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Hi there I'm trying to take off of our external masonry wall a metal box. The screws are fairly large and have been in the wall for +30 years. They are drilled in without raw plugs. Using a Bosch hammer drill (rather than electric screwdriver) I have managed to get 2 of the 4 screws out...

Hi there, I've got a gas boiler (and hot water tank) - I've been finding in the last few days that the shower temperature is lukewarm (despite turning it to try and make it warmer). However, the taps around the house are still running hot - so I don't think it's a boiler or hot water issue -...

Hello, we've recently had cavity wall insulation and loft insulation put into the property. However, we have one bedroom upstairs which is connected on one wall to the garage. The room is about 2-3 degrees colder than other rooms which we think is in part caused by the fact that the wall has no...

Hi there, I need to put up a curtain pole - but I'm missing one of these attachments which screws into the wall. Any idea what it is called and where I can get one - I can't find one on eBay but I'm probably searching for the wrong thing! :) Thanks!

Hi there, We've got a dripping tap - hot water (so left hand side). There's a space at the back of the tap for what looks to be an allen key but none of the keys are turning it in a way which I can get the tap off. Unfortunately I think we might be looking at a replacement tap. I want to...

Hi there, We've got a stacked vent in our roof which I'm told is for the toilet in the upstairs bathroom. Our bathroom doesn't currently have an extractor fan - we are putting one in. The plan is to go up and out of the roof. Am I right in saying that we will need a separate roof vent ie does...

Hi there, I'm thinking about insulating my fireplace opening - a few people have said it might be worth doing. It's a fairly largely opening (see photo below) and we were wondering about doing it onto the back wall and side walls. We don't want to take out the woodburner though - so would need...

Hi there, We've just moved house and I'm about to sort loft insulation in the property (it's between the joists but not across - and certainly not up to the 270mm we want to aim for). A couple of questions if that's ok: 1. Any suggestions on which type of loft insulation? We are looking at...

Hi there, We've got a fairly old(ish) boiler installed in 2012 - a Worcester Bosch Greenstar Ri: https://www.plumbase.co.uk/link/1/h016641_28413_t.pdf Manual seems to suggest it's a modulating boiler presumably using the EMS bus language. I've been researching about modulating vs on-off and...

Hi All, We bought a house a couple of years ago which has a wonderful extension / conservatory off the back of the kitchen (no door between). It also has a bedroom (flat roof) and en-suite off the end. The extension / conservatory is brick built with windows and 2 outside doors (one...

Hiya, I hope you might be able to help. Went to turn on the central heating today and no warming on the radiators. Hot water has been coming on fine - I noticed that the little one had increased the dial on the hot water tank to about 80C so turned that one down. The boiler increases...

Hi, I've recently undertaken a water survey for my domestic water company. They've sent me back a personalised report saying that they can provide me with a water butt and miracle tap free of charge. Water butt sounds great. As I've not heard of a Miracle Tap Adapter before I wanted to get...

Hiya, I hope you might be able to help. I have two tanks in the loft. The smaller one is connected to an overflow pipe which is dripping onto the patio in the back garden. When we had our kitchen done the builder also replaced the ball cock but it is still dripping. It doesn't drip all...

Hi, We've just had a new boiler put in which is working great. In addition, a new foam lagged hot water tank went in the airing cupboard. Because its foam lagged, does it need a jacket as one wasn't included? In addition, there are a number of pipes in the airing cupboard which aren't...

I hope you might be able to help. We've been getting some quotes for a replacement boiler (can't decide between a combi and conventional so have been getting quotes for both). We've got 3 quotes - two of whom are from CORGI registered plumbers. The third plumbed in our bathroom last year...

Hiya, I have a bit of an urgent request for help if possible. We have recently had our annual boiler inspection with Eon (as we have Central Heating and Boiler Cover with them). The guy from Eon has been out and has deemed our boiler unfit and capped it off. We have previously had...