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Thanks Vinn, The joists are about 12" apart. I didn't measure them but I can't get into the loft without help to check! We have found someone to help who thinks we can take one layer off... I think the whole lot will come down when we try hahaha! We can try anyway and see how it goes. We...

Just been in the loft and the old lath and plaster ceiling is still there. It's been overboarded once already but can we overboard again? We really don't fancy taking the old ceiling down, but we also don't want problems in a couple of years!

Hi there, Our ceiling is in a bit of a state after we took down a huge ceiling rose and other bits. There's too much to repair so we thought we'd just get it skimmed. On close inspection though the paint peels off in sheets pretty easily in places and the last skim job doesn't seem great...

Hello, Thanks for your replies. Interesting to see that you disagreed on whether £50 was a reasonable price, I did think it seemed a bit cheap! The £80 for the new thermocouple was a different guy to the £50 for the service guy. I cancelled thermocouple man and went with service man. He...

Thanks Paul, what do you think of the pricing there?

Hi Owain, Thanks for your reply. I found their numbers from the Gas Safe website, so I assume they're certified. We have a carbon monoxide alarm in the same room as the fire and boiler, right next to it, and the batteries are working fine.

Just spoke to another guy who says it sounds like it needs a service and he's quoted £50 for that. He's newly self employed after working for some company and just lives round the corner.

Hi everyone, I am hoping for a bit of advice as to what might be wrong and how much it should cost to fix this! We have a Baxi Bermuda 551 and the pilot light is hard to light and just keeps on going out. When it is lit the tip of the flame is orange. I have called around some local...