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My daughter has just had an en-suite built. The ceramic tiles used were of a neutral colour and a slight satin finish. The work is now complete, but the tiles look a light lighter than they should and the satin finish seems to have disappeared, there are also runs from tile to tile. My...

Hi, I have a similar problem, the walls are currently tiled and are reasonably flat - but it is on a lath and plaster wall. I had planned to tile over as am terrified as to what might happen if I try to remove the old tiles. So I checked with this site. Now I have the additional weight to...

I need some help as to how to go about re-painting an external door. It is not a normal door though, it is one made by Paladin. It is steel plated (I had a breakin!) but has a simulated wooden surface. From the look of it you would not know it wasn't wood. I assume it has a thin plastic coating...

Thank you all for the advice. I am sure that between you you have identified the problem, could be any or all of ... 1. Plate heat exchanger 2. sludge in the system 3. hot and cold inlets wrong way round. 4. defective diverter cartridge Cleaning the plate heat exchanger sounds like the...

plate heat exchanger? is that serious? The system was recently drained and refilled following radiator valve changes, the water was very clean. It is since then the the problem has arisen though.

My daughter has one of these horrible boilers, it is about two years old. For sometime she have been complaining about the delivery of domestic hot water. She says that she turns the tap on, the boiler lights and delivers some lukewarm water before the boiler switches off. the water goes cold...

A couple of years ago I laid a very expensive walnut (real wood) floor. It really is lovely and I am very proud of it and want to keep it nice. Unfortunately over time some items have been dropped on it (mostly by me!) which have made small indentations. Although they are not highly noticeable...

Richard / Kev Thank you both, I think you have given me all that I need. The use of magnetic catches is brilliant and I would never have thought of it.

After reading GCOL's brilliant amatures guide to tiling you could think there is nothing else to ask. I recently stayed at a hotel where the bathroom was completely done out in large limestone tiles, this was floor and walls. The finish was superb and I would like to do something similar...

Thanks for the advice but I really don't fancy stripping it, not only that but I would have to reline it too. It must be nine feet up also. Cant I simply use a bit of polyfiller to cover the edges?

OK I will try to find some corner brackets - any ideas where to try, the glass is very thick. I have tried to move it, as suggested, and I was unable to get any sign of movement whatsoever. Must be very strong glue to hold that weight up.

Well, I should have explained that my daughter is 37, it is her house but I am lucky enough to do her diy. This mirror has no frame. Frankly it is the best feature of a horrid bathroom and I want to refurbish the whole lot. I would prefer not to remove the mirror (I cant imagine how I would do...

My daughter's bathroom has a very large mirror covering most of one wall, I would guess the mirror size at about 8feet by 4.5feet - it is of very thick glass. It has no visible means of support, no corner or side fixings, but is located on top of some very cheap tiles, some of which have cracks...

I want to emulsion my daughter's ceiling. It is almost certainly lath and plaster and lined. Most of it looks sound but there are some parts where the old emulsion (and perhaps the lining paper too), has cracked and curled away from the ceiling. I dont fancy stripping the entire ceiling and...

Many of the questions in this forum are similar to my own, but none addresses it specifically. I want to increase the amount of insulation in the roof. Currently there is about 50mm of fibre glass. I want to improve this by laying additional 170mm fibre glass, on top, between the joists. Like...

I have one of the above which is about 8 years old, in the main it has been a good boiler. About a year ago we had a storm with horizontal rain, some of which got into the balanced flue and stopped the boiler working. Our plumber came round, sucked out the pressure tube, and all seemed ok...

Well I would like to thank all you people that posted advice. Basically it said 'buy a new one' which is not what I wanted to hear. I should like to tell you the outcome. I called Ideal they would send someone out to fix it for 230 quid and fix it, unless it was the heat exchanger which would be...

Well, that was a wealth of mail. I will try my best to answer them all ChrisR - 120 btu - although I guessed that it could be the case I thought it unlikely as it is a terraced place - it was a 2 up 2 down (the sort Prescott is demolishing) but the previous owner who installed the existing...

Well, thanks for all those replies, even if it is not what we wanted to hear. Based on what you have jointly said my daughter has decided to cut her losses and go for a new boiler. Unfortunately neither of us has a clue as to what a suitable alternative would be. In fact I do not even know what...

Thanks for the responses - does not look too good. I would guess that the boiler is a little under 5 years old. I was interested in your point ChrisR of - Low pressure - Apparent low pressure ; if it's been low the detecting switch sticks and holds the boiler off, while emitting a spooky...