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thanks for the reply. I've not heard of it before but will give Zinsser Gardz a go.

hi. So it appears that I have made a school boy error by painting Dulux Matt Emulsion over some old existing Silk Emulsion paint and now it appears to be flaking with an 'alligator skin' look. Looking at threads on here it appears I should have prepped and sanded before hand but I didn't...

Amateur speak for satinwood.

thanks all. and er...thanks ladylola :) So perhaps wooden floor paint is the way forward for better protection from being scuffed etc? Yes its primed MDF.

hi. I have just bought a 'ready primed' window board to use as an internal step to finish off our french doors. I was going to paint it with Satin Gloss but wanted to protect it further with it being a step. Can i apply some kind of varnish (I'm after a satin finish), to protect the gloss? If...

ok forget about what I said about the problem being fixed!! Its still giving me hot water from all cold taps even though the immersion tank was emptied and hasnt been on since. So no hot water in the tank yet hot water coming from the cold taps for approx 30 seconds. This includes the...

the issue happens with both the single taps and mixer taps. so dont think its tap related?

Hi. All cold taps in the house were running very hot when first turned on, including the kitchen cold tap (situated next to the main stop tap). So I drained the immersion tank (boiler heated), so there was no hot water in the system whatsoever. This has sorted the issue. So it sounds...

Hi All, As of yesterday we suddenly get hot water from all of our cold taps for approx 30 secs before running warm (it never actually gets cold as such). This has been working fine up until now. We have an open vented system with an immersion tank and 2 header tanks in the loft. I have...

hi all, there is plenty of info on here about how to stop the dreaded orange peel effect but I wanted to check that what I've read is most likely to do the trick before I redo my whole room to no avail! Using a medium pile roller I have applied 1 coat of wickes trade matt emulsion as a...

thanks Sparkgap. The system has never been extended so I presume the F&E tank is correctly sized. it looks like the feed pipe from the header tanks goes to the pump next to the immersion tank. It then looks like it goes to the boiler. The expansion pipe looks to run beside this pipe with...

what could cause the pin holes in this case? The same blocked pipe causing the pump over possibly? cheers

thanks Tony, I see what you mean about it being the same water being pumped over, and tying the ball valve up would stop the over flow. But as you say, I ideally need to know what possible causes there are for the pumping over?

Tony, even if I were to lower the tanks water level the water from the expansion pipe would still cause it to overflow?

Hi, I am having trouble with my Feed & Expansion tank (smaller tank) in the loft overflowing constantly and water continually pouring out of the overflow pipe into the garden. (this is off the back of this post, but the cause is not the valve...