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hi, just brought a digital stat to replace an old honeywell, fitted it wired all up etc heating comes on but i can't turn it off!!, stays on constant, the wires into the stat are; RED, BLUE, YELLOW, EARTH and the terminals on the stat are N L 1 2 3 4 , with 1 & 3 being redundant, number 2 says...

got to tender for a house that is to be built in coursing stone, never done it so asking what it is, there's not a spec with the tender apart from its 100mm thick!!, got a good idea that its all different sizes and you have to juggle them about so they fit!!!! (could be wrong) any info would be...

hi, got a problem with my lawn, when it rains the lawn gets so wet when you walk on it there's water all around your shoes and it feels very spongey, there are no puddles forming on the lawn as it is quite level, also quite a lot of moss grows in the lawn and every year i put weed,feed &...

hi, ive broken my ts400 :( , and ive got the bits to hopefully fix it, it requires a new piston & rings and i was wondering if anyone has done it before, ive took it all to bits and gave it all a good clean out, do i need to lube anything up before assembling it all back together, any problems...

hi, just been round to the grandparents who have a noisey central heating boiler, it sounds like a cross between a kettle and car brakes squeeling and is quite loud, its not a combi and it is quite old, the only time the noise appears is when the boiler kicks in, the make is called MYSON...

hi, roughly how much would plans cost for an extension say 4m x 5m, only need a ball park figure, and would the price included the council fees (if any), if not how much would the council charge for them to be submitted, need an answer before tomorrow as forgot to ring round 2day!!

hi, i'm thinking of changing the single radiator in the hall for a double one, is it worth doing? would there be much of a difference in the output of heat?, at the minute you can tell the difference in heat from the rest of the house and its quite a lot

hi, got to price up a job and the woman said its grant work, never done any grant work before so how does this work???

hi, got some plans thru to price up and on it there is something that ive not come across before, picture it if you can, dig down 1m for concrete footing right on the edge of the boundary to next doors, the inspection chamber and drain run is on next doors path (clients connects onto this run)...

hi, been let down today by 3 "i'll get someone to ring you straight back" kind of quotes, just rang them all back and all said can you ring back monday !!:evil: , i need a rough estimate (its only for a quote but want to post it tonite),the sizes are 3500mm x 200mm deep x 110mm wide, if...

hi, got a job of changing an attatched garage into a living room, the only problem ive got is the sloping floor, 2 inch drop from back to front. the front is also 6 inch lower than the house floor level, 4 inch at the back, the owner wants it done cheap as possible, can i screed it bearing in...

hi, found a copy of them on the forum last week, can't find them again, if anybody has a copy can they copy and paste them for me please, thanx

hi, roughly how long should a new hip roof on an extension take?, measurments are 2.4m x 7m x 2m high, just the trusses, stripped the tiles off the old house and got all the wood up,does not include felting and re-tile, does 2 weeks work and £2000 sound abit steep as that's whats been quoted

just started an extension with imperial bricks and metric blocks, 6 course of imp bricks = 525mm, and weve put the ties in every 6, works out every 7 on the blockwork, so were doing 2 blocks then 1 coursing brick to make it work, i think it will be alright but mate not so sure, building control...

hi, got to remove a bedroom wall and just been into the loft and seen it goes all the way up and supports what i think is a purling...a long piece of timber that runs left to right NOT front to back of the house, its only 2 feet off the truss and sits on a single skin 2 brick pillar. it is tied...

hi, i am about to replace a friends upvc french doors for a set of new ones, ordered the door from a FENSA registered upvc company so the new unit will be o.k, the 'old' upvc units in the house are not covered by FENSA, as im changing like for like and the new unit is FENSA, will that be o.k or...

hi, just logged on need some help, just took the old rad off in the bedroom and want to replace with a new one with new valves etc, but its a different size so got to move both pipes about 6 inches, its in the bedroom and is the furthest rad away from the boiler,question is ; do i need to empty...