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Hi Andy, thanks for the reply. Yes, the plastic clips are in place, but in any case it's not the typical "clicking" noise of the rad expanding/contracting against the brackets... it's more of a dripping type noise and it's *definitely* coming from within the radiator itself. I guess the next...

Had all the rads replaced last year, keeping the existing boiler and (mostly) the existing plumbing. Took a rad off to decorate, then put it back (and taken another one off in the next room, which is still off). A couple of weeks after putting the rad back, it's started making a kind of...

An update in case anyone has the same problem. Found a video on Geberit's french website, of all places, describing how it all comes to bits and can be run under a tap to flush the grit out and popped back together. It's actually really simple to get it out and back in again when you know how...

Still haven't managed to resolve this* - and today I went to run the tap and there's a dull ping/clonk noise from the cylinder cupboard and all of a sudden the water slows to a trickle. I open the cupboard and have a look and the gauge that normally shows 3 bar is now on 1 bar. No sign of any...

Yep, the floor needs to come up soon in any case so I can take it out at that point, as you suggest.

We have a fireplace opening that's only 62cm high. The top of the opening is formed by a massive concrete lintel, into which is set a socketed clay flue that runs up the chimney. The flue has been swept and certificated by a local sweep. We've spoken to a few local HETAS registered wood...

So, we got someone in to do this in the end (GasSafe and HETAS registered). He just disconnected the old fire and the propane cylinder and that was that. There was no "capping off" of anything done. I asked about the propane remaining in the pipe and he said it would just sink to the lowest...

Must admit I'm concerned about the condition of the fire - but equally what would someone who "knows what they're doing" do differently? The only other option would be to shut off and disconnect the cylinder and appliance and then put compressed air or water through the line to clear any...

Thanks - that sounds like a sensible solution; don't know if the fire actually works but maybe we'll approach with extreme caution and find out!

Firstly - hopefully this doesn't count as DIY gas work as I'm talking about a fire running off a propane cylinder rather than mains gas? Anyway, we bought this house that has an LPG 'coal effect' fireplace hooked up to a propane cylinder outside the back door. The cylinder seems to be empty...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their help. Had a bunch of other stuff to deal with before we got back to doing this just recently. I ended up sanding the walls as smooth as I could get it without catching the paper too badly, then slapped on a generous coat of neat PVA to seal...

OK, great. Thanks for all your help!

So maybe not bother with the lining paper, but the other steps are OK - in particular, would you sand the walls reasonably flat and smooth before the first coat of PVA goes on?

Thanks for the replies that's really helpful. So the plan would be: - strip off any remaining loose bits of paper and filler - give it a light sand to smooth it out (is this necessary? will it cause more harm than good, e.g. tugging/ripping what's left of the wallboard paper) - coat with...

Thanks for that Andy. Did you need seal the walls before skimming, and if so do you know what you used? We talked to a plasterer about skimming, but he had some concerns about whether it would work - something to do with the exposed wallboard paper I think and how well it would seal/bond...

I've previously stripped paper from a quite a few plasterboard walls with no problem, using a steamer and scraper and being careful. Unfortunately, in the hallway here it's been a nightmare. There was layer upon layer of wallpaper, paint, and plaster (various swathes of plaster having been...