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I've done the 80 hour weeks working away from home in construction. staying in poor accomodation due to your low allowance, and eating takeaways because of lack of facilities. after a few years your health suffers. we really do now have a massive divided society.

Were enough houses built to replace the ones that were sold off during their time in office ? You will always have people in low paid jobs and incomes, even more so now. They still need a place to live and raise a family.

Ideally the pipes would be rerouted under the flooring. The water pipe insulated. But you have laminate flooring. More time consuming unless you are getting rid of the laminate.

Never been a supporter of flat roofs in this country. Temperature varies massively according to where you live. Where I live In summer can get to 32c. In winter can get to -12c with wind chill. Thats 44c swing and damp climate , causing expansion and contraction. Frost and ice cause expansion...

To sum it up, the housing system is broken. Profiteers have kicked the arse out of it.

Old Labour is unelectable. Michael Foot and Jeremy Corbyn proved that with their election defeats. Majority of people want more than just old Labour policies. Conservatives have had 13 years in power and have let infrastructure and living standards slide for most except the rich. Time for change.

Put ch on full, if it holds, will be OK. It seems you have not pierced the copper pipe.

The central heating boiler has a frost stat which kicks in when below temperature it is set at, to protect itself from freezing. We have just had a cold spell. Better a small gas bill than burst pipes and the damage that causes. As previous poster said, you have a daily standing charge aswell.

The best ones were snapped up very quickly. And yes it's good that sitting tenants were given the option to own their home. But you needed to build others to replace them.

When Thatcher gave the right to buy, all the money went back to central government. The local councils were not allowed to re invest it and build more houses. They were asset stripped for political ideology. You will always have low paid workers who need a place to live.

Hardibacker board and then tile. Or good quality shower boards and silicone properly. Have you got a good extractor fan aswell.

If you want to get rid of something, you need to replace it with something better. Not some organisation who has the most money and media influence / opinion and own agenda . Rich people with a business idea do not have your best interests at heart. Keep the world's best brains together for the...

You say you have a Worcester oil boiler. Are the weather compensator controls branded worcester bosch ones ? Worcester boilers are only open therm with their own controls.

it does look ugly at present. get proper advice on what to overpaint it with. maybe wait till weather goes warmer.

Just a debating club here Fred. People swopping opinions and occasional getting offensive to each other and giving them "labels" when the narrative goes too far. Has been some interesting facts and figures quoted in a lot of posts.

very sad that hardliners are trying to drive others out. religious fanatics of any denomination are always bad news. When does it stop ? Probabley never until the rest of Jerusalem is annexed to Israel. And yes I agree that Israel have to respond with almighty force when attacked. But when are...

Waiting for Fillyboy, Motorbiking and Mottie to comment.

If you leave the heating on all the time so the building fabric is maintained at that temperature aswell. Works better in some of the colder European countries as they have colder winters, better insulated homes, and have the heating on 24 hours a day. Uk housing stock is very poorly insulated...

In cold weather, when on central heating or hot water, condensing boilers can produce up to 1 litre an hour condensate which is acidic and needs to be disposed of. If no drain nearby, then a soakaway full of limestone chippings. They should be checked and replenished yearly. They eventually go...