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Cost of Air Con when used for heating?
My 1st post so please be gentle! I've been thinking of getting a 'proper' split climate control AirCon system. I've noticed in the technical details that a 9000 btu model can also be used for heating. In round figures the electrical input is 800w with a heating output of 2800w! I.e output heat power = 3.5 x electrical…
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Gas Aga - To sell or not to sell?
I inherited a two oven natural gas Aga when I moved into my house in December. I think its ugly but also very expensive to run and maybe bad from a carbon footprint point of view. All it does is cook, no hot water or heating from it (apart from warming the kitchen and part of the garage wall). I am thinking of replacing it…
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Kitchen, hall and Living room where do i start?
I was wondering if somebody could advise me of a good kitchen fitter in the lothian area that is not going to rip me off. I am would like a lot of work done, replacing a back door with a window, and vice versa, knocking a wall down, putting up a partion and door, new flooring, new skirting boards and i would also like my…
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Wood stain / wax query
We have just bought a new knowle settee which has wooden knobs. These will come as natural, untreated white wood and I am at a loss as to what product to use to colour them. Our other furniture is mid oak. Years ago I used to use a wonderful product called One Coat by Ronseal. Rubbed on with a cloth and built up to produce…
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Insulating hot water tank with spray foam?
Hi all, We have a hot water tank that has been insulated with foam spray by the manufacturers. However, there are a number of areas of insulation missing (the installers had to remove these to get the tank into the cupboard). What would be the best way for me to re-insulate these parts of the tank? I was thinking that I…
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ceramic, limestone, karndean??? which one?
Kitchen floor advice please I like the look of a tiled kitchen, but have been told as we have a suspended floor, there will be too much movement. Someone else has said will be ok if we have 9mm ply then the tile (10mm)....raises floor level by 2cm then.... Limestone - friend has this, has been sealed, yet she has splashed…
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Franke Taps
Hiya We had a Franke Moselle tap in our last house which was lovely. There were really tiny bubbles that came out rather than water spurting everywhere. I like the look of the Olympus tap now that we have moved and are replacing kitchen. Does anyone know if this has air bubbles in the flow of water? The taps we had (I say…
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Building regs for new toilet
Hello, I would like to put in a new downstairs toilet. I had several different builders round to quote on Saturday (for this and other works) and I'm waiting to receive their quotes but they all told me different things - some said building regs is required others said it isn't. I have two options for the location of the…
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Banging & whining noise from taps
Hello, I hope someone can suggest what might be wrong with my taps. The cold tap at the washbasin upstairs makes a horrendous banging noise when it is turned on, in fact the tap itself seems to move/vibrate. Also it makes a whining noise. The hot tap however seems fine. The toilet (also upstairs) after flushing makes a…
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Granite worktops
The more expensive the item, the more you can save! Some sort of logic, there, anyway. It just occurred to me that I ought to give this recommendation. I had my kitchen done up a couple of years ago and extended by using half of my double garage (some saving there!). Main job was to put new floor in and cupboard doors,…
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Boiler quote help
Hi guys, am looking for a bit advice so hope some of you may be able to help. We have recently moved in to a small 2 bedroom bungalow. There is currently a very old "IDEAL" boiler, a cold water tank and a hot water tank. We are wanting to have a new combi boiler fitted - 1 for cost of running, and 2, to get rid of the…
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What would you do? Decorators hidden charges...
Hi Should I knock money off for the following: 1) Completing the work in about 6 weeks instead of 10 days (and 7 different decorators!!)? 2) Receipts for paint but no visible tins only the ones I bought. 3) Receipts for dust sheets?? I thought all decorators provided these? 3) Radiator damage - person left the radiator…
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New Kitchen taps
I have a mixer tap set in my kitchen and would like to upgrade it, I though it was simple but on reading details of some taps, I have to have certain bars of pressure etc. Are there any lovely plumbers to hand who could help me out please. Thank you Dragonfly
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refurbishing or re-enamelling a range cooker
OH has a range cooker (rayburn) in his house (well he hasn't moved in yet, but is about to) which dates back to the ark and is a delightful colour of beige/magnolia. whilst I'm not a huge fan (maybe because i'm a townie and don't understand "range culture!") i can appreciate that he wants to keep it and it is a "feature"…
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Moving my electricity meter
Hi all My electricity meter is positioned slightly annoyingly for a piece of DIY I want to do, which is erecting a stud wall to box of part of my under stairs area. I only want to move it 6 inches or so, does anyone know if it is legal for me to do this? Cheers Nath
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Shower Question
My current shower is a mixer shower which is exposed. It's looking old and dated (new purchase property and want to add my own mark and update it) but the hot and cold pipes feeding the shower aren't hidden in the wall. They come straight out of the ceiling and seem to feed into the back of the mixer valve (hard to see how…
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Conservatory or Extension?
I'm thinking of extending my home downstairs as I would like to become a childminder & think it would be better to have a 'separate' area to do this in, but I can't decide whether to go for a conservatory or single story extension. Could anyone lend any advice on this? Some people have suggested that the conservatory…
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Retrospective Building Regs
Before I start I must point out that I'm not here to invite criticism but to find the best solution for my predicament ;) I recently had my house renovated which involved removing chimney breasts, new bathroom, and new unvented hot water cyclinders together with the associated electrical wiring etc. Now, I wasn't too clear…
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Condensation on double glazing
Hi all Just a quick Question. I have aluminium double glazing throughout my property. The front windows (spare bedroom and living room) have leading on them and there is a build up of condensation inside the windows. The rear windows dont have the condenstaion problem and have no leading. Is it the leading, or simply the…
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Self Build
I am looking into the possibility of a self build conservatory and wondered what peoples experiences of them were? Good/ bad, etc! Also can anybody recommend companies that they have dealt with and how they found them as a general, ie customer support, etc. I am based in bedfordshire, just in case there are any companies…
