Recent content by bobbarnes

Yes we've briefly discussed moving it. It's obviously a last resort and not to be taken lightly but when you're being woken up regularly it's a bit of a nightmare. I'm not sure what other options there are ..

As the sound is coming through the wall down from the attic into the bedroom I had assumed that doing the whole bedroom wall would be more expensive than moving it across the attic space. Unless you mean putting the boiler itself on soundproof plasterboard? I've read in a few places that...

Hi, Our neighbours have a Valliant (not sure which model) in the attic, attached to the party wall (solid brick). When the water is on 24 hours or it’s very cold a deep hum is quite audible and we get woken up in the night. I’m thinking one option would be to move it to the other side of...

I shouldn't write things in a rush - don't think I explained this very well. The exterior of the house has been completely rendered and this has the hairline crack. The damp patch is showing on the interior side of this wall ie in our bedroom. Just looked at it again and it's only a...

This is an exterior wall of a victorian terrace. The wall has been rendered and has a hair line crack that runs a good portion of its length and which has been there for about three years. The damp patch appeared about 3 months ago. Any suggestions on fixing this? Does it need to be treated...

Yes that's nice and clear. Thanks.

I'm not really up with the lingo. What does this mean ?

Amazing what you learn on t'internet - thanks. I never new what that F mark meant until today. Just taken the base off and there is indeed an F mark inside. Big sigh of relief - fire of London avoided. I just remembered the second question I forgot to ask on the original post. There were...

Hello All, Yesterday I replaced 2 standard pendant lights in my kitchen with 2 x spot light clusters. Each cluster has 2 lights mounted on a cylindrical chrome base messuring about 15 cms in diameter and 3 cm deep. The halogen bulbs in the lights are 240v and generate a lot of heat so much so...