Recent content by IanDudley

I have a metal outbuilding which I use as a music stuido and home office. To improve the interior finish I have lined it with Knauf tappered edge accoustic plasterboard, which now needs jointing and doting prior to painting. My plan was to just joint it and paint, rather than a full skim. But...

What about the suggestion that this sort of thing might kill the boiler? Do they get that fragile when old? I think its getting on for 20-30 years old now.

Having recently moved into a new house, we have inherited an aged Thorn Olympic (I cant see any more specific model no.) boiler which is providing hot water to a tank and running the central heating system, which is an open vented radiator system covering a three bedroom detached house over two...

I've recently moved into a new house and the in-place central heating system is rather aged. It's fitted with a Potterton EP3000 timer, which we're finding very restrictive. It only has two on/off times a day available and we're finding that the house is getting very cold in the middle of...

Thanks for the replies. we do get quite a lot of water on the inside of the windows in the mornings, so condensation is clearly happening. One of our kids had a bad case of croup recently and we were using a humidifyer at night to help him breathe, so that probably hasn't helped. With regards...

Thanks for the reply. What about the mold and surface damage on the outside? Is that damp from the inside penetrating out and under the exterior surface coating? In any event I presume I still need to make good the outside wall, can that just be painted over or will I need to treat and dry...

We moved into our new house over the summer. Its a detached two story property build in circa 1920. The exterior walls seem to be solid brick with a smooth white painted coating that looks to have been on for quite a few years. The whole house needs painting really, but thats not very practical...