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Can I avoid rendering??

I recently had my garage door bricked up with a breeze block wall. I've noticed the wall is damp on the inside, obv...
17 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jamesvarty
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by jamesvarty

Scart sockets on TV poor

Both scart sockets on my TV are poor - unless you get the plug in very well they tend to produce a poor connection or o...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by reply
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by reply

Is my gas meter electronic?

My gas meter was replaced about a year ago and I assumed it would have been of the electronic type that could be read f...
6 comments posted 20yrs
posted by clangers_snout
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by clangers_snout

Air lock

Hi Folks. My cold water supply to the bathroom makes a very loud noise when turned on. It sound as if there is an air l...
6 comments posted 20yrs
posted by excaliber13
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by excaliber13

Priming aluminium covered foam panels

Hi, am in the process of nailing up 25 mm thick 'Kingspan Thermospitch' sheet panels ( they are foam panels wit...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by blue.star77
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by blue.star77

Kitchen Plinth Heater question

Hi, My kitchen fitter has suggested I replace my rad with a Myson kickspace plinth heater which will free up wall space...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by simon
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by simon

Radiator on kitchen Units

Hi, I'd like to have a rad to warm my kitchen rather than a plinth heater (too noisy?) and am thinking about puttin...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by simon
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by simon

kitchen wall cabinets

Anynody have any ideas to hang kitchen wall cabinets on a stud wall when the studs are no where near the hanging bracke...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by andy
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by andy

conveyancing

Hi all might be the wrong group to ask this question, but has any one used an on line firm of conveyancing firms to do t...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by aocc47
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by aocc47

Identify this Insect HELP!!!

Bugger - found a few of these on our carpet and was a little woried that they are wood boring beetles or something simi...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by colosimo
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by colosimo

Flat roof decking

Hi, I want to use an existing - very good condition - flat roof as a patio. When I were a lad you used to use promenade...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by member
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by member

Garage shelving/ storage

I am looking to use one wall of the garage for floor to ceiling storage, I have looked at the rails in B and Q which ac...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by anonnews
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by anonnews

New single fan oven replacement - makes/models?

Looking to get a replacement built-in single fan oven (possibly with grill) Our current one we've had for 5 years (Aris...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by andrew
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by andrew

Fitting a room thermostat

I am intending to fit a room stat to a Heatline Compact S30 combi-boiler. Currently the boiler is not working and Heatl...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by neiljung
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by neiljung