Recent content by jangor

Thankyou for the responses. I will try the suggestions made.

Thankyou. Unfortunately my knowledge of CH is zero. I had a new Glowworm condensing boiler installed thinking this was the problem but it has made no difference. The radiators have probably been in place since the house was built approx 25 years ago although the radiator in the kitchen is...

I moved into my house last year. Snow fell and the two main radiators in the lounge and kitchen/diner just reach heat best described as warm. They have been bled. I had the boiler replaced and this works beautifully. All the remaining radiators heat up quickly and are very hot but not the...

Thankyou. My son has lived in the house for about a year and decided to change the kitchen. He was advised by the carpenter to remove the tiles because they were in a poor condition. At that stage he had no idea of the type of floor or the fact that the tiles had been cemented directly onto...

My son has removed all the tiles on his kitchen floor. Unfortunately the tiles had been cemented directly onto what looks like an MDF floor. He has tried to remove the cement but there are still patches of uneven cement remaining across the floor. The tiler has said he must remove more of...

Can I just add to this one. I had my ceiling replastered last Saturday. I emulsioned with the paint recommended by the plasterer which is for newly plastered surfaces. His advice was paint 4 days later if the plaster was dry, which it was. Last night I actually heard a crack and this...

Unfortunately I have a very similar problem. I have tried drilling everywhere above the window but with the same result, I can push a screwdriver through the plaster and then hit metal or ? which I cannot penetrate and the hole is not deep enough to put a rawl plug in. In some parts of the...