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It's an ideal logic boiler. I'm presuming it's trapped air but having bled all of the radiators I'm not sure how to release it.

My heating system is a 'heat only' boiler with a pressurised cylinder, Grundfos pump and separate upstairs and downstairs zones. I've drained down the system and added a new leg to my central heating for a new radiator in an upstairs bedroom. When I've tried to refill the system the system is...

Yes this does help. The wall is 20 square metres approx. I think what you are saying is....the amount of materials is pretty small so just buy a few bags and see were you get to?

Haha fair point. I just this calculator http://www.lime-mortars.co.uk/calculators/pointing which says 11kg per m which seemed quite a lot. Would that actually seem reasonable? Cheers

Hi Does anybody have a calculation I can use to work out how much mortar I need per sq m. I know it needs to be 3/1 or 4/1 but I can't find out how MUCH mortar I need anywhere (I've spent about two hours googling!) It's a garden wall with red bricks and I'll be grinding out to about 20mm, the...

I've found the Valspar paint great, I've had frogtape pull of Crown ceiling emulsion and Valspar emulsion...

Hi My brick garden wall needs some attention, in an ideal world this would be repointed but cost is prohibitive. I was thinking of painting it with Sandtex, will this stop or slow the rate of degradation at all? Thanks Shaun