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Well I've finally decided to get on the ridiculously overpriced UK property ladder and had an offer accepted on a 1950s ex council place, hopefully gonna have a month to work on it between getting the keys and moving out of our rented gaff. The Mrs wants laminate floor all the way through...

Hi, I am looking for advice from the skilled and knowledgeable as it seems very hard to pin down a plumber to look at all the issues I have without several call outs and costs. I bought a house about 6 months ago (30year old) and got straight on with some renovations. As part of this process...

Hi, I have one water supply and i want to run two appliances, a dish washer and a washing machine. The parts i have been looking at using are. Compression appliance tee from screw fix and a twin waste adapter from amazon, Would i need anything else ? Any advice on getting the ball...

I would like to move the bathroom in a Victorian semi in Sheffield from its current position at the back of the house to a portioned off section of the very large front bedroom to create an extra bedroom where the (currently large) bathroom is. I understand this will involve installing a new...

I moved into my present 1990-built home just over a yearago. A British Gas (Potterton) non-condensingboiler was installed a year or so before I bought the property. All the rads have TRVs and there wasoriginally just a time-switch for boiler control. Despite recently installing a...

Hi All, Can anyone point me to the regulations on rainwater drainage. Does a new build, 2 up two down house size, have to have drains or can they just stick guttering up and hope the garden soaks it up ? Tried to find info on planning portals etc but can't find any. Thank you !

Hi, I have just had Thames Water upgrade my mains connection to a 32mm MDPE, however my builder has run a 25mm MDPE after TW stopcock from the property boundary into the house, hence I am wondering if this would have already reduced the pressure I would have had into the house. I would have...

What a ball ache this is proving to be because I'm self employed , been doing my own thing for a long time now and show every year that i earn a wage however not good enough still classed as high risk to mortgage lender . Also have some property which was bought for pension purposes now this is...

Can anyone help me? I'm looking for people who may be willing to be a case study. I'm doing some research around house surveys and conveyancing. I'm looking for people who have experienced boiler / gas appliance problems shortly after moving home. I know of a few people who have had serious...

As it says folks. Need to fit a new boiler to replace the leaking Potterton piece of rubbish in our new build. What manufacturer do you think makes the best quality system boilers? Ideally wanting something with a long warranty (parts and labour) backed up by good service if it goes wrong...

Looking for competent plumbers to price and work with the design of water/gas/waste plumbing for a terrace of 3 houses in Surrey. UFH manifolds and pipework will be installed by others - feeds to manifolds part of the job though. 3 kitchens 3 cloakrooms 8 bathrooms 3 utilities Gas central...

**im reposting this because i needed to make some edits to the first thread i made and i cant because its been more than an hour since i first posted..this thread is the edited version*** hi i hope you are all well. im after advice as to the best place to spend money to keep our house a bit...

I have to do abet of work to do on a house that has lead coming in to a gate valve then an iso valve. The owner doesn't want to replace in mdpe. From boundary stop tap at the moment. So to isolate the houses water supply I have the iso valve or the boundary stop tap in the road. As the gate...

I have been trying to get help to replace an old heating system" Mix of electric & oil which leaves us freezing with small tank of hot water every day British gas came round and couldn't quote or help Local plumber no help couldn't quote So looks like a diy job We have 8 bedrooms 3...

There use to be a website which you just filled in the boxes and it worked out the boiler size for a property (IDHEE I think). Anyone know what happened to it?

Hi guys, I've just moved into a new house and noticed the mixer tap in the kitchen is quite loose. I stuck my head under the sink and noticed it wasn't just a normal nut on it that could be tightened easily. I've attached a couple of pics of what I found. Any suggestions on how to tighten it...

try this one then...myson housewarmer 55 and the gas valves on the left front...no gc number supplied on boiler!

When fitting a whole house pump with break tank, I tee on the water main after the pump ( with a stop tap and double check valve). This enables the customer to still get water if there is a power cut. Does anyone know of a normally closed valve, that will open on power failure, so this can be...

Thanks for taking the time to read, and sorry if posted in wrong section wasn't sure if it was generic as includes both shower and heating system. I've just purchased a property built in late 2010, 3 story's and the previous owner was a British Gas engineer so therefore had an unvented system...

ive just bought my first house for 90k as the sale of the last one didn't go thru , now im trying to refurb it all for 10k , heating, electrics, kitchen and bathroom oh and pvc windows , I need 7! I know it does sound a lot of work for a little amount of money, reckon I can get the upvc done for...