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:?: i've read about silicon being used for various applications. One of which is what I need to use it for, along the joint of edging tiles between the shower base and the wall. Can anyone advise me how you keep the nozzle steady, what angle between the wall and the base and the best way to...

superb, many thanks for the replies. I think I've got the most comprehensive information for the total destruction of the ant population on the planet.;I wish' but good anyway. without taking away the superb advice of all responders, I've located an 'ant eater' on Ebay and the bomb is in the...

:? Ants, loads of them. My wife and I just don't know where the nest is, but we suspect they are coming from outside, and since we laid a new patio, they seem to be more prevalent in our kitchen. I've started using Nipon, droplets onto a flat surface. The theory is that the ants take this back...

OK troops many thanks for the advice. I think I'll go for leaving it in situand put a new on above,.....or below for that matter :)

:D woo hoo Hey what a team, cheers ya all. Some good ideas. I think I'd need Popeye to undo this one, so I'll just plumb for Olive's cutters instead :lol:

:?: I'm going to remove a gate valve, located between the header tank in the attic and the copper cylinder in the airing cupboard. I believe the piping is 22mm. The valve is jammed and I can't turn the valve wheel to close and isolate the header pressure. My question is: If I have problems...

:) Many thanks for the reply. About 80 yrs old. It's a stone chimney and there are no taller buildings alongside. It's been cleaned properly and yes it does have a Pot. Thanks again cheers , Liamondo

:o I was certainly surprised when we lit our first open fire, wood was good and we had alight in no time. Even after having the chimney cleaned we had the blowing back, dust and fumes everywhere. Is there anyone out there can advise, we live in a tenement, last but one flat from the top. Very...

:shock: I am new to this excelent site and have just read the 'Dry rot subject posted 26 April 2005. Which was replied to by 'Chappers'. Our house is constructed from very thick, what I believe to be, sandstone. Nearly all the internal walls are lath and plaster. All downstairs floors are wood...

:?: hello I need to change the emersion heating rod, which goes into the copper cylinder. Problem is, the isolating gate valve, located on the 22mm supply pipe. Coming from the supply tank in the loft, to the copper cylinder, is jammed open. Therefore, I can't isolate the copper hot water...

Many thanks Zampa, That has really helped. It is some consolation to hear this is happening to the professionals. makes it a bit more bearable. :lol:

:? I have wall papered behind the radiator and the paper has started to come away from the wall. I would like to know how long it should be left before the heated water should be left to flow, through the radiator, is this happening because it has been too warm or not enough paste, also how long...