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help please to fathom gas ch controls
Hi Moneysavers! We have an Ideal condensing boiler and a wifi (portable)control box for the main road room. Trying to work out should we have the boiler set on the Economy setting (about 70 degrees) or lower then control it on the wifi box in the room? It is a small bungalow and just trying to figure the cheapest warm way…
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Advice on tile grout colour? Any suggestions!
Hi, I have decided on the tiles below for my kitchen wall tiles, although not in the pattern they show. I will probably use mostly the white distressed looking ones (top) with the patterned one much more sparsely. It is going above an Oak work top. I havent done much tiling or designing before, so I'm a bit lost with…
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Heating small box room (now home office!)
Like many people, I'm now working from home, but vary aware of heating/energy costs.I spend most of my day working from the 'office' - a 2x3m box room, but it's quite chilly. I don't usually have the heating on, because I think it's a waste heating the whole house for this one room. I'm thinking of a small heater (found a…
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double glazing
Hi I have the above in my flat but not had any issues till last year as get breeze come through and hear the traffic on the road what can I do to get this sorted not want change as not own flat on share ownership and not sure if windows come under building insure or not
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Unhappy with builder's work- am I being reasonable?
Hi everyone. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum and should be in consumer rights instead. I had a sulphate attack in my kitchen floor (concrete slab) and had a builder come out and quote for replacement and reinstalling the cabinets. The quote specified 'install a new insulated solid floor construction to building…
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Timer
Can anyone please help me, and tell me the model of this timer. Can't find anything on it thanks
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External light randomly goes dim then normal
OK my relative has a stanchion light at the top of her drive and is mains powered with the cabling going to the garage. Light comes on at dusk and off at dawn. She inherited it when she moved in three years ago. She's unsure what's wrong with the light. For the past 10 days, the light randomly dims itself then goes back…
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Masking off wood / carpets when painting
So we are painting wood along both the edges of carpeted stairs, following this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmE_n5qx9Tg The guy here is using standard masking tape. Is this good enough because I have also read about "bleed" causing a problem when inappropriate masking tape is used - should he/we not be using the…
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Any hints and tips on what to look for with reconditioned stairlifts?
Just thought I'd tap into the vast knowledge of the people here to see if anyone has had a reconditioned stairlift fitted. I know they are generally around £800-850 in my part of the world for a bog-standard straight stair style - but interested to hear from anyone that's had one fitted in terms of any pitfalls to look out…
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SOLVED. Sealing water marks/stains.
Had a leak in the bathroom and water went down through to the ceiling of the room below. Insurance company hired professionals who came round with dryers and equipment; all resolved now but repainting is upto me. There are the typical brown/yellowish stains on the ceiling, about the size of two large hands Not much, but…
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Bathroom spotlights with broken clip
I have three lights on the cabinet in my bathroom, where one of them was loose. Looking at it, the metal bit that holds the glass in place has three clips to clip into the plastic bit, but two of the three matching clips seem to have broken off from the plastic bit.How easy is this going to be to repair/replace?
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Damp/black mould
So I moved into the property in Dec 19. I noticed black mould and reported to the council. A specialist surveyor came out and advised issues are external and the render needs repaired. The render should have been done last year but Covid stopped that. They did a temporary repair, silicon into the cracks. Fast forward to…
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Rawl plugs for garage shelving
Hi I’m putting up a couple of 7ft shelves in my garage for jars of nuts/bolts/nails etc. I have twenty 200mm x 250mm London brackets and plan use five per shelf, screwed into regular brickwork. Wood is 220mm wide. I haven’t got the right size Rawl plugs but do have some alloy 1.5” Alex plugs. Just wondering if the plastic…
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Replacement DGU Sealed Units
Hi all, I need to replace a couple of blown double glazed units in my windows and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for suppliers of just sealed units? I have researched online but it seems to be a mine field of dodgy reviews and unclear pricing. The frames etc are all fine, so it really is just the DGUs I…
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Cracks in interior/exterior of house
Hi folks, looking for some advice. We had some cracks appear in our home last year and with everything else going on we just left it. In the last few months the cracks have been getting wider while new ones have appeared in every room in the house. We're at the point where we're going to get someone out to see if there's…
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New double glazing that's leaking and letting in draughts
Hi, so my mum (74 year old pensioner with health issues) has had new double glazing installed in her front room back in June 2020. They have leaked 3 times and when its windy they let a draught in. The window company have responded by fitting additional battens and adding extra silicone on two occasions. However they…
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Cold call ADT alarms
My daughter just received a cold call from someone alleging to be from MSE, advising as she had switched energy providers recently using MSE, she was entitled to a discount on an ADT alarm system. I’m assuming this just the latest scam, has anybody else had this call?
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Remodel - opinions on what to do
We're in the process of buying a house with a bit of an odd layout. The house is built into a slope and so it's multi level (5 mezzanine levels) and with the only access to the garden via the sitting room on the 4th mezzanine level (and steps that wrap around the house). We are really struggling with wether to knock down…
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Roof lantern
Any recommendations for reliable companies, maintenance, best insulated etc? And tips on how to prevent condensation? I'd quite like a gabled style so I can hang stuff from it (kitchen). Size required c2.5m x 1m.
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Is there a Neutral in these light switches?
This is probably going to be beyond my skill set, so will get an electrician in, however before I do, I want to make sure what I want to do is possible.With all 3 of these switches, I want to make them smart, so I can turn the lights off remotely when the OH has forgotten to turn them off. Just want to check there is a…
