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new water tank required

anyone tell me best place to get a new hot water tank from.It has small cold water header tank on top, dont need the imm...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dbroms
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by dbroms

half tiled bathroom advise

Hi we are only half tiling the bathroom and the plaster board that now has been plastered is showing up the joints desp...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by zen72261
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by zen72261

Dado mitre question

Hi, hope someone can help me! I am putting a dado rail up our staircase. The rise of the staircase is pretty much spot...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by andrewREMOVE-dixonALLCAPITALS1
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by andrewREMOVE-dixonALLCAPITALS1

Water Heater Problem

I have a horstmann electric water heating controler it has a on button a cancel button and 1 led when the on button was...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by avtt67
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by avtt67

screwfix @scunthorpe

opened today...(without postage if you collect!)
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by big.girl
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by big.girl

Cleaning Floor Tiles

I have finally got around to cleaning my 1930s floor tiles in my hallway, not sure what they are made from but they are...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by diespammersdie
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by diespammersdie

Waste Pipe Gurgling

I have just in the process of replacing my bathroom. The bath and sink wastes join up directly below the sink before ex...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by john
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

lighting circuit / question

Few questions 1) Can any one point me to any relevant regulations etc that state how often a house should be "technical...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by duncan
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by duncan

(Electrical) Unused Earth wire

Hi there I think this is a fairly simply question, but would like an expert answer for my own piece of mind. I have som...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by neil
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by neil

Plaster Problems

Hi There, Summer 2005 I bought a terrace house, roughly dated 1900 , House was fine and only had some rising damp probl...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by chriswhite1981
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by chriswhite1981

wood flooring

What is the best knid of timber 2 replace old floorboards instead of sanding? are is it cheaper 2 sand?
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kristian.dawson
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by kristian.dawson

Knotts in wood

A few years ago we had to have builders in to do some jobs in the house. We have now found that some of the wood they h...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by john
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by john

combi boiler

My pilot light keeps making a thudding sound? when i went 2 investigate, it is doing it quite a bit but the flame is jum...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kristian.dawson
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by kristian.dawson

Filling a dent in a radiator

Have a radiator with a small but noticeable shallow dent in it. I was going to just swap it out as I'm about to red...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by midge
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by midge