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hiding toilet waste pipe - boxing in beginners help?
me again! continuing from my new home saga! so i'm turning my hand trying to hide the toilet waste pipe by "boxing in" around it. is this the best (& cheaper) idea to hide such a thing as it is quite large? if so, Do i nip to b&q, get some form of sheet wood(?) cut to correct length & width? 1 for the top, 1 for the side.…
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Kitchen Design Help
Hi Everyone I was hoping that some design God/Goddess could help me come up with the perfect kitchen plan. Here's a plan showing the footprint (and a huge table, which we have): https:// photos.app.goo.gl/Rfz5H25l0wBurVgs1 (As a new user I can't supply link so had to break it down using a space. If another user could post…
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ADT cancellation
Hi, My 3 year contract with ADT expired in August and I want out. I have tried calling them as their website says but always stuck in a queue. I've tried emailing their customer service dept but they responded saying call the number... Q: Can I stop my Direct Debit as a way of terminating the agreement? My contract says…
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Wireless heating controls - recommendation
Elderly relative (90s) cannot reach his central heating controls as they in back of a cupboard. We are considering various options to help him, one being to install a wireless system so he can easily alter things from eg the kitchen. Ideally enable him to * alter the timing of on/off for heating * alter the timing of…
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Outside leak from hot water cylinder at the coil input area
I have a slow persistent leak coming from the area around the outside of the indirect coil input pipe. Now, I've read things in these forums about how easy to is to change an "Essex Flange". However..... Is there really an Essex Flange at this point? I can see a nut close to the tank, and there is then a thread to another…
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Options for rendering kitchen extension
Looking to render and paint our new kitchen extension exterior, the builder recommended K-Rend as it offers more protection against weather and comes in a variety of colours (we want a medium grey). I imagine it's quite an expensive product to purchase and apply though. Are there any other options out there or should we…
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Hotpoint washing machine not draining
My Hotpoint washing machine is not draining. I thought it was the pump because you can hear the relay clicking when it should drain but nothing happens. So I have installed a new one but I get the same problem. I get the error E3, which says to check the pump and trap. All the wiring seems OK back to the control box. I…
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Cooke & lewis kitchen
HI. Some years ago i had a Cooke and Lewis kitchen fitted from B&Q. It now is in need of a update , new doors , worktops , etc. Fitted at the moment in the middle is 2 pan drawers and a single drawer directly above, makeing 3 drawers combination. My question is please , will i be able to buy other makes of doors and drawer…
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Loft insulation rolls
Quick query time - those rolls of "fleecy" type loft insulation (ie the type one gets from B & Q): - Should they just be rolled straight out with the silver foil type stuff that covers them still on them? or - Should one take that silver foil type stuff off them and then just spread the "filling" out over the loft?
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Nuaire Drimaster Chimney Smoke
Last year we had a Nuaire Drimaster PIV system fitted. It is brilliant at removing condensation but every time our neighbour lights his woodburner our house fills with the smell of smoke. Unfortunately he has a fire going all day every day throughout the winter. We contacted South West Ventilation who fitted the system and…
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Been scammed, builder had his email hacked - phishing
Hi, looking for some advice. Last month we had some building work done and everything was fine and we received the final invoice, an email after that was about changing the bank details which I thought was odd but it was from the same email chain and the same email address along with the company’s logo so even though I…
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Creaky floor problem
Hello, So I recently purchased a house which has a room with a very creaky floor. No amount of screwing will fix the creak. What I have noticed is the creak position in the floor is directly above a partition wall underneath. Im no expert in construction but could a connection (nail) between the partition wall below and…
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Paint/Skirting Damage during Worktop Install
We had our nice quartz worktops installed today in our new kitchen and while the job was done really well we have noticed a few issues - 1. Few areas of the wall's have had some paint scraped off and will need repainting 2. They installers had to cut our skirting to fit waterfall edges in. There are now gaps between both…
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Should I worry about these cracks?
Hi everyone, I've recently noticed that three of my internal doors have cracks next to them, which are visible both sides of the wall... All three (or six) cracks look pretty much the same and are in the same position on each door, like this: I have a 17 year old three storey house, and one of the affected doors is on the…
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Fence Wall on the boundary.
Hi, I am in the process of buying a Semi Detached house and would like to build wooden fence on to the side of my house on common walkway. This common walk way to garage (Tools Garage not driveway -) with right of way mentioned in the deed of my house and my neighbors deed it is mentioned as "provisions of deed of grant of…
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New plaster peeling off when painted
Needed some plastering work doing in my attic and got my brother in law to do it - he does a lot of decorating work but isn't a specialist plasterer (and he did it for free). I left the plaster a week or so to dry and painted over with some watered down emulsion. I come back the next day and some parts of the plaster have…
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Adding a light in loft
I have lighting in the bathroom which the cables run through the loft. I want to add a light in a loft and this is probably the nearest sourcebook of power. Could someone advise the best junction or splitter which allows the bathroom lights to be independent of the loft light.
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Shower pump help
OK, so I recently installed a shower pump to boost the hot water pressure in the entire house as its gravity fed for hot and mains for cold. So all went OK installed the pump after the outlet of the hot eater cylinder. Everything works fine all taps down stairs and the main bathroom ect..... However, it turns out and i…
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Water Patches and Leak Detection Company advice
Hello, I live in a top floor flat. Earlier in the year the flat underneath noticed a water patch on their ceiling and assumed it was from our flat. We therefore got out a plumber (at our cost as we were instructed to by freeholder) who tried to locate a leak and he couldn’t find anything. Since then they have been…
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How to change a thermocouple (Belling range cooker)
Hi hope some good souls can help me out... I have a Belling Countryrange 100 DFT range cooker and one of the thermocouples is not working (the gas is not staying on). I have the spare part (cost, £9), but the problem is the installation. Nobody knows how to take the cooker apart, except Belling, but to get one of their…
