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I would very much appreciate any alternative advice - or advice on which advice to avoid.

Evening All, Had to remove and clean the condensate trap on my Ideal HE18 as was completely blocked. ***************

Thanks Dan - all clear now, was getting my 'scales' mixed up! :oops: Legionellas + young children not a great mix - will leave it where it is I think. Cheers

Many thanks for the responses - reassuring to know I hadn't got it all arse about face! @Dan: The hot water is actually uncomfortably hot with the tank stat as set in the pic above - could I turn it down a little without risk of excessive scale? Might borrow a thermometer from work to measure...

Hi all, Having read through the highly useful FAQs & some previous posts I think I have diagnosed that I have insufficient pressure in the expansion tank of my sealed central heating system - this is resulting in cold rads on the second floor (modern townhouse). Initially tried to bleed the...

Micilin thanks for the reply. At least it sounds as though I am not missing the obvious! I thought there may have been some trade trick to tackling this sort of thing - but perhaps not. 1. The problem is that access is so limited I have not been able to remove all the bits of old wallpaper...

Hi, I am currently finishing off the prep work on my stairs and landing ready for a skim. However I have no idea what to do with the 'corner' of wall that runs behind the stair banisters :? Here is my best MS Paint effort to try and clarify the area I am on about: As you can see the...

Many thanks for the replies. As it is the second bedroom and for cost reasons I am going to go with the first option and see how it works out. I can then decide if it is worth the expense of skimming the walls in the other areas of the house based on the results. Thanks again.

Anyone got any ideas? I have been given different advice from two decorators I have had in - the first advising that lining with grade 1400 paper then wallpaper over the top will do the job. However the second has said that the only way of getting a good result is to have the walls skimmed...

Hi All, I am currently attempting to decorate a bedroom in our 1980's house. The walls are plasterboard with just the joints skimmed over. From stripping the walls back it appears they have been painted a couple of times before having a couple of layers of wallpaper over the top, which itself...