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After boiler repairs, it seems to be sweating. Just wondering whether he has been left open position? Thanks

Expansion vessel cost replacement on Valiant boiler protec24. What is a reasonable price I should expect to pay? Thanks

Just under 2 weeks ago, I saw a flea on one of my arms in the main room of my flat (living room/bedroom/kitchen with laminate floor). I'd been very itchy for a few weeks but put it down to detergent - the flea's presence told me otherwise. I moved my bedsheets and saw 3 others. I spoke to a (now retired) pest controller…

Newbie here, with a Roofer issue. Thank you for reading, sorry this is long. We accepted a quote of £27500 for ridge tile work to be done on our roof, work on Fascias and guttering and had express the wish too have the scaffolding erected so I could paint our windows this was accepted as it made sense. The quote specifies…

We live at the end house and when we get heavy rainfall water leaks into the living room. We receive all the streets rain in our gutters, they cannot cope and water streams down our walls. I have written to neighbours asking them to reinstate down pipes but this appears to have been ignored. My only solution appears to be…

Hello all, We recently got synthetic grass installed in our back garden. We had a swing also installed shortly before the synthetic grass was installed and had it concreted into the ground as recommend by manufacturer. We told them we wanted swing left alone. They then asked again the day they came and said yes we want it…

I've looked at various websites and they all want my phone number, but I'm not quite ready to be bombarded by high-pressure sales people just yet. So I'm wondering whether anyone would be able to give even a very approximate figure for the cost of replacing 6 windows and 2 doors? I know it will vary on the size of the…

My son asked me to supervise some works that need to be done in his flat. New wireless thermostat to be fitted to valiant boiler. Whist installing the thermostat, he said he had to replace the pcb. Whilst replacing the pcb, no hot water identified sensor light switch faulty and flow switch faulty and have to replaced.…

There is a rarely used mixer tap in the house in the spare bathroom. It usually just works, until today. There is no hot water and no cold water flowing out of the tap, also both taps only turn about quarter of a turn. It seems to have just packed up having not been used for a few weeks. Am I looking at a plumber fitting…

We replaced the floor in our bungalow well over 10 years ago with oiled floor boards from B & Q. We used to home board dogs. I'm not bothered by the scratches but there are patches on a few boards where spills of their drinking water has affected them. It's not serious damage, just the oil has worn away and there are…

Hi all We have a rat in our quite old and battered shed. I found a recipe for a solution that would force the rat to leave (including scotch bonnets) and have sprayed it inside the shed whilst blocking all but 1 hole up but the rat still seems to be in there, I've tried making alot of noise to force it out but nothing…

Now the weather is on the turn starting to make more seaonal food, home made soup, casseroles and suchlike. Been a bit dismayed that my kitchen knifes seem to have lost their edge over the summer, usually hone them after every use with a steel but been a bit remiss over the summer with that and found that trying to sharpen…

I recently had a new roof installed, the contractors have damaged my roughcasting and trim on the external cladding making the trim kinda loose, this has happened when they’ve been shovelling up debris, sadly I don’t have before photos, though my neighbour can confirm that there was no damage to my property, before any…

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We've bought underlay and vinyl and just want someone to fit it in the toilet. I've taken up the old vinyl. It's about 1.5 to 2 square metres. What's a reasonable price just for the labour? 

My Wife and I are in the process of trying to decide whether to move or renovate. One of the areas we are looking at in our current home is our conservatory. It's approx 2.5 x 2.5m, but currently it falls into the usual traits of being too cold in winter/too hot in summer and so it's largely just used as a storage area and…

Hello. The house we bought four years ago has 10 Velux skylights. We never open them, but in the summer we drop the handle on the odd skylight, to open the narrow flap along the top of the skylight to enable some ventilation. The problem is that for the past three or four months tiny moths and the odd mosquito have been…

I bought a house 3 years ago. It is about 8 years old now. The plumbing is giving so much hassle. The toilets are forever blocked. (No we don't flush wipes, pads, etc.) A year ago, the p**p water rose and flooded our rear patio. The en suite bathroom has been no use for months, because every time we flush the toilet - or…

I’m not sure if this is the right chat for this question and it’s my first time using so I apologize if I have it wrong but desperate to get some advice. A few years ago my neighbour had their garage converted to a bedroom. No problem council signed it off all seemed ok. However I have just drilled through my wall to put a…

Hi.Two openers on this bedroom window - one worked smoothly, and the other went all limp. The handle turns, but loosely and clearly doesn't 'act' on anything inside. It was fortunately left on 'vent' setting, which means I have partial access to the sliding bolt involved - see pics. I bent a bike spindle into a hook, and…