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cheers thanks for all the help Nick . appreciate it especially as its started up. will probably head to wickes tomorrow and pix up some pipes and join it to my water softner waste which is a 40mm pipe which i just installed a week ago to stop the problem of freezing water softner pipes when it...

hey nickko thanks for replying yep i guess it was still damp, used a flood light to heat it up to get rid of the moisture seems to have done the job for now. have you got a long term solution for the problem.

hey fair enough there must be alot of poor installers around. I am experiencing the same problem at the moment have you got any tips on correcting for the future. CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY FOR THE PLUMBERS haha fair enough

p.s im not testing it for hours before some tears me apart checked to see if it ran for 5 mins it did so i am assuming its a damp trap. anyone got a guide to fix this please thanks in advance

hey thanks for the guide, so to shorten the story external condensate drain froze, used kettles to clear it up....cleared out icicles....still not working opened the front panel condensate trap is empty on one side im guessing thats usual so its still not firing assuming its still damp...

just a note maybe this problem could have been prevented if the plasterer left the pva too dry out a bit before apply the skimmed coat? not a pro so not entirely sure if its a good idea but logically the use of pva stops the water from being sucked out from the plaster and allows the plaster to...

I actually had to post a reply as i had an extremely annoying problem with pva and the plaster skim coat, basically just had an extension done, we opted for sand and cement and then a skim coat of plaster instead of the hardwall method. When the plasterer came to do the skimming he must have...

hey just wanted to add that it looks like the board from this picture has anyone come across anything similar?

Hi Well i just started to tear down some old fibreboard from a cupboard which is part of an exterior wall so its under the slope of the roof, well i was pretty woried considering its a relvatively old house and i saw it was really dusty behind the board, well i just wanted a second opinon...

Hi i currently have a old glow worm system which is ancient and has been making very loud noises for a while so i am having it a new system installed well i got quotes for the following installation of a new potterton or bosch boiler in the kitchen new rads in house (3bedroom and 2 reception...