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Thanks for reply. I don't think this is efflorescence - there are patches of that on other bits of the wall which are whitish coloured. These patches are really bright yellow. I have spoken to the builders merchants who supplied the blocks and they are intrigued. As soon as we can get...

Hi. They have been used as a second skin so to speak. The "retaining" bit of the wall is much larger blocks filled with concrete. Wall is only about three feet tall. The stone blocks form the decorative front wall with a gap between the two skins. The wall is capped with slabs. I can see...

Hello, apologies if this subject has been covered before - a search threw up no answers. We have recently had a retaining wall built in our garden. Finished just before Christmas. Yesterday I noticed one of the bricks was leaching bright yellow dye - they are reconstituted stone blocks...

Hi, hope this is the right place for this question. We bought some Waterproof Mermaid Panels a few weeks back. Have now got round to fitting them to find they should have been stored flat and have bowed from being stored on end. (I guess we should have known but there were no directions on...

Thank you, we will try with filter removed and see what happens.

Hello, hope someone can help. We have put a new filter cartridge in our Franke Triflow tap system. Darned cartridge housing will not stop leaking around the join between the base and the lid. Never had this problem before. We have tightened it, loosened it, left it to see if it would stop...

Thank you for the reply. Looks like hubby is right. I shall return the Rustins oil and stick with the Colron. The work tops look wonderful - now I just have to persuade the rest of the family not to be terrified of using them !

Hello, apologies if this seems a daft question. We have recently fitted beech block worktops and I am treating them with Danish Oil. I am using a Colron natural one. Not wishing to run out I bought another tin but this time was in a different shop so bought the Rustins version. Are all makes...

Thank you for the prompt replies. The boiler is a Vaillant Ecotec 837. We'll give it a couple of weeks and if it hasn't sorted itself out have a word with the plumber.

Hi. Have had new combi boiler fitted. Plumbing has all been rerouted also due to building work. Have realised that when I turn kitchen cold tap off the boiler behaves as though a hot tap has been turned on ie the symbol that shows hot water is being drawn appears briefly and the boiler seems to...