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Hi Agile. The plumber is indeed registered. He is also happy to return to take a look but unfortunately he traveled abroad for 3 weeks the day after it. He isn't due to return for another 17 days. He's British too and is a local neighbour who works for a large heating company by day :(

I have an Ideal Isar HE30. For some time the LED display hasn't worked however the boiler has worked fine. Recently we were having a radiator moved and so the system was emptied. The plumber refilled the system before he left. Unfortunately we then looked to use hot water however there was none...

So I have the attached weeds growing in my garden. As quick as I dig one out another one grows. What is this specific type of weed and any advice on getting rid of them without damaging surrounding plants? They have no leaves so can't spray conventional weed killer on them. Thanks

Good evening all. I have an Isar HE30 boiler (please don't hold this against me as I know they have a poor reputation). It worked for the first 2 years we lived in our house with piping hot radiators and water. Nonetheless in recent months, the hot water has played up and it has taken a good...

Good evening all. I bought a house recently and I'm now in the process of tackling the garden so as to make it manageable and improve it hopefully. I've got two queries regarding two items growing in my garden. Item 1 As you can (possibly) see from the photographs, this tree...

Hey folks. Just a quick query. We've recently purchased a house and the far corner of the house appears to have damp coming in. I don't think it's rising damp but wonder what the cause is? To the exterior of the property is a connecting dividing wall that separates our back garden to the...

Where the green slabs are above the window, it starts mid-level across there and moves down the wall with the hanging basket hanger on.

As promised, here's a photo from the outside. As can be seen, it would appear that the walls are not cavity walls and the bay does have guttering but above the second floor (the damp patch is at ground floor level). Thanks

I'll try and check tomorrow. The house was built in 1890(ish) and so I am assuming it won't be cavity walls but will try and check tomorrow

It is damp above the picture rail but only a cm or two before it stops. There is no visible radiator pipe behind the patch. I will take a further photo of the exterior tomorrow when I return for more wall paper stripping :)

Good evening folks. We started stripping the wallpaper from the living room in our new home and have uncovered a dampatch:- There appears to be no damp below the raised patch and so it doesn't appear to be rising damp. I'm just wondering what the cause may be? The exterior of the wall...

Thanks Andy. The lawn lasted through the Autumn and through to Christmas right until the snow descended upon us and the frost. Since then it has looked like this. Is it worth getting some lawn seed / lawn feed to encourage growth?

Hi there. I had some turf laid last Spring / Summer however due to the severe cold temperatures we experienced over Christmas, the lawn took a severe battering:- Any suggestions on how to repair it or shall I just start again with new turf? Thanks

Thanks guys. I've had a look for suppliers in the UK and they only seem to sell it in 3-litre pots. Are people aware of whether you can buy bulbs for this plant as trying to dig a whole in the enbankment to plant a 3-litre plant will be a nightmare so I'm looking for either smaller sizes of...

Hey guys. We live opposite a set of metal railings (similar to those that run alongside railway lines to stop people crossing them. They are slatted railings about 3m high. They span the length of our road (approximately 100m). There is a soil embankment a few foot wide in front of the...