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My Worchester Heatslave oil boiler appears to be weeping oil around the pressure adjustment valve on the Danfoss BFP 11 oil pump that is attached to the burner. The weep is specifically coming out of a small hole in the side of the brass tube (P1 in the diagrams). Is this new pump time or can I...

Just an update from previous week, I again wrote to the plumber just asking if they would consider that the defect was there from their work and would they consider not charging for fixing it. I candidly explained that I could not prove this so it was only my word to go on and I would pay the...

Easy to say but that statement makes the assumption that leaks are easy to identify. Part of the issue with gaining experience is that you don't know what is acceptable and learning that takes time. After it was installed I thought that it was some jointing compound residue on the pipes and not...

The valves on the radiator have both been leaking since it was installed 18 months ago. It hasn't been fine for 18 months and then failed. Slow leaks are difficult to identify. Not sure I understand why it might matter how it was booked but I did explain that the valves they'd installed were...

I've been renovating a property for a few years and many times I've had to pay out to fix problems caused by people doing dumb things like not following the specification, fitting window frames the wrong way around or just generally poor workman ship. Recently I hired a plumber to carry out a...

Not sure how to repair this so asking for advice - the hard render on the outside of my Dad's 1920's timber framed bungalow has failed in the corner. The internal walls are lath and lime. Would it be okay to use a 3 sharp sand to 1 NHL 5 for repairing this corner. Should I be replacing the...

Got the EICR done today and whilst the guy was really thorough and helpful he wasn't interested in the contents of the trunking. I had put sleeves on the earth wires as suggested. No bodges this time unlike the EICR I had done on another property with another company who I will never use again...

I think I'm at the point where I need to get the EICR done anyway. I know that I'll need a new distribution board since there are no RCDs so I'm fully expecting it to be a multistage process. Hopefully replacing some of the lighting circuit (I think that's what they are) shouldn't be too...

I'm looking to get an EICR done and just looking over some things so that I don't get too many surprises. Upon looking inside some conduit running across the ceiling in the lounge I found a few places where the T&E is joined using chocolate blocks. Is joining the wires like this permitted? It...

Sorry but they are on the end, positions 1 & 2 from the RHS chimney. Do you mean that I dont have small tile less than half length on the end?

Thanks for the response. So I'm still a little unsure what your view is. Is it industry standard to put the cut tiles as the 2nd & 3rd and therefore I can expect that? Is what my roofer has done by putting the cuts as 1st and 2nd technically inferior?

In November 2021 I had a roofer attend my property to address issues around a water leak around the chimney to the left in the photo. In the conversation prior to the quote he suggested replacing the ridge tiles which I did agree to even though I felt the existing ones just needed to be rebedded...

Indeed you are right. I've corrected my post.

This stuff doesn't budge when attacked with a scotchbrite pad and hot water so I don't think it is distemper. The property is late 19th centuary, part of the Penant Llandygai estate in Bethesda, Gwynedd. The wall has been skimmed over with gypsum and undoubtedly that is ontop of rubble stone...

Whilst stripping a kitchen wall today I found lots of this purple layer underneath the eggshell paint. Does anybody know what it is? I don't think it is a mold, there was some lime green mold near the floor (presumably from rising damp) and black mold in the corners near the back door.