Recent content by neon

Hi, Think I need a new element for the cooker, the other day was warming up the oven and heard an odd noise went to investigate and the oven was filled with smoke. Have since tried the oven and it is just blowing out cold air. Now I have 2 quotes so far . to supply and fit would be between...

OK thanks for that i will go for the water based paint. Fed up of this decorating now, quite like the grey ceiling effect we currently have :P

Hi, Looks like we have got distemper paint on the ceiling,so far we have scraped off as much as we can and i have now washed the ceiling with warm soapy water, gotta do it a few more time yet..Anyhow i have read that once you have the distemper off (or as much as i can manage) you will have...

HI there, Just a quick question and possibly a stupid one :oops: When i run the hot tap for the bath etc the rads heat up once the taps are turned off....Should this happen as i didnt think so but as an corgi engineer told me the water has to go somewhere so it will go to the rad...

Nice...I didnt realise you could paint the posts to.Will definately be doing that,looks so much better. Already have the concrete 12" gravel boards in place,def need them as now the fence at the back is falling down i can see that the neighbours at the back of us tend to use that bit of the...

Ok Well im sure that my mum has got 2 lots of wooden step ladders from way back when so i can borrow them, have got a scaffold plank so maybe use that between the ladders,maybe not. I was thinking of attaching extra bits of wood to the panels so lifting it might be easier. I suppose its going...

Hi, We need to replace 5 6x6ft fence panels soon.They will be going into concrete posts,and this is where the prob for me lies,as,how do you get them in? Is it a case of lifting them up and slotting them in or has anyone got any tips to make it easier. We managed to replace one panel as...

Yes, the cistern is clear.... This is where the confusion is coming from...there was def bits in the mains water supply,now all seems clear .

Yes its a council flat. The council plumber has been out and said that its gotta be a prob with the boiler.....soooo the council contracted boiler ppl are out now and they are going to fit a new diverter valve. If that dont stop the bits then i dunno. The bits appearing now are sorta oily and...

I havent sent off any water for testing yet as was told by two ppl that the prob was most likely the boiler. So i thought i would stick with that theory and get that out of the way first. Then send off the water if still got the prob. Have got the council plumbers coming round today so will take...

Bit of an update. Had the boiler guys out for a hissing boiler, they said its "kettling" and i would need an new heat exchange. Well they fitted that yesterday and now the bits in the water are twice as bad! Have run the hot water in the bath a few times since but its not getting any better...

Right thanks John. Phoned 3 valleys and told them whats happening and i will be getting a phone call shortly (?) from engineer regarding this matter... Hope they sort it... Cheers

Just ran the hot tap in the bath and some bits came out. Tested one black bit and its smudge my fingers! So would that suggest that its the combi boiler, the pipe running from that to the bathroom looks old. All i know is that the house was built in the 40's. Have noticed when cleaning the rim...

Hi, Can anyone help me please. Over the past few weeks i have noticed that i have black & green bits coming from my water supply, both kitchen and bathroom.Now this can be random as i thought it had cleared up but over the weekend i noticed it was back. The council came round and said we need...