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Should I be pressurising my central heating system?
Hi All, getting confused by plumbers so I'm hoping for some advice from some of you with no skin in the game. I currently have a system boiler that does the heating and heats an old vented copper tank in the attic fed by a cold water tank (converted attic so it doesn't get cold). The cold tank has 2 shower pumps (both now…
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Sanity Check this flat roof replacement tender package? Feedback before sending to contractors
Hi all, I’ve written up a detailed tender package for replacing a multi-part EPDM/rubber flat roof on a residential block that I live in after doing informal inspections with roofing contractors. There are issues with pooling, structural degradation, and signs of condensation damage due to poor ventilation. I’d really…
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Effect on epc
I need to swap two old storage radiators. Have a choice of conventional LOT20 or HHR. Property just makes grade c by 1 point. Can anyone advise what the difference would be with a new Epc between the 2 types.
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Hive heating and ring door bell
My house sale fell through I disconnected the ring door bell and hive heating. How easy is it to set it back up again? Or am I better to get a professional to fix it?
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Smell from Bathroom Sink
Hi All, I have an ongoing issue with a smell from the sink in the bathroom. I have tried a number of different plug cleaning products and whilst the smell goes away for a week or two, it always returns. It's a very unpleasant smell, akin to rotting eggs. Can anyone suggest a permanent fix? Thanks in advance.
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Vax Part Identity
Hello everyone, I wasn't too sure where to post this! I have a VAX Airlift Steerable, Pet Max, vacuum cleaner. The part which holds the removable tube to the main body of the machine has sheared off and it is now unusable (unless I use the hose part only!). I've tried searching for the name of this part and really…
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Cleaning a Samsung Washing Machine?
Hi. Time has come to give my new machine a first clean. It's got this auto-clean function, that apparently you're supposed to add nothing when you run it. However, like most of the UK, I live in a hard water area, but, as far as I can tell, the cleaning function doesn't touch limescale. I've got a box of multi-purpose…
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Fixing a gas leak? Insurance?
Hi, Wasn't sure if this was energy or in home. Gas leak has been detected and isolated, so no immediare emergency but now need to identify how best to get it fixed. We have british gas homecare and minimal house insurance. The leak is on the intake pipe which looks like it's covered on British Gas and they booked…
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Advice on roof / roofers
Hi everyone We had noticed some slipped slates on our roof a few years back, got some quotes and struggled to agree what to do. Our house is a former-council-owned non-standard construction but shouldn't be replaced as-is due to building regulation changes, as I understand it. Different roofing companies came round, lots…
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Extension query
Next door have put in application for planning again and now looking to do 1.4m x 3.5m rear extension and front extension wrap round. They were previously rejected as they put in for 4m x 5m rear and were told it was over dominant and not allowed a 2.3m x 5m front wrap around either. After seeing the new application it's…
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Potential shower room leak, advice please.
I have a loft shower room situated directly above our children's bedroom and a few months ago the shower got clogged with hair and sprang a leak which slowly resulted in damp stains appearing on the ceiling of the bedroom below. The clog has been sorted and water is running freely (although we daren't use the shower at the…
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Boiler pressure increasing mystery
Hello all and thank you for reading this. We just bought a new home and a week after moving in, the boiler stopped working. When I checked, the error message said high water pressure. Its a Baxi Neta-Tec Combi GA 24. It's 11 years old. The water increases by 0.1 everyday when heating isn't on. We have to bleed the radiator…
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bees in chimney
We should be having our chimneystack repaired at some stage in the summer which is involving scaffolding,replacing bricks,replacing at least one pot and re-pointing as needed.Having got it all organised we just noticed at the weekend that we have bees going in and out of one of the un-used chimney pots,but can hear nothing…
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New boiler install Chemical flush vs magnacleanse
Hey, We are in the process of getting a combi installed by BOXT. Should we opt for a magnacleanse flush for an extra £199? or is the chemical flush sufficient?. We are on a budget as we are selling the property but don't want to cut corners for the potential buyers. Cheers
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Bedroom Floor Plan
Hi i would like feedback on alternative ways i can split one large bedroom into two even size bedrooms. See below my proposed layout of bed 1 & 2.
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Best cost effective burglar alarms that install UK wide
Hi. My neighbours home was burglared yesterday. I had a basic alarm for years but its no good as I now have FTTP broadband and no phoneline so need a new modern alarm. Can anyone advise the best monthly fee monitored alarms? Ive heard that those that verbally challenge an intruder are best to limit their time in your home.
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Light sensor "flashing" LED
Looking for the simplest of gadgets, basically a "fake" security indicator (in fact there probably will be a real camera, but I'd like this too). It's the sort of thing that could probably be made DIY from veroboard. Literally a flashing blue LED in a box (not a large chunky lens, just a single, subtle, "dot" indicator),…
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Cctv and alarm questions
Hi all I got a new cctv and alarm fitted a few days ago. I got the below: Supply and installation of new 2 camera 8MP system with new 4CH DVR 1TB installed in loft, new Pyronix hybrid alarm system with 2x PIR sensors, 2x door sensors, 1x keypad, 1x fob, 1x wired outdoor siren. They helped me install 2 apps. Home control…
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water softner help in chosing and is this true
i have decided to get either a kinetico 2020c or a crown Twin Cylinder Non Electric water softner. 1. HOWEVER when i phoned and enquired about the crown the sales person said that yes they were good and gave me the sales pitch. i then asked about the kinetico and she said that it was the best out of the 2. the price…
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Condensate pipe help needed please
So my boiler is in the middle of the house and condensate pipe goes out onto flat roof. As my flat roof is rubberized I don’t want the slightly alkaline condensate pooling on the rubber so it goes along the wall and onto downpipe. This run is about 8 feet. about once a year it freezes which is a pain as it switches boiler…
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