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Thank you. I will get the gas engineer to have a look when he comes. Im hoping its nothing expensive. And it just needs adjusting or a divertor valve looking at. Downside of such a small house.

thanks I will try opening them all. Do you turn them clockwise to open them with pliers? The bedroom trv doesnt work. I tried setting it to the snowflake setting and the heating still came on full blast through it. Yeah hot water to heating is what is the most annoying thing. The hot water...

I dont know I moved in my house in march and thats the first time the heating has been on since I've owned it. The vendor didnt mention anything .

Thank you. The hot water to central heating issue is much more annoying I hope its just a divertor or something simple rather than me needing to upgrade the rads to double panelled.

What is range rated? I might need to ask to get that done.

Hi, My Ideal Logic+ 2016 24kW boiler is short cycling in 2 scenarios and I'm wondering if anyone has idea why. On central heating, the flow temp cant be less than 77 degrees or it short cycles. In other words I can never get it into condensing mode. I have 1x double rad 80cm long, 1x single...

Thanks. If thermal thats helps the worry Just concerned with buses and the odd HGV going past theyll eventually get worse. Could it just be repointed and the bricks filled?

Is the crack running from the gutters down the coral mortar line a cause for concern would you say or likely thermal too?

What is this on this house. Its about 20 years old and by a main 30mph road. I noticed hairlines going down the brickwork at front of the house through the mortar and brick ( see pic) but the corner of the roof on the back wall where the decorative roof end thing is has a crack in the mortar...

Yes good idea. Think its called a noggin which goes beyween joists, and the floor could be nailed to the noggin

Thanks all. Fingers crossed the bathroom side is ok too. Does anyone have any recommendations for some good wood preserver brands for this sort of thing?

Im getting a new kitchen fitted by a plumber joiner so might ask him he will do it as a side hustle haha. Hopefully the joists are ok, they seem solid from the bedroom side. But yes new floor definitely. The look of this rot and mold just worries me. Another potentially silly question, the...

I think the chipboard under the bath has had it as it looks like the pics above. Mold and rotten. It seems dry. Will need a plumber to take bath up to see the other side of the joist. Do people Think its best of just replacing, spraying any joists and making sure the stud wall is secure and...

Only question is, this is still on the chipboard tile and the base of the stud wall around the leak. This doesnt look like dry rot does it? It was chalky and rubbed off in my hands. Also doesnt seem have seem to gone down the joist. Cheers

Managed to get to he subfloor doesnt smell damp and cavity was dry. Attached some images. The mold and mildew were on the carpet gripper, see pic as well. I poked the joist with a screwdriver and it was solid and didnt go through. It just left a little ident where I pushed hard. Is this good news?