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Designer Radiators: How I saved over £1200 by going direct

Plumbing / By mo.a.chow

I spoke about a few ways most interior designs handle radiators in their living space. It was never my intention to change the existing radiators when we were renovating the house. Once I’d seen designer radiators out there I was hooked and couldn’t see myself settling for a trade radiator such as this one. The …

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Adding a drain off point to the central heating

Plumbing / By mo.a.chow

In order to change and add radiators in my house I had to drain the entire system. I ran into a problem initially involving a leaking isolator valve. Once that was dealt with and upgraded, I had a convenient spot to add a drain off point for my central heating. If you don’t have such …

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Leaking isolator valve?

Plumbing / By mo.a.chow

I was always told when you renovate a house you take off one bit to expose more problems. This was certainly the case for my vision of upgrading my central heating system. I have a strong opinion on how radiators should look in a house. In order to put new radiators in, I would have …

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Are you blind to your radiators?

General, Plumbing / By mo.a.chow

I get most my inspiration for interior design from Pinterest and Houzz. There’s people who can do it better than me so I’m not shy when it comes to taking some ideas! However I think a big let down is when you see a lavish room but then there’s an eyesore which is a trade …

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Loft Insulation: A guide between space saving and cost saving

General / By mo.a.chow

Found little to no loft insulation in your attic? Well that would be a cause for concern! In the UK you are required to have loft insulation and would be a red flag if you were to sell your property. You might have wanted to board your loft to find that you you can still …

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How to board a loft for storage. The proper way.

Joinery / By mo.a.chow

Do you have a way to bring the loft board up? You might be raring to go to board your loft. But are you having to use separate ladders and hoisting yourself in? Check out my post on How to install loft ladders on the first part of this job. Firstly I needed an easily …

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How to fit loft ladders and make a new hatch

Joinery / By mo.a.chow

Introduction This is a walkthrough guide on how I enlarged an existing loft hatch and fitted loft ladders to the hatch. I didn’t expect loft ladders and a hatch to be the first job when we decided to renovate the house. Renovating before you move in is certainly a lot easier than doing it after …

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