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Has the builder finished the work? If so, he has neglected to cover the edge of the tiles. This could be done with mortar, but better would be a purpose designed edging strip - which would also cover quite a bit of the rubber/lead that you want to disguise. It also looks like there are some...

Well good luck with doing that now the walls are full height!

Yes, you can still buy new starters - even at B&Q - but they are Chinese made and I've found quite a few are duff.

They are both outside walls, but ideally you don't want water going down the gap because, with the lack of both drainage and airflow, it'll remain damp indefinitely, potentially cause damp penetration through the walls. Still, it does seem unreasonable for your neighbours to complain about the...

My CH has a setpoint of 20C for mornings and evenings, with a setback to 16C during the day. It's actually fired up for a bit in the mornings and evenings this week. I have my heating on when I need it to keep the house warm, rather than leaving it off to an arbitary date. That said, we do seem...

Comment removed as I'd misunderstood the posting about radiator needing bleeding!

Or just paint all the pipes white...

Not if you use marine ply and, as the OP said, cover it with foil

Does look good. I've never understood why people want to only drill holes for fixing stuff in the grout lines of tiles. The holes are always somewhat wider than the grout line, so you've just as much chance (if not more) of cracking the tiles when you try to drill on the grout line. Much better...

Does you boiler also provide hot water (normally via a coil in your HW storage tank through which the water from the boiler flows)? If so, turning your boiler thermostat right down will cause your HW to be lukewarm - and also incur the risk of legionairres disease bacteria build-up

After you've turned off both radiator valves, you'll need to drain the radiator before you remove it, by cracking open one of the valve to radiator connectors (NOT the supply pipe to valve connectors!) and then opening the bleed valve at the top of the radiator to let in air. When the raditor is...

I can appreciate your reluctance to get new radiators. However, if a lot of black sludge comes out when you hose through a radiator, this is an indication of quite extensive corrosion within, and the likelyhood of pinhole leaks developing when in use again. I don't think there is any effective...

A lot of newer float valve arms are now plastic which will snap if you try to bend them. I'm not sure if heating will help. If you can, find a float valve with a brass arm - these are readily bendable and this was the old way to make adjustments, before the float ball was mounted on an...

Unless you were able to buy a new valve that was idential to the old one, there is no reason to expect the new head to fit the old valve. Your new valve is not identical to the old one, as Nozzle has pointed out.

It seems likely that one or other of the motorised valves (the rectangular silver boxes in your picture) has failed - probably the microswitches that fire up the boiler when the valve is powered open have become unreliable. New heads are available containing the motor, gearing and the...

PTFE tape works well but I've found you need more turns of it than you first imagine. You need sufficient so that there is definite resistance felt as you screw the valve tail into the radiator threads. Bleed and blanking plugs now nearly always come with rubber sealing washers and, with these...

If you're replacing your roof, then it is surely better to take the opportunity to go for "in-roof" solar panels. On roof panels give issues with bird nests under the panels and any repairs to tiles under them need the panels to be removed. I'm also not convinced that the brackets holding the...

You could fit two 90deg bend fittings immediately above the drain cock branch as this will be below the floorboards (and therefore the fact that it doesn't look good won't matter!). Then run a new piece of pipe up against the wall and join it to the top part of the pipe above the swept bend with...

As suggested, a bit of wood lodged into the gap, maybe with some sealant around it, will stop birds, and insects getting in again. But how did the gap arise? Is the plastic cracking up and this bit just dropped out, or was the gap carelessly left by the original installer? If the former you may...

I don't think that can be plaster, and plaster is certainly not a good way to repair it, because it'll collapse when it gets wet. What is the fascia made of? Normally this is wood or plastic and from the photo it looks like it may be wood that has been eaten away by rot. The way to repair this...