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Carbon Monoxide Alarms
To mark Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, which starts on Monday 16 November, npower hometeam is offering over 25% off the price of a CO alarm until the end of November. The discount from npower hometeam, which installs, services and repairs boilers, means one can be purchased one for just £16.13. To take advantage of this…
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Paint stripper
Hi I wonder if someone can advise me please. I need to remove some gloss paint and repaint it with matt. What's the best way, ie cheapest/quickest/easiest, to remove the gloss please? Thanks. SS
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Radiator not staying warm
Can anyone help with my radiator heating problem? When I put the heating on all radiators warm up nicely. But after about an hour the one radiator in the living room will start to cool down and eventually go cold while all other radiators around the house stay warm. Any suggestions.
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Kitchen Mixer Tap
I'm in the process of buying a kitchen tap and have settled on this from the TapCentre. As a new user i can;t post a direct link but put this after the initial tapcentre .com bit /en/kitchen-taps/modern-kitchen-taps/berkley-kitchen-tap.php in the brushed Nickel finish. My question is this, are all taps, chrome and nickel…
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New bathroom
We have been living with the bathroom that came with our house for the last seven years, but after a leak from the bath over the weekend (crack in the plastic) we looked at it and saw, knackered bath, loose and mouldy bath panels, less than pleasant coloured suite, warped leaky laminate flooring, wonky tiling, knackered…
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Kitchen corner "void"
I'm measuring up for my kitchen refit and considering leaving a floor-level corner as "void" instead of going for a magic corner type thing. Are there any disadvantages in this apart from potential waste of space ? I'm going to have sufficient units for our needs, I just wondered if leaving a void makes any difference. ?
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Cost of replastering?
Hi all I'm in the process of selling my flat in London and the buyer's survey says that the plaster on one wall may have blown and needs replacing. Buyer wants to take £1600 off the purchase price to account for this cost. Personally I think the plaster's sound. However, leaving that aside, can anyone give me an idea of…
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Electric Fire Heater/Stove
We have a gap from where our fire used to be before it was sealed up and were thinking about putting in an electric fire/stove. From rough estimates the stove will fit with approx 3-4 cm either side of a gap to the wall. I have heard somewhere that this cap is not enough but wasn't 100% sure. Is anyone able to shed anynore…
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Double glazed pvc?
Anyone know of a cheap double glazing company in the north west, close to Southport or Liverpool (NW)? Thanks in advance
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Wooden floors - do they require underlay?
Hi, I would like to fit wooden flooring in the hall way. I understand that 'engineered' floors require some sort of underlay. Do 'solid' floors also require underlay? Is there any good brands of underlay that I should be aware of, preferably with sound deadening qualities (so I don't hear high heels clattering everywhere!)…
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Cavity wall insulation?
I've moved to a house that was built originally as a bungalow in about 1964, then had an extension in the mid 90's to convert the roof space into two bedrooms and to provide a garage and new kitchen on the side. I use a downstairs room as an office (I work from home) but find it really cold in the daytime, especially now…
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Loft insulation in house with no eaves
My house has a sloping roof flush with the external wall (no overhang). Loft insulation advice always recommends leaving a gap around the eaves for ventilation - is it safe to ignore this and insulate up to the corners in my case? Or am I better off leaving a gap anyway? There is no specific ventilation, or visible…
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Draft from Patio Doors
A couple of years ago we had a new patio door put in and find when we sit at that end of the room it is really cold! Does anyone else have this problem, and is there anything I can do to stop this? Not sure whether it's asking the door/window company that put it in for tips or suggestions :confused: Any ideas would be very…
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Ferolli Boiler and timer in the house
Hi I dont know if anyone can help me with this little problem. We had a Ferolli boiler fitted about a month ago but the heating timer is actually on the boiler which is outside, so it means if we want to turn the heating on before it is due to come on we have to keep going outside to do it! Is there anyway that we could…
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Blocked Loo?
Hope you can help.... ....my toilet seems to be backing up with water after i flush. I have tried putting a wire coat hanger 'round the bend' and as far as i can tell it's not blocked. Does anyone know of anyother tips? Looked in supermarket today for a 'drain unblocker' but not of the bottles say it can be used down the…
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No Isopropyl Alcohol, will vodka do?
I had a bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol but now can't find it anywhere. I also cant leave the house to go get some more as I'm waiting on a delivery. I'm about to stick something to my bathroom tiles and the instructions say to wash, dry then wipe over with the alcohol to remove any soap residue. So, will ordinary alcohol do…
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Damp problems - Everyone denying responsibility..... I don't know what to do.
Hi, I have the leasehold for a ground floor flat and pay a management company service charges every month. The management company is RMG (previously CPM) who are well known for bully boy tactics and have had numerous appearances on watchdog. Last year there was an external leak which caused pools of water outside my…
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Taking down internal wall query
We have a stud partition wall between dining room and kitchen which we want to take out to form kitchen diner. We don't want to just assume that its not load bearing but have no idea who could check this for us. Don't want to take wall down and whole house falls in!! Anyone advise on who to get to check this out am in…
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carpet underlay
Do i need to use carpet underlay? i am replacing the carpet for 2 bedrooms, the carpet will have form backing, so do i need to use carpet underlay or not? thankyou
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New heating programmer
Existing programmer is a Potterton EP2002, 2 wires going into it, Potterton Profile boiler, 3-way motorised valve, thermostat. The programmer options give only 2 on/off periods per day and no independant control of CH and HW. Can I simply replace this with a newer programmer which has 3 on/off periods and independant…
