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Loft Boarding and insulation
Hi all, We are booked in to have our loft boarded in the next couple of months by a local joiner. The survey when we bought states we have 250mm of insulation. Current regs are 270mm. Some new builds have 300mm Is it worth topping up the insulation before the boarding goes down? I am already going to message him and ask…
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Loud Bang After Boiler Switches Off
Hello all, I have recently moved into a seven year old home. It has a Ideal Logic Code Combi 38 boiler. In the hall cupboard, there are valves (two) that make a loud noise when the boiler engages. One of the valves controls heating to the living room and the other, heating to the rest of the house. I have noticed that when…
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Funding an extension
Hey MSE'rs I was wondering how other people have funded their extensions? Has this been through saving? Or through a loan or through borrowing on their mortgage? We currently have about 30k out of 50k in cash, and we weren't sure the best way of getting the other 20k.
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Recommendations for DIY decorating channel on YouTube please.
Hi all. Just starting painting our first, new flat (well new to us). Never done this before so we will enjoy first our first DIY job together. We have paint, Leyland Trade Vinyl Silk and Vinyl Matt (hallway walls and ceilings). We have Johnstone Acrylic Emulsion for rooms and some Eggshell for woodwork. We are looking for…
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How to repair flaking/peeling paint when painting room?
Hello How might we repair this issue, in a bedroom, in a newbuild flat (well it's not newbuild now but 10 yrs old). Anyway, the juxtaposition of the walls and ceiling has paint peeling away and the plaster is cracking - as can be seen. This is a room that's not been painted since new. It's a spare room we never use but…
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epoxy desk
Has anyone ever made anything like this? I had never even heard of it until last month when I seen one and fell in love with it. It was a bit pricey (£1,300), but when I have a read up, it looks like materials will be around £300. I have been watching some youtube videos and it looks doable, but then I wonder whether the…
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Explanation of lock types for home insurance!
So I'm just looking over lock types for home insurance. I'm a little confused on the types of locks. What I have are UPVC doors, front and back. Plus UPVC double doors that slot into one another in a conservatory attached to the main house. They are all multi pointed locking devices, non have the BS safety mark on them.…
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Advice on leaking roof above dormer window + Insurance
Hi all I have recently moved into a 3-storey townhouse with dormer windows on the top floor. Following a night of strong wind and rain around 2 weeks ago I noticed a leak around a dormer window in one of the top floor bathrooms. It looks like water has managed to seep through around the join where the dormer window meets…
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Cleaning water tank
How much would you expect to clean a water tank with insulation in it. The prob is access as it’s quite tight and can only be viewed with by taking pic with mobile
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Help 2 turn my bath into jacuzzi.
Hello there MSErs. Are there any devices, products or services to turn an ordinary bath into a Jaccuzzi? If you know names of what it’s/they are called or useful web links of products, services or devices then that would be wonderful. Many thanks :)
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Seized Stopcock
We have an outdoors tap that needs replacing/servicing - which is dripping badlyIt needs to be isolated from mains water - but the stopcock won't shut off the water supply totallySo - we need a replacement stopcock (situated in the kitchen (luckily not in a cupboard and a new outside tapWhat would be the expected cost of…
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Cold wall damp issue query.
Hi all I live in a semi detached house and the inside wall on front upstairs room on the detached side is always very cold to touch there is a wardrobe and a bed next to the wall and can feel the coldness from the wall , when I moved the wardrobe and the bed recently found the bottom half of the wall were very black from…
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Gap between laminate and skirting drafty
Hi all , I've got a slight gap between the laminate and skirting . It seems to be letting in a bit of a draft . Was wondering what I could do ? I've seen from b&q an expanding foam strip or would anyone use a white sealant. Thanks.
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Bifold Doors
I am looking at getting a bifold door in our living room to divide the room into two areas. Something like this - https://www.climadoor.co.uk/internal-doors/glazed-oak-4-door-4l-roomfold-grande-4--0-x-762mm-doors But I have noticed you can get the doors individually…
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Extension doesn’t stay warm
I bought a new house a few years ago and have issues with the kitchen extension retaining heat. (Was added by the previous owners in 2010) The room is north facing, but just not retain heat. I have replaced the French doors, blocked up a side door and have changed the windows but can’t get the room to remain warm. The…
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Sourcing replacement manhole covers
Having a bit of a nightmare finding replacement covers for some broken ones on the waste system. One cover measures in at 800mm x 500mm and the other 650mm x 500mm I assume that if sourcing a cover isn't possible, a new frame is needed?
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disconnect gas cooker
Hey all, going to start doing my kitchen soon and want to get rid of my range cooker - Just wondered if I need a gas safe registered engineer to disconnect or if I can do it myself? Its a bayonet fitting if that makes any difference. I know I will need a registered person to fit the new hob, just with lockdown I was hoping…
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New roof - what paperwork should I get?
I'm having the roof on my house replaced in a few days by a reputable roofer who lives locally. I've been given a written quote for the work (which I've accepted), and I've given the go-ahead for the work. I've paid upfront for materials and don't plan to pay the remaining cost (labour) until the work is done and I'm…
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Plasterer holding my deposit, is this right?
Hi All, We placed an advert on my builder to do some plastering in our kitchen and we got some interest in our post. We got a quote for the job almost immediately from one plasterer without him seeing the job for £450. We requested that he comes out and assess the work which he declined and said photos were fine. He…
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Worried that my house and garden are sinking
Some very odd things have been happening in my garden, now indoors too, which are making me worried that both are sinking/suffering from subsidence. 1) Last summer, after the enormous amount of rain we had in the previous months, I noticed that my front patio was no longer level and had sunk in a few places, including…
