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Replacement kitchen mixer tap within British Gas homecare agreement
Has anyone experience of this subject? I’m told by BG that their plumbers (Dyno) replace a single item only, to their specification but are unable to give me any details of this. So the replacement may be different to the one I currently have. It seems that I have to pay the call out fee only to have a potentially…
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Herringbone direction
Putting herringbone into my house but unsure what is best direction. My focal point is my media wall but this would go against towards the light , was thinking this direction. Hallway lies to left of drawing
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Cost effective new front door
Hi, we need a new front door, but we are planning to move in the next few years, so don't particularly want to spends thousands. We're looking at composite or UPVC, and any colour but white. Has anyone got any recommendations? Obviously the fitting will also be expensive (we're in SE London)...
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Our home renovation project - Opposite of MSE philosophy!!
I've always tried to follow MSE philosophy of saving and using money with care which has set us up well to mid life (40s). But COVID showing how fragile life is, and childhood memories of watching Kevin McCloud quiz home owners why they have 'risked it all' in the name of design has made us do something that's the total…
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Planning permission meeting (3 minutes to speak) - what to expect?
Planning permission meeting (3 minutes to speak) - what to expect? A planning application has been made by neighbours and letters sent out to see if any one objects. it is for a house in a garden which will be near ours. Objections would be it would overshadow and block light coming into our property and also traffic…
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Contractor refusing to pay
Hi all, I recently did a day's work for a letting repairs company. Over the day I did 9 jobs varying from faulty toilets to filling cracks. It was all going ok but until they started becoming quite quite prickly and rude down the phone out of the blue. Long story short I was told to purchase materials and send them the…
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Anyone know how to remove these vertical blind rail holders?
The house we recently moved into had the vertical type blinds in virtually every room and we've removed the broken ones. All of them had simple fixings to remove but these are doing my head in. I've tried Alan keys, screw driver (posi and flathead), pretty much every bit in my screwdriver box, nothing seems to fit the hole…
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Cavity wall - neighbours property
Hi my neighbour is having cavity wall insulation and they only reason we know this is my partner noticed someone on our driveway which is between both the houses ( neighbour don't have a driveway along side it) they apologised as never realised and said they will need access to the drive and part of our backgarden and…
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Replace radiator valve with BG home care?
Hello I recently moved in and found that all my radiator valves don't work- the radiators heat up fully whether the dial is switched to maximum, frost mode or anywhere in between. The british gas engineer who did a one-off service mentioned the rad valves could be replaced if I took out home care cover. I didn't ask any…
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British Gas, Boiler insurance, rip off Help
Hello, I wonder if someone can help. My frail housebound (COPD) mother was recently charged £60 by British Gas because her thermostat batteries needed replacing. She's been paying British Gas boiler insurance for years, it's quite expensive, after the recent extra £60 charge, she decided to try and cancel the direct debit…
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CO2 alarms beeping
I bought my flat 10 years ago. The previous owner had recently installed ceiling alarms in every room. I assumed they were wired in because the diagram for the circuit breaker indicates a switch for alarms. I am now getting a beeping noise from one (or perhaps more, it is difficult ot tell) of them. I think it is twice a…
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Rewire just the lighting?
I live in a 1960’s bungalow, and the lighting is from that time. I haven’t got any problems with my lighting, all work fine but it’s just on my mind that I probably should get them rewired. I think the electrics for the plug sockets have been updated but I’m basing that purely on seeing that the plug sockets are new. So…
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Is this quote reasonable?
£600 for replacing a WC and washbasin, with WC and basin to be supplied by me. Disposal an extra £50. Location Hampshire. Does this sound reasonable to you?
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Under Sink Water Heater
I am going to fit an undersink 15l water heater. There are several on the market - they all come as is and don't suggest that they need an expansion vessel. Can anybody comment on this as the installations I have seen seem to all have expansion vessels connected. Are they necessary?
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Planning permission district officer to attend & investigate- can we speak to them ?
Planning permission district officer to attend & investigate- can we speak to them ? (Similar to my other questions) A planning application has been made by neighbours and letters sent out to see if any one objects. it is for a house in a garden which will be near ours. Objections would be it would overshadow and block…
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Kitchen/ diner/ family room layout
Planning an extension to create an open plan kitchen/ diner/ family space. We’ve had the attached kitchen design done and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it/ suggestions for improvements. The green scribble is a door to a study (can be moved) and the blue one goes to a large utility (cannot be moved). Ideally we’d like…
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Grass Strimmer
I have just bought one of these. Hyundai 26cc Split Shaft Petrol Grass Trimmer. https://hyundaipowerequipment.co.uk/hyundai-hytr2600x-split-shaft-26cc-petrol-grass-trimmer Its 40/1 oil/petrol, which I believe my last one was 50/1But what does that difference mean, poorer design so it needs more oil? STIHL 2-stroke engine…
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Downstair extension - toilet under the stairs and electrics and gas
Hi thanks for looking, as part of our downstairs flat roof extension we need to move the downstairs toilet, and the most logical place is in this section (see pics below) next to under the stairs. I like this idea as it has a window already and the only other option to put in a utility but it will have no outside window.…
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Disconnecting a megaflow
Last night a pipe in my house sprung a leak. Almost certainly a cold water feed although I cannot tell for sure because the leak is from one of several pipes which run out of a wall behind my (large) megaflow cylinder. I need to find a plumber to fix this (my previous plumber has retired) and as it looks like the job…
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Fitting radiator 1/2 tile 1/2 plaster board wall
Want to replace a radiator which is currently attached just to the tiled part of the wall, with a larger radiator. The top would need to be attached to untiled part of the wall Can this be done? The tiles protrude by about 5mm, Looked for videos but can't find any. TIA
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