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New Boiler Recommendation
I would be grateful for any combi boiler recommendations for a house over 2 floors. 8 radiators and 1 bathroom. Current boiler is 12-years old and needs to be replaced. Are there any special offers on anywhere at present? :)
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Carpets on top of Laminate?
Hi All We have laminate flooring down and want this replaced with a carpet. The carpet fitters suggested putting the carpet straight on top of this and I am a bit unsure whether this is a sensible decision or not? Any advice would be great thanks! Cheers Darren
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Loft insulation between roof rafters on a pitch roof
Official Insert If you've landed here because you're looking for loft insulation deals head over to our Loft Insulation guide. Back to littlemoney's original post... ---- I have loft insulation between the joists by that I mean the floor part of the loft. I then have boards over the joists so I can used the loft for…
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Council have damaged my roof, what should I do ?
Hi All, Was looking for some advice please. I bought an ex council house and have lived here for 1 Year. Everything was fine until last week. My neighbour who is a council tenant has had a new roof and mine has been damaged in the process. My ridge tile was that connected the two properties was about 10 inches higher than…
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Advice about conservatory leak, please (photos included)
Hi, can anyone with expertise please let me know what we can do about a slow leak in the corner of our conservatory? We recently had the flashing redone to the left of the glass roof (in the photo) hoping this would cure the problem but it hasn't :( . Photo of the conservatory: Closeup of the top left corner, where the…
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MSE heads up on central heating pumps
I know it's a way away but pre-armed & all that, from march 2013 a new european directive comes in, which will mean all new or replacement central heating pumps will need to be 'A' rated only, the most popular pumps on the market is Grunfos 15/50 & 15/60 the 15/50 is 'B' rated & the 15/60 is 'C' rated therefore these will…
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How safe is this
Don't know anything about this but would welcome any sparky's input. Moved in some months ago - kitchen scares me. It has 15, 40watt spotlights and a cooker hood, which all seem to be connected to the lightswitch. (there seems to be two separate switches for them on the main unit - half the spotlights and cooker hood on…
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Painting over red cedar coloured fence
Evening all. I currently have fence panels which are red cedar coloured. Having seen a fence the other day done in what looked like cuprinol whitlow (light green/grey) colour I would like to do the same. Would this cover the red cedar ok or not? I wouldn't particularly want to be giving it three coats at the price it is...
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New bathroom on first floor
Hello, We have moved in early 1900's semi detached house which has only one bathroom (as an extension) on the ground floor and no bathroom/wc on the first floor. Now my mother is moving to our place for a while and she has knee problem so I'm thinking of building a new bathroom (wc at least!) but not sure where to start. I…
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Uponor underfloor heating controls
Hi A bit desperate here as no underfloor heating working. An engineer is coming but can't manage until next week as very busy. We think the problem is our inability to understand the controls. We have looked on the web and at youtube clips but still not clear how to work the radio control. We think we have changed…
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Help with kitchen wall condensation
One of my kitchen walls has been damaged through condensation, paint peeled, mould etc. I have cleaned this up, but the wall is no longer smooth. Is it an option to put plasterboard over the offending patch, or does it need to be replastered first? It is a small external wall with a small window, all condensation seems…
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Pathway to new boiler
We need a new boiler as the one we have is 15 years old. Sometimes fails to come on and when we get maintenance out they often have a job to get the part. The decision to get rid of the old one is made but what I want to know is how do I decide on what new one to get - conventional, combi or open vent. I think that is the…
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Weird boiler problem!
I have a Remeha combi boiler, installed about 3½ years ago. The heating engineer who installed it has never been able to resolve the following problem, which arose towards the end of the second winter, and I've given up bothering him about it. The thermostat (the brand is Salus and we have tried both a wireless and a wired…
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Free standing cooker or separates?
Hi all First time post here, so hopefully I'll not tread on too many toes! I'm having to get some appliances for a new home, and that includes an oven and hob. The existing kitchen had a fitted hob and single oven, but the worksurface they were in has been broken so needs replacing. Instead of replacing the part where they…
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Can you use floor levelling compound on a painted floor?
Hi, we have a small utility room that we want to lay vinyl in. We need to get the floor levelled first but it has been previously painted with floor paint. I've just had a carpet company round to quote and they said that the paint may cause the latex and the vinyl to come away. We can't lay a ply floor underneath - that…
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Tarmac & Laundry Conditioner
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Aqualux - SteamCabin Problem and are they still in business?
Hi I'm hoping someone 'in the know' might be able to help me out. I have been trying to contact aqualux about a problem (with one of their steamcabins I have installed) using their customer suport number 08702416131 - only whichever option I choose i'm getting a recorded message stating 'all of our operators are busy' and…
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Which make is best Fridge/Freezer
I need to buy a new fridge freezer ASAP and wondered if anyone had any ideas on what was a good one. It needs to be a frost free one, it also neeeds to have a decent size freezer rather than fridge, I have looked at indesit biaa12fh which i can get from currys for about £360 and they will take my broken one away and it…
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Gorilla or Gator Glue?
Hi I have used Gorilla glue over the years for mainly timber projects but also many other things, it seemed very versatile but I have noticed that when I search for it online to buy more, up comes Gator glue as well, so I was just wondering if anyone could tell me the differences or preferences with these 2 and why? The…
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Confusion about Ceiling Downlighters. Please help..
Hi all We are having a new Kitchen installed. During the installation of the Kitchen we have had to take down the Kitchen Ceiling (to have the Boiler replaced and rerouted etc). So, now the ceiling is down, obviously it will be re-boarded and skimmed. The benefits now are that I can choose any lighting that I want in the…
