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Hi all, I have a hardwood frame conservatory that is coated with a hideous mahogany Sadolin varnish or similar. I hate the colour and want to change it to white. What is the best and most robust, long-lasting paint to use inside and out. The outside is worn in places but the...

Hi All, If my new Vaillant programmable room thermostat has it's target temperature set at say, 20 degrees, does this mean the boiler fires-up and stays on burning gas untill that room reaches that temperature? Also, what do you set yours at?

Hi all, Can you still balance rads if the valve is on the HOT WATER IN pipe and the TRV is on the other? Do you need to balance with TRVS on rads?

Hi all, I have just had an old backboiler system replaced with a Vaillant Ecotec plus 837. Lovely! It feeds 9 radiators. The largest is a 700x2000 single ( 7900 btu). Above the reccomended for the room size. This is in the room where the remote thermostatic control is. I have the...

Hi, I have some newly plastered walls that I whish to emulsion white. The product used was Multi-finish. Do I need to prime them with anything or can I paint straight away?

Hi, In the autum, I painted some newly rendered exterior walls with masonry paint. The winter's snow sitting on top of the has caused the tops to bubble and split, lifting from the render. Is there anything I can do to get a better, stronger and more weatherproof result when I re-do...

Hi, My 3 bed semi is about to have it's G-rated backboiler ripped out and a new Vaillant Ecotec plus 837 installed. All the rads are brand new with TRV's - 9 in total to a max total of 50'000 btu. The last rad on the system is a 7900 btu 700 x 2000 purmo single. This rad never really...

Hi, I have recently constructed and outside garden seat from 25mm marine ply that has been primed and painted with exterior masonry paint. On the top, horizontal surfaces, the paint has bubbled and split. The paint used is water-based. Would replacing the part with one painted in...

Are Delonghi ( standard style) radiators as good as Purmos?

VAILANT OR WORCESTER ? These 2 names keep coming up which is the best condenser?

Hi all, I am extremely worried: A 'builder' friend of mine has built me 2 walls that join at the ends to use as a planter -rendered with scatch and top coat with a 3-1 mix. The blocks used are 'klinkers' 3 blocks high with no damp course of any type. I have given this 3 coats of...

Hi there, At the bottom of my garden I have a workshop made out of concrete blocks (the heaviest ones). The bottom row of blocks ( above internal floor level but below external ground level seem to be letting water through around the base. This has only happened once in 15 months...

Hi there, I have an Ariston Micro Genus combi-boiler. When I switch on a hot water tap the thing fires up but then cuts out...and then fires-up again.This then continues in sequence,cutting in and out about every 6-10 seconds. Any body out there familiar with this problem and know of any...