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TBH that's my thoughts. The house was built in 1930 so it's been ok for 80 years. does this stuff really start to fall when it's been up so long?

Hi, A house i have bought has plaster and lath ceilings throughout. A surveyor has pointed out that these types of ceiling can fall at any time! Is this true? I am thinking of just plasterboarding over the ceilings - can i just screw the boards into the lath or do i need to find the...

damn, does that mean it's gonna get dearer every month :?

Hi, I'm jmust after a bit of advice please. I've just bought a 1930's 3 bed semi which needs some updating. THe consumer unit is an old style one with fuse wire so I know i'll probably need to replace that. A lot of the plug sockets in the house are on the skirting boards which I know...

hi, yes it's a panelled bath. the current taps look just like the globe taps. are these the only style of taps you can get for these baths? cheers rob

Hi, we are buying a house with a cast iron bath in the bathroom. We are thinking of keeping the bath and just replacing the sink and toilet. Are the old cast iron baths OK, or is it better to replace them? Also, if we do keep it, i'll want to change the taps. The problem is, i can't find...

sorry, just assumed everyone installed combis these days.

thanks for the info. would it really cost 5k to have the boiler taken out and a combi fitted? how much less efficient is this type of system than a combi? Are these boilers more reliable than a new combi? sorry about all the questions - i'm just trying to figure what we will need to spend...

Hi, we are in the process of buying a house and i'm after a bit of advice about the central heating and hot water system. there is a Stelrad group ideal mexico boiler in the cellar which i guess only provides CH? In one of the bedrooms i saw a water tank. never though to check how the...

Thanks for the reply. Do i just undo the nut on top of the h/w heat exchanger? I had a look at it earlier and it looked like there is a screw in the top of the not so i wasn't sure whether to undo the nut or the screw? thanks, rob

A bit of an update.... Things are starting to get worse with the hot water. After running OK for a couple of days, the boiler started playing up again the other day - the hot water started going cold again! Today, I have had to drain down the system as I had added some system cleaner a few...

The boilser seems to have been OK for the past couple of days. I think it just needs a decent service. Can anyone recommend anybody near Halifax, West Yorks. to do the job? If not, does anybody know if Vokera themselves are likely to do a good job of servicing the boiler? Thanks, Rob

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice please. We have a vokera 20/80 rs flowmatic that was installed in 1992. At the moment we are having problems with the hot water. When we run h/w, it will go hot for about a minute before running cold for about a minute and continuing in this cycle. Is this...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. What makes you sai'IF the installation can go ahead'? Rob

Hi, I have just bought a new gas hob to replace the existing one we have. The new one is a 5 burner and the old one a 4 burner. The cutouts are exactly the same size so I just need someone to remove the old one and connect the new one to the gas pipe. Can anyone tell me how much I should...

Hi, My vokera 20/80 broke this morning. I can get CH but no HW. when i turn on the HW, the switch in the water moves and engages (I have taken the cover off to check this as I had to replace the switch last year) but the boiler doesn't ignite. The boiler ignites fine for CH and if I run...

thanks for the quick reply. the lights have always dimmed slightly but seem worse since the new fuse box was installed. the tv is a rear projection and i never noticed the blurred screen below. I also forgot to mention that the sub woofer from the surround sound makes a louder humming...

Hi, We had a new fuse box fitted about a month ago. Since then I have noticed some problems. When the lights are on, if i turn the cooker or a hairdrier etc, the lights dim. Another example - if i am playing on the PS3 and the missus does the ironing, when she turns the iron on, the tv...

if everything is unplugged, the circuit is fine. when something is plugged in, sometimes it is fine for an hour or two, and sometimes it trips within seconds.

Hi, Pics of fusebox as requeated. Thanks for the replies