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not sure about the implications for a roof but a cheep form of insulation ive used on a boat is bubble Plastic.... better than kitchen foil.

the glue used in fixing plastic models together is perspex disolved in volotile solvent. Blobs of it "dry" might dry to clear blobs.... or you could try getting perspex and disolveing it in acitone (nail varnish remover)...

Probably not, unles its got some soft stone in it like an Opal... easiest is to get a jewler to slip it in a Sonic cleaning tank, itll come out like new.

try ferns... they live under tree canopies and now you can get some really attractive ones

check out with the council, they might have preservation orders on them...they get upset if you chop em down, but pruneing is ok.

cheers thanks for the info..cheers.

out of interest... you say vent?.. so its a safety valve ?... if the old system over heated would it then erupt stem onto the landing?... or is it a valve that lets air in?

I wasn't suggesting you used Mazola, just that all sorts work quiet well. Mazola was used inside and mixed with turps on a sort of French polishing technique. True some oils don't dry as such Poppy oil paints went a success as they stayed wet for months for example. Id go for something like a...

The main differences are just slight tints in my opinion tho Exterior oils might have some slight difference they all seem to be linseeed oil and turps/thinners. working on boats ive seen a few "secret formulas" one friend openly used Mazola cooking oil to good effect.

thanks for the ID... its been there since the 70's according to the house paperwork... and its not functioning at the moment i think as the boilers out...cheers again.

no red cap but its been painted!...investigating.... just scraped it and its copper under the white paint. here it is... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/jon_sidecar/P1010029.jpg

err yes..googleing AAV brings up Association of Avian Veterinarians...which maybe useful as per avian Flu.... but to a plumber what is a AAV?

there's a pipe emerging from the floor. Near the airing cupboard. short pipe with a compression fitting and a thing like one of them small coffee cups closed top but with an offset small short projection which looks to have a ball bearing in it or something (sort of reminds me of a pressure...

expect CORGI to open a school in Poland sometime soon..

where was the boss for the Millennium Eye made?..Poland.. why was Poland let in the EEC? to get cheep plumbers and brickies. People want you to fix their pipes and build their walls but they don't want to pay you enough to live. Give up and become glorified insurance sales men like everyone...

Re oil vs varnish.... something ive learnt on boats is that, varnish takes and age to dry, and everything that fly s crawls and dust etc settles on it making it look pants.... id oil it, its easy to do, things don't stick to it and it wont "lift" like varnish will eventually.

err sounds like its suffering from lack of air when the doors shut!.... surely it has some vents or something that's surposed to draw air in?

that's odd cos we last week had a guy round for a grant aided installation and he said the airing cupboard was the only place to put it. He showed extreme reluctance to put it in the kitchen as he would have to drill thro a very solid granite wall. Our experience is one gets different stories...

Use paint stripper dabbed on or brush restorer on a rag.

Do they still get commission for flogging new boilers to those they condemn?... (yes i had one condemned, and yes he was right, as i found out when i hauled the thing out, and we get a phone call from the sales team about once a week every since) If we ever get a new boiler, i might...