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instead of putting the ladder in the bath i use a plank of wood across the top and if i need that little bit of extra height i sit 2 planks side by side and put a milk crate on top. Gaz

Do the tiling first but dont grout it because any plaster splattered onto the grout will stain it Once the tiles have set use some masking tape across the top edge of the tiles.. Plaster the top half of the room and once it has started to dry but is still soft, peel off the tape. Once the...

Ok. He checked the gas pressures this evening. The mains gas is showing the correct pressure into the boiler but it is not registering a pressure on the gas valve when the boiler tries to light. After going through the fault finding in the manual we have agreed that it is more than likely the...

I assume you are having underfloor heating? The BAL flexible adhesive is worth its weight in gold. The BAL adhesives used to smell funny IMO but they seem to have sorted that. If you are not having underfloor heating then just ply the floor instead of using the Marmox boards.

I have suggested what you said to my CORGI friend and maybe he is out of practice but he says that it would be hard to measure the gas valve pressures if the boiler is not lighting as it wouldn't keep flooding the chamber with gas if it cant light it. He is adamant that the PCB is fine as it...

Hi everyone. I have a Baxi 80 Eco Combi boiler that wont fire up. When I reset the boiler and turn on the CH & HW it tries to light and you can here it sparking but after 10 seconds or so it stops and the ignition failure light comes on. This happens every time & it refuses to light. I...