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Hi I had a look and I have a pilot light 'orange light' that comes on when water is heating? - it has a flame symbol

Hi All At the beginning of the year my boiler would for a few seconds flick off the pilot light & cold water would come out. Its about 5 years old.It would be hot again in a few seconds. A heating engineer changed the NTC and fitted a hardwater magnet thing on the cold in pipe because he said...

the stopcock is metal and from the bottom water comes from a much larger lead pipe and above goes into a 15mm copper pipe. I have lived in the house 22 years and the kitchen is way older. You would have to remove the sink unit and cupboard next to it, worktop and bottom row of tiles to get to...

Hi I'm shocking at technology but I can try and take a picture. Thanks so far

Hi I had a stopcock that was stiff so I WD40'd it over the weekend and it now turns but not to stop the water. I have looked up in a book about changing the washer and putting PTFE tape in the glad, but every picture I see is different to my tap. Mine is the same colour (yellowish/brownish) but...

HI Hugh, I know its surprising it can go this far, but there seems bugger all you can do. The guy was our Parish Councillor for years, 4 generations from the village etc etc and whenever we have tried to force him to do repairs etc we are told we cant or solicitors advise us to either put...

Hi I am having a chimney removed and need 70 tiles to make do. They are 9"x15" grey slate, but I cant seem to find that size. The house is in Norfolk area, but anywhere in Midlands happy to go.Cheers

Hi I was talking to a guy who owns a business next-door-but-one in my street. Known him for 20 years and always got on great. He shocked me by saying if the old hermit/hoarder who lives next door to me (attached) moves/dies he would buy it, demolish it and make car parking for his business, the...

Hi the area will just be used for a dividing wall between bedrooms once the chimney is down, but it is the wall with the doors on so you will walk along it as such. i'll try and get pictures - its boarded up at moment as its a total renovate Cheers for replies hope to get better description soon

Hi All, I have got a builder removing the chimney down to the upstairs ceiling and doing all structural roof and slate repairs. I will remove it fully down to the bottom - due to the cost involved, but I was wondering about the floor joist once it is removed. I will use acroid props, but when I...

Hi I have a house that has previously been painted in a very thick Sandtex (I/m guessing) paint. The bottom is flaking but the rest is stuck like glue. I have to remove it because the house is an earth inner house/brick outer and it is stopping it 'breathing'. Any ideas? I've been told by...

Hi I have bought an old house (approx. 1870) and it has a brick/rough outer surface that has been painted. It hasn't been touched since the 1960's.The paint is peeling and it needs repointing in places anyway so how do i remove the paint. There is a lot of green on the walls too. It is clay...

Hi I am in a remote forest using oil (via a range) and want to come away from it (keeps getting stolen!). Im having a whole house renovation so good time to consider options. Considering downstairs electric underfloor heating & a wood burner (free wood being in a forest) with a backboiler...

Hi I am doing a whole house renovation and the house is clay lump brick with brick facing. The chinmey is in the centre of the house and 4 pots on top (rayburn one side and log burner the other side). It is this clay lump with straw construction from floor to 3 foot above upstairs ceiling (ie...

Hi I am doing a whole house renovation. The heating is now oil via a rayburn/Aga, but the tank is very old and been condemned (rusting/not bunded etc). So looking at alternatives LPG has been mentioned. I have no experience of it except a friend has a car converted. Any help would be...