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Following on from my recent post I contacted another plumber who arranged to come over and quote for removing a loft water tank and altering the pipes to supply mains cold to the bathroom. They arrived earlier than planned as their earlier job that day took less time than anticipated and so...

I have a newly fitted combi boiler, which replaced the existing combi boiler, however I still have a tank in the loft which feeds the bathroom with cold water (bath/basin/toilet). I know this is not the correct set up. The whole point of replacing the combi boiler was so that I could have a...

As per the title, I have a Q those who are familiar with the MagnaCleanse flush (not the MagnaClean filter) may be able to answer... I was wondering whether the VibraClean element should be done before or after the flush? I had a new boiler fitted very recently and the engineer did the...

I am clueless what to even start enquiring about with plumbers (hence the username!). My goal is just to have a really decent powerful shower that isn't too hot! I'll set the scene: I have a 3 bedroom, two storey house with one bathroom. There is a combi boiler in the garage but this only...

I have a small brick wall in my garden, there used to be a large tree just behind the wall and it looks like it's roots have caused the wall to crack. I'd like to repair it to make it a bit more stable and was hoping for suggestions on the best type of concrete/mortar mix for an exterior wall...

When I moved into my house the doors were varnished wood. I’d never painted a door before so didn’t know about the possibility of the wood leaching through so I just sanded them and painted with Dulux satin wood which said it didn’t need an undercoat. I ended up doing 4 coats as there were a...

Was hoping to get the thoughts of professional builders on this... A house I'm hoping to buy currently has a storm porch with a roof and one side has a full height brick wall - see pic at end of post. I'd like to get an enclosed porch built, hopefully using the existing roof and wall. I can...

I have a condenser tumble dryer and just did two loads of washing and tumble dried for around 1.5 hours. After the last tumbled load I could hear dripping but just presumed it was the machine sorting itself out. The sound continued and I pulled the machine out to find it seems to be leaking...

I had a new boiler - a Vaillant EcoTec plus 612 - fitted a few months ago. After the boiler was fitted the radiators were flushed. I haven't used the heating until the last few days so have only discovered now some strange noises going on when the heating is on! The radiator closest to the...

The background... I had a new boiler fitted on Friday - a Vaillant Ecotec plus 612. Not sure if this is connected but when I toook my monthly meter readings this morning I noticed that the water meter dial was moving yet nothing was being used in the house, I thought it might have been the...

I am looking to fix a french door side panel to an internal wall. My idea was to have a wooden baton with a channel wide enough for the panel (which is the same size as a door) to simply slot into so it can then be screwed/glued. Does such a thing exist? If so what is it called and would it...

I have a two plug socket in the living room. In the right hand socket the wireless router is plugged in and in the left hand socket there was a square plug extension socket with a cordless phone base permanently plugged in. Tonight I plugged the iron in the square extension and when I...

I moved into my current house in February last year, the security light out the front was not working so was replaced with a new unit shortly after I moved in. Within a few months the light stayed permanently on and then eventually didn't work at all. This light WAS the kind where flicking the...

I want to paint my external rear wooden door a slightly different shade. If the paintwork is in reasonable condition can I just paint straight over it with an external gloss paint of my preferred shade (slightly lighter green to the current colour) or will I need to prepare the door first...

My boiler hasn't worked properly for 3 weeks now, it keeps cutting out and to restart it you have to press the 'overheat stat reset' button. It then works for another 20 minutes or so before overheating again and cutting out, the net result is that I have no heating as it won't stay on! After...

I'd like to replace the current CH & HW timer which is an 'ACL Switchmaster SM 400', for an electronic one that allows me to program it over 7 days with varying temperatures at different times of the day instead of simply on or off as the current one does. Is it possible to get one of the...