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Advice needed on cleaning solid fuel back boiler
I'm repeating this from the Northern Ireland board because I would like more responses. We have a Baxi Burnall fire and it's fantastic. Our chimney sweep advised me to cut a length of garden hose to knock the soot down between the panels of the high output back boiler and that has helped me maintain even better heat for…
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pressure on combi boiler at highest!
HI Quick question. I added some pressure to my Alpha combi boiler yesterday and today I have noticed leak outside from the pipe that releases water from the boiler? (not sure what this is called) The pressure on my boiler is now on 4 which is highest it can be. I bled radiators and only water came out...a few cupfulls did…
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where can I get 90cm oak worktop for island
Hi anybody got any ideas where I could get a 90cm wide oak worktop for an island? Ideally I want a piece 90cm wide x 168.5cm long and another small piece of 90cm wide x 59.5 long. I am after solid oak but would consider other options. Also any idea what this would cost me in solid Oak. I live in Surrey. Any help appreciated
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Groundwork, wwyd for a quick fix?
The rear of the right of way doesn't see much sunlight this time of year, and along with the rain, the ground can get muddy, in the past I have put some hardcore down, The puddle is where the car wheels turn to enter the right of way But it seems the water runs down the ramp to create a mud bath which ends up on the tyres…
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Slipped 'conservatory' lean to roof panel - panel wont slide back
Hi All, I have an extension at the back of my basement flat. I understand this to be a 'lean to' roof. With 3 sheets of plastic forming the roof. One of the sheets (on the wall side) has clearly slipped down creating a small gap. On the outside the cap has been forced off by this movement. There's no leak as yet, but…
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Siemans RWB29Si control prob.
Hi, I cannot use the timer function on my central heating control panel because it says "Service Required" it will go no for 1 hour and con only be switched manually!! Its a "Siemans RWB29Si" one. How can I reset this function as its getting colder and want to have heating on for when I get home. I will get an engineer in…
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Live wires
I am removing a heater and the wires for it go into the wall is there anything I can put on the wires t make them safe
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Damp Patch
One of the walls in our garage has been boarded with insulation backed plasterboard and skimmed. A dryer was then in use on this wall and as a result there is a damp patch behind the dryer. We have removed the dryer from this wall and made sure its vented outside. The problem is the damp patch has never dried out and has…
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Insulating a flat roof
Hello Posted on another thread but been told I might have more joy here. We are buying a bungalow where the rear half of the property is a flat roof- which accounts for all of the kitchen and half of the living room. The Energy Performance Certificate states the flat roof is assumed to be minimally insulated. As the roof…
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Cavity wall insulation query
We have a 1930's house. After having a survey for our extension, we've discovered that downstairs has a normal cavity, but the upstairs has a single skin with just plaster and lath to form the interior walls. That does explain why the rooms are bigger upstairs than downstairs! Anyway, the last owners had cavity wall…
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Ex Display Balanced Flue Gas Stove
Hi We've been looking at options to replace our gas fire and for a number of reasons we've been considering a balanced flue gas stove. We went to look at some today and they've offered us an exdisplay gazco manhatten balanced flue for half price. It would have a 12 month warrenty. I have to be honest we are very tempted.…
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Carpet AND hard floor cleaner?
Can anyone recommend one appliance which will effectively clean both carpets and hard floors, please? I have researched reviews which seem to conclude either/or but any appliance which claims to do both equally well seem to have either glowing recommendations for the hard floor OR the carpets, but not both. I really dont…
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B&Q kitchen
I plan to buy a new kitchen from B&Q. They are currently running 20% off discount. Does anyone know the best time of year to buy from B&Q? Should I wait until January? What's their sales pattern? Thank you
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I hear dripping in my house when it rains
I live in a mid terraced, 1930's house. The fireplace is no longer used. I have air vents, 1 upstairs and my fire opening us covered by a plinth of some sort of plinth. A surveyor neighbour says it's no unusual as did a roofer local to me. My father and a friend builder says NO THAT IS NOT RIGHT!! Im worried now and would…
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Dehumidifers- How much to run?
I have been given a KEZ 175w 10 litre dehumidifer, and have been trying to find out how much it is to run. I have searched on line without avail. The difference has been amazing in my house. The house is 'drier' and warmer.I would love to run it day and night but am not sure of the running costs. Also, I can dry a 6kg wash…
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Virgin Media ruined my life
How do you stop VM from sending you letters? I've moved house three years ago and still get letters from my mum/sister (i.e. they were my landlord at the time). I've returned letters, contact VM and even wrote them a letter. Yet still every month we get a letter. Its really frustrating. Its not one of those 'To the…
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extractor fan?
hi, suffering from loads of condensation, leading to mould in rooms and water dripping from windows, so i need an extractor fan to put in kitchen glass window on top of door, may change glass to wooden board if necessary for ease of placement. any ideas/recommendations or anything to avoid? thanks
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boiler types
Hello, we're about to buy a new house and suspect it will need a new boiler. We currently have a combi, I love the instant hot water and regained space in a bedroom when we lost the hot water tank. The new house is bigger 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1 toilet and I guess 9 or 10 radiators. Do I have to stick to a system boiler for…
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Vinyl wrapped kitchen doors 'bubbling' ??
My friends Shaker style, 'Vinyl wrapped' or (Foil wrapped ??) kitchen cabinet doors ( 8 years old) AND wardrobe doors - supplied and fitted at the same time by the same supplier- are starting to 'bubble'. The vinyl is separating from the frame beneath.... Does anyone know if this is normal for doors of this age or if they…
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Lost the fixing plate for a mirror - what to do?
Not sure if that's what it is called - but it's the little metal bracket you screw to the wall and then you pop the mirror's brackets onto it and screw the tiny screw onto the fixing plate and it hold the mirror up. Same thing you have for loo roll holders, etc. We moved house and lost the fixing plates so I have no idea…
