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Roofing
Hi all So it appears we need a new roof. House is a three bedroom semi. Coming up to 100years old. Tiles and main structure are in good condition, but the battons and membrane need replacing. Aim is to get scaffolding, take off tiles, replace Battons and membrane, re tile (use the existing times). Been quoted £18,000 which…
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Burners Advice
People who burn things... logs, coal, heatlogs... What do you have? What do you currently use? How do you make the fire? My answers: Open fire Use a mix of smokeless coal, normal coal, seasoned wood mostly. Never tried heatogs. I make the fire by mixing coal with paper and a little kindling. Then use firelighters (usually…
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Kitchen Problems!
In 2013 we had our newly bought outdated house completely renovated/extended. My wife was pregnant at the time and we made a rushed decision of either waiting until our children were a little older to carry out the huge amount of works or get a company to do it there and then without thoroughly researching... Through local…
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removing loft hatch
Afternoon all... I have an old house approx 150 years old, in the bedroom there is an unsightly loft hatch, small loft with nothing in there apart from an old hot water tank which is now not used as we have a combi boiler. Is there any problems with sealing up the loft hatch and plastering over it as we will never use the…
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Tumble Dryer Warranty Repair
Hello, My tumble dryer is currently undergoing a warranty repair, engineer has replaced faulty part but still not working. Suspect a replacement dryer will be supplied, (confirmed by Bosch too). According to Bosch this may take a couple of weeks, and as we've been without the dryer for a couple of weeks, it may be up to 4…
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Shower temperature drops off then back to hot
Hi all. I have a Potterton Heatmax combi boiler and two mixer showers (one's an ensuite). Whenever I take a shower the water comes out nice and hot, then about 30 seconds in it goes lukewarm, then back to hot again and stays hot for the rest of the shower. So to be clear, the temperature drops exactly once during each…
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Worcester Greenstar 1 programmer
We have the first generation Greenstar Condenser external Boiler 25/32 and its ok but the programmer which we have with the boiler is combined water and heating - in that we cannot ever turn off the hot water - as you can imagine - that a cost which we really could do with lowering Question - are we stuck with this or can…
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Oil Tank fuel gauge
Ours has never worked for some reason, always says half full no matter what....are there any reliable devices out there that can let you know the true capacity of your tank? Other than a wooden stick, which I currently use!
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Window Blinds
New build property, floor to ceiling double glazed windows and door onto balcony. Cannot fit blinds or curtains to the lintels/reveals due to tilt and turn windows. Thought we had found a solution to the problem with blinds that are specially designed for this purpose with a frame that fits onto the window/door using clips…
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Small house project
Hi all Hoping someone with experience can help. I've just returned from a destination wedding and my wife and I would like to begin works on our house. I've listed them at the bottom. We're not sure whether we need an architect, or just a builder to carry out the work. All the changes should be able to happen without…
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Using tiles to replace skirting
Hi, Just had a kitchen fitted and just wanted to get opinions on the idea of using the same floor tile to provide a neat edge to replace the skirting board. Anyone done this before - does it look ok? Any downsides? Or it is a crazy idea? I'd be extending the idea to cover the family room and utility area as well as its an…
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Kitchen fitter vs Tiler
Hi We are getting a new kitchen fitted and floor retired. Kitchen fitter has asked for entire floor to be tiled including behind units that you will not see. He says it is because we are having granite worktops and needs a level base. Tiler says he's never done this in his life and only need to tile to just under units and…
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Builders advice
Thanks for reading . I have a utility room downstairs single story extension about 12 x 8 . The roof is concrete about 4 or 5 inches thick . I'm tempted to try to take it down and put a tiled roof above . Let in some light with a velux and a bit a of height inside the room . Anyone done it ? How difficult is it to…
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Condensation on my windows
Two years ago, my partner and myself bought an old & outdated house, we were very enthusiastic about it, as it was our project, we had so many plans and ideas to improve it, however our dream is becoming our nightmare, we didn’t take into account that the jobs, the project wouldn’t run smoothly…. Last March new windows and…
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Condensation mould in bathroom
Hi all, Please could someone help with my ongoing problem with mould due to condensation in our bathroom. I have a small bathroom, 2m x 1.7m. with shower, separate bath and sink. floor is carpeted, walls tiled and ceiling papered and painted with mould reducing paint. There are two double glazed windows, one north…
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Buying a Neff induction hob
Looking to buy a Neff induction hob for my kitchen that's currently being fitted, decided a 4 hob one would do the two of us. However I'm totally confused at all the different model numbers available, when I read the description they all seem to do the same thing. How can I find out which one is the latest, as I'm thinking…
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Loft condensation in cold temperatures
We have had a few sub zero days up here in Scotland lately. I was asked to retrieve the Christmas tree from loft this afternoon and noticed a fair amount of condensation on the roof of the loft. It is coated in a polyethene sheeting but there is a fair amount of water on it. It is a well ventilated space with several gaps…
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radiator replacements
So, two of our old radiators are leaking slightly - and replacement is well overdue. But I have measured them as 700mm high and 750mm wide. Every website I've looked at - b&q etc only have widths as full hundreds - eg 600 or 700 or 800. Have radiator sizes changed in past 20 years :) or is there a special way to measure…
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Homelux Wall Matting
Homelux wall matting is produced in rolls of 5 metres x 1 metre. If placing this on the wall horizontally, is the correct way to do this to start from the bottom of the wall placing one horizontally there, then place one horizontally above this but leave a small overlap (how much overlap?) so that the higher one is laid…
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Replacing surround and mantelpiece on gas fire
I've already tried Googling and not got a conclusive answer so I hope you lovely folks have an idea: The house came with a living flame gas fire, bronze trim and a hideous surround and mantel. I can live with the gas fire itself but I really want to swap out the surround and mantel for something a bit more neutral. Am I…
