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Hi All, Thanks. so much in advance for any and all help and advice on this. I have booked a boiler engineer but thought I would see if anyone had some thoughts on this. Our heating system has two zones. Underfloor heating on the ground floor and radiators on the first floor. These zones...

Hello All! Thanks for anyone's thoughts on this! I thought I would quickly put my boiler trouble on this wonderful forum to see if anyone wants to offer there thoughts. Our Worcester Greenstar 32CDi Compact Boiler has no hot water. However, the pre-heat water function DOES heat the water...

Hello Everyone, What a great forum and thanks for any and all help! A couple quick questions... The LPA reached a decision regarding our plans in April but we never received a letter! We didn't even know it was refused until today when I checked the website. What should I do? Give them a...

Hello and thanks for any advice!! We had our planning application validated early January. LPA deadline was mid-March. Our architect tried to contact the planning officer to discuss the application before they made the decision and was told to pay another fee to talk about the application. On...

We are looking to install two new windows. The two windows are next to each other externally but separated by a wall internally. There is no brickwork between the two windows rather a panel which matches the window frames. What do you call this panel in between the two windows? Or is the...

Thanks for any and all help. I am replacing the glass on several sash windows. I've removed the windows the glass and gotten them very clean of the old putty and paint. I've painted the rebate with PVA and allowed it to dry over night. I am ready with the new linseed putty and brands but I...

Hello and thanks for any and all advice. We are wanting to cover the meter, the 415 volt cutout box as well as a large amount of wiring in the entry way of our building which has a premises license. What type of material can we use in regards to fire regs? We are not covering the mains...

Hello all, I'm putting this question in plumbing as well as roofing and guttering. A couple of years ago I cleaned out the storm drain (pictured) because the rainwater was not draining and was flooding the area around our house. Recently our local management association has had some other...

Hello all, I'm putting this question in plumbing as well as roofing and guttering. A couple of years ago I cleaned out the storm drain (pictured) because the rainwater was not draining and was flooding the area around our house. Recently our local management association has had some other...

Hello, I am not sure if this is possible but I am hoping someone can help and let me know. Thanks in advance. I want to add a light to the existing wiring if possible and have the two lights operate independent of each other. I've attached a photo of the current wiring. Is it...

Hello and any help would be much appreciated! Basically the circuit breaker (MCB) that is on the household lights is randomly switching off. We have never had a problem before like this. The breaker may stay on for days, hours or only seconds with all the lights on only to spark and break...

Hello and thanks in advance for any and all advice. I am putting a chipboard flooring down in my loft to make way for storage. The joists that the chipboard will be on have cross bridging which will interfere with putting the boards down neatly. My instincts tell me that once the flooring is...

Hello and thanks in advance to anyone who can help us. We are attempting to switch out a 4 gang switch with a 4 gang dimmer switch. I tried copying the wiring exactly as it is on the old switch and only one dimmer ended up working. I've included 4 photos 2 of the fronts of the switches and 2...

Quick question and thanks in advance for your help. I want to replace my old Wylex rewireable fuses with new plug-in MCBs. I've looked over the forum and think I need to replace them with these: Wylex MCB - for Old NN Consumer Unit Wylex - NB 05, NB 15, NB 30 I just want to make sure...