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look at the last pic where the white edge stops and goes back to yellow tiles, you can see dark blue carpet running down the middle of the stairs

hmm, quick fix would be to chance it and see if it works, if it fails though, i'll have more mess to clear up when I add some noggins. descions..... it has only damaged the board at the top fixings, so i'm thinking a quick repair there, add some more fixings in the middle and see what...

don't have a photo to hand, but i would describe it as looking a bit like apple juice colour?

took a radiator cover off and discovered the radiator half hanging off the wall, guess that's why the previous occupants had a radiator cover? :roll: radiator hung with hollow wall fixings, obviously some noggins would be best but would mean more mess to get them in. just wondering if i...

is this not what "garden grabbing" is? I seem to remember reading last year they are clamping down on the practice due to loss of green space in towns/cities?

i hear you, defo too many refills and not totally what i had planned, hoping i won't need to touch it again after this one. i don't have to vent the rads regularly and it's a sealed system. i'll just keep an eye on it, cheers

Hi, Have done various jobs on my central heating which have required drain and refills, have always flushed the system a couple of times and then topped with inhibitor when done. i've also used a cleanser a couple of years ago but i'm certain that was all flushed out. i flushed it, a...

cheers guys that makes sense. I think i see where you might be going with this, :) but i didn't go off half cocked when I installed it. I did my research and asked plenty questions (on here and elsewhere), obviously still open to advice if improvements need to be made. It's a combined...

Hi, The electrics for the ensuite i fitted are supplied off an RCD FCU which I wired into my upstairs ring main. This ring is protected by a non RCD consumer unit. This morning the wife switched the light on the ensuite and the bulb went, she shouts the bathroom is not working so i said...

just re-read your posts and unless i missed something (it is friday) you mentioned the survey said to get it checked, not your contract which is why people were unclear on that. A doubt a survey gives you any comback with a seller, even if it's in a homepack. I think they are only basic...

yeah, pretty sure that it has to be in the contract to be applicable, I'm not aware of it being some other kind of law otherwise how could you sell properties in need of major renovation.

On my house I had the 5-7 day clause for inspection of central heating, mine had a couple of leaky pipes which needed fixed, the seller agreed to it without problem. just my opinion but i pretty much took the clause to mean boiler and associated pipework, i wouldn't have taken it to include...

That's how my one works mine has it's own little feed and expansion tank, (i have a sealed heating system so don't have any other tanks anyway) i think you do get ones that do that, but in the same way your radiators can fill with sludge over time, your thermal store fills with sludge...

I diy installed a thermal store simply because it meant i could do it and it gave me mains pressure hot water. I also read up on pro's and cons and a lot of debate on here so I was initially nervous about my descision. Once configured correctly mine works fine, it's a 170 litre tank which is...

nice one, i think i have silicone spray in the garage, will see if that helps.

my bi-fold shower door is particularly stiff to close, it ends up juddering quite a bit. i can close it quietly by lifting the handle slightly and pushing the fold, however the no amount of telling gets the wife to do that. what is the best lubricant for the track bearing in mind it will...

If had to buy a proprty with a right of way on it, I would much prefer it went round my house than through it! My gut feeling is having it go through the house would make it more difficult to sell.

i had a thought later also, I'm going to need to wash the wallpaper paste off, which means the paint will start to come away anyway so I may still need to take it all off.

think my plan will be to remove wallpaper as carefully as possible in the remaining sections if the wall still looks ok i might just try that stabilex stuff or wickes WBA you mention, then re-paint. For the sections that are exposed and looking rough I'll get a plasterer round for a look...

I'm not sure if it is distemper, i understood distemper would be dusty to the touch? Also, house is only 25ish years old. Saying that, would the wallpaper paste have "stabilised" it enough to remove the dustyness making it appear to not be distemper? I've had good results filling and...