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Sorry, I've not been up to look at it but have to assume that the loop water pressure is high enough to allow the CH to work. No, there are no leaking taps.

My mother-in-laws Glow-worm combi has starting making an awful banging noise. Apparently it started about 5 years ago and successive yearly services by a couple of heating engineers has never come up with a fix. One suggested a pipework problem somewhere. In the last year it has become more...

Yes, Cover Stain.

I’ve bought quite a few Zinnser products, Cover plus, 1 2 3 and the interior kitchen paint and I’ve been unimpressed. I started with the Cover plus when I’d stripped the windows and then a coat of grey undercoat and before I could get a top coat on the paint had already started to bubble and...

I’ve just about run out of time with the good weather to paint my bay window. I’ve stripped it back cut out and filled any rot. Covered with aluminium primer and have got the first coat of undercoat. Will this last till the spring or am I ok to paint when the weather is good as the existing...

I’m just fitting the hardwood sashes in to my existing bay window frame. They’ve had a couple of coats of aluminium primer and the first coat of undercoat. Now to do a bit of filling where the beadings have been pinned on, the slight gaps on the mitres and the gap between sash and frame. Should...

Decided I will add a couple of more air bricks above where the standing water is and also rough plied bricks in the water to create a bigger surface area to allow the water to evaporate quicker. Will then investigate the underground water when I’ve got more time. Richard

The area I live in is called Radipole Spa. Apparently up till the 1950's there were two laundry's about half a mile away serving the main town and they had large underground tanks to collect water.

I did think about this and it looks like there have been more air bricks fitted over the years. I'm going to fit a couple more around the corner walls where the water is lying. Someone suggested fitting an underfloor fan to push or pull the humidity out. Is this a possible solution? Richard

At the moment it is like a mud bath down there as the oversite in the void corner has broken up whilst trying to clear it exposing the underlying clay soil. This hasn't help with the water collecting there.

Yes, that's how I checked for a leak. Richard

Whilst replacing joists and flooring in our hallway I've discovered that corner of the house has lying water in the underfloor void. This is probably why the flooring has gone and that we suffer from condensation in the winter. I've started clearing the oversite which is like mud but as I take...

Would this need planning or building regs? Richard

Right, the third coat has now covered ok. Thanks. Is ally primer water resistant? I ask because I guess it will be a couple of weeks before all five lights are glazed and fitted. Especially when two of them are openers and the existing frame is well out of square! Would you recommend putting a...

Ok, thanks.

It’s been many years since I last used aluminium primer and I can remember it was terrible stuff to use. Thick and draggy causing lumps and bubbles. I’ve just bought a tin of Dulux aluminium primer for my sapele windows. It look quite a while to get it mixed properly and I now realise the...

Is it advisable to thin the first coat slightly and sand between that and the top coat? I seem to remember when I use it some years ago it was quite thick and draggy when applied and didn't seem to get down into the grain. Richard

Just finished laying a new decking area at the bottom of the garden and I was mindful to try and not make areas where water would be trapped and if not then properly treat before fitting. I now want to build a shelter in the corner to take my BBQ and decking furniture whilst not being used. I...

Thanks for the explanation John, I think I understand. Anyway, I took the mower back to let the gardener use it and he says that it now runs well after having it running for about 40 mins. So maybe it was reside that had gummed up over the winter lay-up and petrol running through it has done...

I still can't see it. Could you explain how that works please? Richard