Recent content by Murdoch77

Thank you for the detailed replies. It's matt emulsion and it was done by a decorator. He's already been back to sort issues out once so I really don't trust him to come back again. I'm just trying to work out how I can rectify it. Thanks.

I think it's just a bad photo. You can't really see the vertical lines on the wall but you can see the patchy bumps and grooves shown in the middle 3 photos. Would sanding it and painting again from scratch sort it out? Thanks.

Hi, can anyone tell me why I have these patches in my paintwork? The wall was new plaster but completely dry. How can I rectify it? It looks a mess. Thanks.

We had walls plastered at the end of last year and have just had them painted. There are now lots of streaks and grooves and I'm trying to establish whether the problem is with the plastering or the painting. Also, should new plaster be sanded before painting? Can anyone please advise. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies.

How easy would it be to replace this mixer shower and basin tap without damaging the tiles and the sink? Can anyone recommend a decent shower and tap that would fit? Many thanks.

Thank you. I've attached some photos.

I've checked the schedule/program and it is off completely. So if it should only heat water when programmed and the program is off, does that mean there's a fault somewhere?

We have a Vaillant EcoTec 630 System boiler which appears to be heating water automatically. I've noticed that the water is always hot, even when we haven't switched it on but we were away last week so it wasn't switched on at all yet the water was hot when we got home and according to our...

I bloody hope so otherwise it's going to cost a fortune. How would we check? The switch is definitely off, I know that much.

Will give that a try later and report back. Thank you.

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The electric switch for the immersion heater is off. The thermostat attached to the cylinder was on 59 degrees but we turned it down to 40. The hot water has not been switched on or programmed on since Wednesday. That's why we can't understand why it is still so ridiculously hot. The heating has...

No idea. The immersion heater is definitely off though.

We have a new Vaillant EcoTec 630 System boiler. There was some issue with the hot water control when it was fitted but I'm not sure what. So that we had hot water, the engineer switched the immersion heater on. It was on for approx 4 hours. The following day, the control issue was apparently...