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Thanks for the replies! I've had a guy round this AM to give me a quote to pebble dash the gable. Comes well recommended and has done a few houses by me over the last 20 yrs He mentioned a few other bits that need doing as well. He was saying my house is built from "London Brick"...

Hiya I live in a 60's semi-detached in Halifax. Quite high up so it takes a bit of a beating from the wind and rain etc. The brick work is beginning to spall quite badly and the pointing on the gable has just about had it. I am thinking the bricks are going to keep spalling over time...

Condensate pipe of my boiler (WBosch) exits my house in 21.5mm overflow pipe, then switches to black 32mm waste pipe via an adaptor almost immedately. Black waste pipe then runs 2.5 meters to external drain at floor level. Obvioulsy it is freezing up every day at the moment and is becoming a...

I have removed asbestos cement sheets from my garage roof recently I followed advice from HSE web site with regards to protective gear http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/em6.pdf Also Try to do it on a day thats not too windy Wet roof inside and out first, and keep it wet Do...

cheers both

Im after some advice really...... Moved into semi built in 1968 about 6 months ago. House is in Yorkshire. Noticed some spalling brick work on initial viewing and subsequent survey mentions that it will require attn in due course but not urgent! Most of damaged bricks are on south east...

.....is it any good? Just moved to a new house and noticed quite a few bricks spalling out I know water seal will not cure the ones already spalled but will it protect the decent ones left from doing so?????? BTW the ones that have spalled already, is it an urgent repair or will they...

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apologies the symbol that is flashing on boiler has not come out right on original pm symbol is like a capital T rotated thro 90 degrees with a mirror image next to it thats the best way i can decribe it

I have a Wocester Bosch 30 CDi. Installed by CORGI regd fitter 3 months ago, working fine until today. I removed a rad in the babys room to paint behind it. I then replaced the rad, topped the system up and bled system When the boiler has fired up I am getting this symbol l...