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also forgot to mention ive also took the gauze filter out the heating return pipe and cleaned it,,,,not that it was blocked anyway but just saying as that is a common fault that stops them firing as ive found out in the past...

hello,,,the cold weather has arrived so tried to fire my chaff up but she wont have it,,,hot water is working fine but central heating will not fire up,,,fan and pump running fine,,,things ive tried upto now,,,swapping the flow switches around and with two spare ones,,,swapped the diverter valve...

had a look at the car today and managed to start it after about 5 goes,,,runs perfect once started,,,kept topping the bottle up with water after each attempt,,,after running for 5 mins I notice a pool of water under the car,,,seems to be coming from the water pump area I think,,,???,,,looks like...

ive just checked the water and oil earlier and the water bottle was empty,,,doesn't seem to be a bit water in it so filled it up,,,cant see any discolouration in the oil on the dipstick,,,looks fine,,,temp guage was fine yesterday but engine seemed very hot when I opened the bonnet,,,tried to...

hello,,,I have an old Peugeot 306 estate 1.9 diesel,,,none turbo,,,ive had the car 15 years with out any engine trouble,,,it has 105 k miles on it,,,yesterday while out in it I noticed it was a little sluggish then today it it had trouble starting,,,it has always stared first turn of the key,,,i...

what I meant was would the creosote or creocote go onto the other stuff without any problems??? or might it react in some way??? anyone had any experience with what I'm asking I wonder,,,???...

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hello,,,just got a new property and have been jet washing the fences last few days,,,theyve been done in that crap you get from the garden centres,,,is it wax based or something??? comes in green,,,dark brown,,,etc etc,,,I'm not really a fan of it and would rather use creosote,,,and I was...

the house is quite modern mate,,,probably built mid 80's,,,the ceilings seem sound,,,no cracks or anything,,,just have a textured coating on which I don't like so getting them skimmed over,,,ererything above is sound joists and floorboard etc,,,should be ok then by the sounds of it......

hello,,,I'm about to get some downstairs ceilings plastered in a few days and wondered if its ok to walk above them after they have been done or do you have to let it dry for a few days first???

Got there in the end lads...

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aye,,,theres definitely a lot to think about mate,,,thanks for all the advice everybody......

also where would you get rid of fibre glass???

big companies like rockwool have the power to make studies go their way mate just like big pharma companies do,,, then some of their drugs ruin thousands of lives,,,anything that is inhaled into the lungs and gets stuck in there and cannot be broken down by the body can cause cancer in...

I am looking to use something other than glass wool mate,,,the glass fibres can cause cancer etc if inhaled deep into the lungs,,,just like asbestos fibres can,,,the reason asbestos can cause cancers is the body cant break it down,,,same as it cant break down glass,,,

anyone have any experience with the sheeps wool or some other safe alternative to glass wool???

hello,,,my new house has about a 100mm of dirty old fibre glass insulation in the loft and I intend to take the lot out and replace it with a safer alternative to the proper thickness,,,i have used earthwool on the last few houses ive renovated,,,its easy to work with and not itchy,,,but ive...

hello,,,ive got my garage doors to paint soon when the weather gets a little better and was wondering about undercoats,,,last year I did some of the smaller doors on the property and used white undercoat which then took a few coats of black to cover the white,,,should I be using a dark...

gas lad says 28kw will give better shower power,,,rather than a 24kw,,,theres not that much difference in price to be honest,,,about 130 to 150 from what ive been looking at......