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Thanks Nige, It has been painted, several other properties on the development same house are all white and must admit they look alot better. This has been done in a dull yellow which makes it look dated. Glad I wont need to remortgage for new render, like I say a few cracks around windows...

In the process of buying a house (built 89/90) which has all sides rendered from about 70cm's upwards. Looks in good condition no big cracks just a nasty colour. Questions if I may as I have never owned a rendered house before and am a little concerned at the upkeep (regular painting etc)...

Interested in purchasing a house (built 89/90) which has all sides rendered from about 70cm's upwards. Looks in good condition no big cracks just a nasty colour. Questions if I may as I have never owned a rendered house before and am a little concerned at the upkeep over a traditional bricked...

Thanks Hugh, I noticed that the motors for these Honeywell untis are replaceable and available for a tenner online, any ideas if its likley to be this or not. We found last night that the water and heating were on together but the rads stayed on even when the room thermostat was turned down.

I have been having problems with the hot water, it was ok and is now playing silly beggers. It stopped altogether and the only thing I touched is the 3 port valve (Honeywell 400003916-003) with the bobble ontop. It then worked for a week and has now stopped. It seems to have a manual...

Yes the plug gets wet, I've had it for a while and have tried starting it several times over the last month but no joy no matter how long I leave it.

I have a brand new Tarus T4500 Chainsaw but can't get the thing started, It's setup as per the instructions, Fuel/oil mixed with the bottle etc. I have checked and we have a spark it also spits fuel when you pull it without the plug in so I assume the fuel is getting thru - Any other things to...

Hi Softus, It's a VGN - A295HP WITH 15.4 Wide Screen Thanks

I have a Sony Vaio laptop that seems fine when in use but if you move the screen or pull it down I get pink lines and patterns over it. If you open it up it looks ok until you move it again. ??

I have an old style Consumer Unit which has 6 Fuses of various ratings. They Pull out from the unit with two spade connectors and you have to unscrew the two halves to reveal the Cartridge Type Fuse (same type as in 13 amp mains plugs) Q: Does anyone make plugin type breakers to replace these...

Evening all, I have a two year old Potterton Suprima 60, pretty much every week I notice we wake up or come home to no Heating or hot water. The boiler has a Red flashing light on it. If I hit the Reset button it fires up and we have hw & ch, this lasts for a few days before it does it...

Thanks for that,

Need some advice, We have suddenly got no Hot water when its on Timer, If I switch on the Manual emersion heater we get Hot water no problem. The Central heating works fine, We have a potterton Maxi 50 standard central heating boiler (not a combi / condensing etc) The timer switch...

I just purchased a house in Spain and had a company in to fit ceiling lights. One thing I noticed was as they fit the lights they cut all the earth leads off ?.. This seems common as my neighbours said the same. Whats that all about and is it safe ?

We want to get rid of the old patio door and put in wooden french doors . But they are smaller hence bricking up the right hand side. Just incase we dont I will try and remove some plaster over the weekend and see if I can find the edge of the lintel.

See pic under Brickwork post As we cant be sure that the Lintel has enough support on the right hand side where the bricks are cut away, If I fit a smaller door I would have to brick up nearly a foot on the right side, I take it this should then rectify the situation ?

I need to fit another door in its place but it is a foot smaller, If I brick up the right of the opening this will ensure the Lintel has more than enough support is that correct.?

The aircon pipes come down from above the lintel and down the side of the old door , so the pipes would go over the front of the lintel. I am also assuming before they plastered over the walls they would have put some kind of wire meshing over the brickwork to stick the plaster to, this may...

Thanks for that, by the way the quote is wrong I should have said the patio door wasnot structual not the lintel. Ok I may chip it away and see if I can see how far the lintel is in by, I take it I will need to chip away the mortar to get to the lintel. I assume if the overhang was only...

possibly more possibly less, they have plastered over it so I cant get a shot, But looking at the pic (posted) atleast a 1/3rd of the brick is removed, If the usual overhang on a lintel is 150mm then its more likly down to half this now. They have plastered over it but i dont know if they just...