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Hi, Does anyone know why my toilet cistern starts overflowing into the pan when ever the washing machine is on and how to repair this problem? Cheers.

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I have a patio that goes across the back of my house and am going to put another one at the top of the garden on the left hand side. Have you any ideas of how to join these two patios with some kind of pathway? Or should we have all the slabs the same on both patios and the pathway which would be a ...

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Hi, Can a new combi boiler be fitted on an old system? A local plumber has told me that if I have a new combi fitted I will have to have all the pipework and rads renewed because of the added presure and the age of the system (23 years plus) is this right? Two other plumbers have quoted but mentione...

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Hi, My daughters bedroom which is very small has two outside walls which get very cold and so there is a big problem with condensation, are there any ways to warm up the inside walls, ventilation is hard because the bed has to be up against these two walls. Thanks.

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I am getting rid of my old Baxi combo boiler, which is the best condensing boiler to replace it with please?

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I am laying floor tiles with under floor heating in my bathroom which has floorboards, I was thinking of laying onto a waterproof plywood sheet but do I need to include some king of insulation so that the tiles warm up quickly?

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I have a small bathroom half tiled half bathroom paint which gets very condensated up, can you suggest a good anti condensation paint available in a variety of colours and do you think a humidity extraction fan is a good idea, if so are they expensive to run as they cost around Â£90 to buy.

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When we had our cardean fitted in our hall we were told to take up the original tiles so that the latex screed could go straght on to the concrete to give a nice smooth base for the cardean to be laid on. Now we are having problems with damp which is lifting the latex, our builder friend has suggest...

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[quote="thedoctor"]Bad enough to be a worry and if the latex screed is lifting it is an indication that there may be no damp prooof membrane under the floor slab. You need to get a building surveyor to have a look at the extent of the problem.[/quote] Is the damp likely to be general sligh...

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I recently posted a question about our cardean flooring which is lifting. Since then the shop that fitted it has taken a damp meter test over a couple of days the reading is 75 which we are told is an indication that damp is present. Is this a very bad reading , what could be causing this damp and w...

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We have had for about a year a flooring laid in our hall called cardine which is an alternative to laminate and is stuck down on to a laytex screeding over the original concrere floor. Recently it has been lifting in certain areas, mainly where its walked on the most, any ideas what might be causing...

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