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Fitting radiators found a great product
At the weekend I fitted another radiator and apart from the botch job done by the previous installer everything went well until the refill. The side of the radiator with the TRV just would not stop leaking. I took the radiator off removed and refitted the new connector to the new radiator using PTFE tape as…
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Venting fireplaces in chimney breasts - best way?
Hello, We have a house from the late 1890s, where all but one of the fires have decorative iron fireplaces that completely seal the flue. We're having ventilated cowls added to the chimney pots on the roof but have been told we need to add grilles or something similar to ensure air can circulate in the chimney at the…
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Cost of double glazed door
Hi everyone, I am considering replacing our wooden front door with a double glazed one. We have a single door and a glass panel (single glazing, wood frame) next to it at present. I'd like to have both replaced with double glazed alternatives due to mainly reasons of security (we have only a couple of flimsy old locks on…
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Boiler flue plume nuisance - Gas Safe
My apologies for the length of this question. On behalf of a pensioner. She lives in an Edwardian terraced street consisting of purpose built flats/maisonettes, ground floor flats and separate 1st floor flats. Over a year ago the landlord of the ground floor maisonette replaced the boiler. The flue exit was positioned…
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Electric Board and Meter
My current electric meter and board are under my stairs, the location is ok but what I need is access to the wall behind. The wall is not in a great state and I'd like to take it down, put it back up and reattach the meter and board. I've chatted to an electrician and he said he can only work on the consumer unit and I…
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Boiler short cycling and rebalancing
Do I solve short cycling by rebalancing and opening the valves a little more? System usually runs on pump speed 3 as this is the only speed the boiler can loose enough heat to stop it turning off early, even on max stat. However it's noisy and cavitates a bit. If I switch it down to 2 but open up the rad valves a bit more…
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Condensation on Toilet Cistern
Does anyone know the best way to stop/reduce condensation on a toilet cistern. We have an extractor fan in the bathroom and it is well ventilated but the cistern always has condensation on it. Any ideas????
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Removing woodchip wallpaper
Does anyone know the best/easiest way to remove woodchip wallpaper from plaster board. We have spent the past 2 days removing it from one wall and have the rest of the room to do We have used a scraper and lots of elbow grease so far. The top layer came off very easily but the backing paper is left Please advise!!!!!
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Boiler circuit board problem
Hello everyone, Hoping someone with some boiler/electrical experience can help me. I moved into an old flat with an old boiler (Vokera mynute 12-48) which wasn't working when I first moved in. had a plumber/heating engineer come out to look at it and he charged me about £300 to replace the gas valve (expensive part) and…
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Gas cylinder to run 2 burners on cooker??
In the house we are buying ( which doesn't have a gas supply) the current owner has installed modular Neff hobs. One of these has 2 ceramic plates, one is a barbeque (?? weird??) and the other has 2 gas burners, which they have never bothered to connect up. We are hoping to be able to connect these to a gas bottle which we…
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painting a door frame
I'm renovating a house. This is the 4th house I've renovated. Am I the only person who paints the tops of doors and door frames, and for that matter window frames? Every house I've done up has had door tops and frame tops that were a mess. I always paint them with the same paint as the rest of the frame (ie gloss), but…
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Coping Stones Theft - ongoing problem
I originally posted this in the insurance section, but as I am not going to claim on the insurance as the excess makes it not worth claiming at all, am going to try here now. Basically, over new year the coping stones (Yorkshire stone apparently) were stolen from a wall which splits my house from a neighbouring property.…
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flotex in kitchen - any experiences
hi as part of our kitchen revamp we need new floor. until earlier today we were set on vinyl due to ease of cleaning and not being as cold as tiles. then someone mentioned a product called Flotex. anyone used them in kitchen or elsewhere in house? any idea where to get one from? does it need underlay? ta
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5-point lock door won't open
I am about to move into new accomodation and was having problems getting in today. I understand from the landload that the door has a 5-point lock and requires me to lift the handle whilst turning the key to open the door. I can hear the locking mechanism unlocking when I lift the handle and turn the key, but the door…
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Window Casement Latch Help Please
Hi all Just had a new bathroom fitted and have now decorated it also. Today I glossed the window but the casement latches look awful against the clean fresh paint so I want to replace them. However the bit that the casement stay arm locks onto that sits screwed to the sill isn't flat its kind of curved to match profile of…
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Nobilia Kitchens - Advice Please
Evening all, I'm in the process of buying a new kitchen for my house. A local kitchen company has just started to stock the Nobilia range of kitchens and is recommending this for me. Our kitchen will have around 20 units including 11 counter base units, 3 corner le-mans, 2 tall housing units for built-in ovens, 4 wall…
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Another bathroom quote
How does this look, the plastering costs seem high, we had our lounge done for £300 in August, skip hire can also be halved I think. Basin is going to be moved by about 350mm from where it is Removal cost Removal of old bathroom suite - £0.00 Removal of exciting Tiles and loose plaster - £0.00 Removal of dividing wall to…
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New digital thermostat - help with wiring!
Honeywell T6360 seems to have Earth wire, Blue neutral, a RED and a YELLOW. Looking at honeywell diagram it seems Yellow is Live and Red is switched Live. Bought a new controller and it just needs two wires. Can I just terminate neutral and earth? Also, its got switched live and live terminals. Assume that means YELLOW…
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plughole blockage-is brown vinegar ok
Hi I've a plughole blockage. I don't have any white vinegar as I used it all yesterday, and wondered if brown vinegar, together with soda crystals will do the job. I don't fancy using chemical unblockers in case they react with the soda crystals and white vinegar, put down there yesterday. Thanks
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Is it normal for floor joists to move?
We live in an ex council house bulit in 1962. When replacing some broken floor boards we noticed the floor joists "move" - is this normal?
