Recent content by smg496

Thanks, I'm going simply let him know what a trade would likely charge and let him come up with a price he'd like to pay, money really isn't an issue for him but simply finding someone he can trust to do the work reliably was his priority. I had a minimum £500 trade quote in my head as a wild...

I did forget to mention I have previously done a very similar job to his adjacent wall a few years back just for materials cost and a bottle of wine so he wouldn't accept another favour. Thanks again, great forum and commenters!

Thanks everyone, very useful information, much appreciated. We did speak about me helping sort this out but I never have any free time with an ongoing backlog of work which he appreciates so I do unfortunately need to charge him for all the time. £300-£400 is a figure we should be able to...

Thanks Mottie, I am a bit of a perfectionist with an Aerospace engineering background, don't have too much to do with walls in that field hence I can't really charge by the hour. The problem is I've never used a trade for anything so I'm totally in the dark even knowing what a bricklayer would...

Thanks for the quick reply. I do get on with my neighbour but haven't kept track of the hours as I knew it would possibly bankrupt him if I charged by the hour considering the time it takes me compared to a tradesman. I'm really just looking to find out what a professional would have very...

Hi everyone, I've replaced three rotten fence posts that were embedded in a wall along with some parts of the wall that were crumbling around all three posts aswell as part of a gate frame. Materials (£70): 2 bags of sand/sharp sand plus cement for bricks and refilling wall cavity Three fence...

Quick follow up in case this is useful for anyone in the future, turned out to be a board issue with two overheated resistors, did well for nearly 25 years though!

Thanks, I am now confused though, I'm certainly not asking for advice on how to repair the fault but simply for discussion on what could be causing this issue. My background is aerospace engineering and I naturally have a curious mind so problem solving then passing on the information to my...

Thanks, my post was poorly worded, appreciate why advice is not allowed so edited, any suggestions of the likely issue so I can pass this on to my engineer would be great to save cost of potential multiple visits as he's not local.

Hello everyone, so I have an old WB 24CDi with a CH fault (HW seems fine). The problem was only apparent occasionally after reaching temperature last winter but now from cold it continually attempts to go through the ignition cycle but mostly fails but with the occasional full ignition but only...

Thanks Bunnyman, I took out the DV and a load of black debris came out so I gave the DV a good wash out and Vaselined the spindle (and slid it in and out a few times) and the leak has, for the time being stopped so I guess a very small piece of debris may have crept between the spindle and...

Hey guys, can anyone offer me any advice on my previous post? Any comments from the professionals will be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone, I know this thread is three years old but I have a leak from the spindle coming from the diverter valve on my three year old Ecotec 831. It's clearly CH liquid as it is yellow from the X100 which I added after trying to solve my cold rad issues with X400 a couple of months ago...

That was a VERY quick reply, much appreciated! It sounds promising to me, maybe a reapplication once a year to be safe. Definitely a lot easier than digging out two recently installed cubicles I'd say...

I've been through a similar learning process and instead of digging out the grout from two shower cubicles I'm going to try the Lithofin Grout Protector. An update on it's performance would be good to hear after a couple of years? Has it done a good job in keeping out the water from the joints...