in the Edinburgh area.

How much do you think a scrappy would give me for an old copper storage heater