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Just wondered if any can offer some help with our problem. We own a house, lived in til 2009, then rented out. In 2005 we had a complete new heating system installed - Gloworm combi boiler and Acove column radiators from B&Q. Over the years we've had several pressure issues, but always got...

Thanks Andy. Why wouldn't it be any good?

And?

Last summer spent £80 on two tubs of Ronseal decking preserve - it's already looking 'grey'. Shed preserve is a tenner for a massive tub - what's the difference? ta.

Just to add, the engineer did do a pressure test, he isolated the boiler from the rads and pumped them up to 3bar pressure – it dropped 1 bar in minutes.

Thanks guys. I will try the first suggestion and see where we go. When I turn the boiler back on in the morning, do I open the feed and return first?

We had a Gloworm 30Cxi condensing combination boiler installed 6 years ago, with new rads and 50% new pipe work. Ever since its always had a pressure issue, but topping it up once in a while it all that has been needed, apart from a couple of small pressure-related repair jobs. Now, it has...

What is the cure for that? Thanks.

Hi, my bathroom radiator never seems to work very well. Every time I turn off all other rads it comes back fine, then goes cold after a few days. Any tips? thanks.

After all that, plumber said he can put a fibre glass patch over the hole with a lining inside the pipe, reached from the top. Happy days, no walls to knock through now!

Trouble is its an iron pipe with bolts attaching it to the wall (not reachable) and even if we got it off you've still got to go through the wall to secure it at the bottom.

If I were to repair the leak with bitumen tape then brick up between the extensions above the leak level and fill with concrete, I guess that would be pretty solid?

Yes I can but the leak is about 1ft off the ground so being able to access it at roof height isn't much use.

Single, so I think I should be ok to knock a hole through the wall without the whole thing falling down.

Even the skiniest plumber in the world wouldn't be able to do the job. Reckon I'll only be able to work with one hand through the hole so little chance of changing the section of pipe!

In fairness, my neighbour did consult the previous homeowner about getting a more permanent fix on the soil pipe before the extension went up, but he decided not to. I guess it lasted 10 years or more, but now we've got to fix it! It's probably a job I can do myself, just don't want to knock...

Our soil pipe runs down the back of our house, in between ours and next door's extensions, basically meaning the pipe is inaccessible. About a foot from the ground it has split/cracked, quite a dischage whenever you flush the loo, have a shower etc, bit of a health hazard. I hope we're...

Have managed to cure this with a plunger after letting bath water out, thanks for all your advice.

Of course nappies aren't flushable, that's what's caused the blockage?! I'm puzzled why I am getting crud coming up through a drain that is not directly connected to my/my neighbours soil stack. They connect somewhere - probably 15 feet away in the garden but that is some back pressure to...

Our outside downstairs sink drain (gulley?) fills up with sewage (in the form of nappies) every time we have a shower/empty bath. This has happened before with our neighbours on our left (I think the nappies are coming from the house on our right, but they deny it). Our bath/shower pipe is...