Recent content by miranda

No, it's an outside wall of a terrace at the back - all the fireplaces are at the front of the house. I am wondering if next door had a flood in their bathroom and it tracked along. Then it would just be a one off and I can use that bad sealant stuff!

Hi, a few weeks ago a big brown/cream patchy mark appeared on the outside wall of our spare bedroom. It's about 2ft square. It's from the floor up, not under a window. There seem to be no pipes on the outside of the wall. I left it a few weeks and then have been trying to paint over it...

Hi everyone, last month I got a plumber in for my Icon combi boiler (made by Glowworm apparently). It was depressurizing every few days and when the heating came on the pressure would immediately jump to around 3 bar. My plumber said it needed a new expansion vessel which cost £350 as the...

thanks - any idea roughly how big it will be - I'm not sure there's room anywhere sensible! Miranda

Hi everyone, I have a 2 yr old combi boiler (ikon-t apparently made by glowworm) - when the heating comes on the pressure immediately rises to 4bar. When off, the boiler loses pressure quickly and needs repressurizing twice a day. I've been told the problem is the expansion vessel - but...

Hi everyone, Bit of a beginner question... In my new house I'm finding it impossible to get anything into the walls! On one wall I got nails to go in, but they came straight out. I have eventually got masonry nails to go in - only after about 20 pinged out though! When I was hammering them...