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Hi, Under sub freezing temperatures and a severe frost, I went to check the combi boiler's condensate pipe outside and noticed a small amount of ice coming out at the end. The boiler did not shut down, but I switched the CH off to prevent further problems. The condensate pipe goes...

Hi, The roofs are being replaced on a few small blocks of flats where I live. The roof on my property was laid down very quickly and I was surprised not to see any nails used to fix the concrete plain tiles to the battens on the roof (slope around 45 degrees). Each tile has a nib on the...

I forgot to mention, they are plain tiles.

Hi, The roof is being replaced on the blocks of flats where we live. In addition all vertical tiles on the sides of the buildings are also being replaced. We noticed each concrete vertical tile has two holes but are being nailed once rather than twice onto each batten, apart the ones at the...

Hi, I've had a couple of quotes from two Gas safe registered plumbers about changing my old boiler to a combi. I'm a bit confused because one says the pipe needs upgrading from 22mm to 28mm and the other says there is no need because I will only install a 24Kw and I live in a small...

I have a concrete floor. I can only access the cables from the rear socket since they come in a metal conduit buried in the concrete floor and the brick/plaster. Depending on what's easiest. If I have to create a chase as part of the brickwork before re-plastering, that would involve quite...

Since the walls are made of solid brick covered with plaster 15mm thick, would I be able to create a chase in the wall, and then bury the cables in plaster for aesthetic reasons? I have added an additional pic where the black lines would be a chase in the plaster with cables, probably the...

Hi, My internal walls are plastered with sand and cement. Some patches are a bit loose so I want to re-plaster those areas. Are there any advantages for using gypsum plaster such as Hardwall as a base coat, though it's more expensive than using a weak mixture of plastering sand and cement...

I've got some SBR left from last year but it doesn't say much on the instructions. Would you say I need to dilute it with water and if so at what rate? Thanks.

If I were to transfer the socket to the RH side on the adjacent wall and create a horizontal chase in the plaster at the same height as the original socket, ie about 1300mm from the floor, would that be in the 'safe wall zone'? If not, it would have the create the chase in the hard wall up to...

It's probably true tiles should be sticking to the plaster, not to the paint. I'm trying to find a way to remove tough thick waterproof eggshell paint from the wall and it could take forever just rubbing it down with sand paper, as hardly anything comes off. I've managed to remove the odd flaky...

There will be no flex connected to the socket, so no flex coming from behind and above the cooker. The flex from the gas cooker will be plugged in to an extension lead on the right hand side of the cooker near the floor and coming from a different wall socket with an RCD adaptor, just to provide...

Like the previous one, the new gas cooker I just bought does not have a lid. Still wearing my thinking cap on. :?

I may now have to tile over 2.5 square meters. Any ideas on how to remove eggshell paint from the wall as sanding down would take far too long as the paint is really tough? Thanks

I've tried rubbing it down with medium size sand paper, the paint is so though it could take days... Any idea on how to remove it reasonably quickly? I’ve heard PVA is no good. Could I prime the new absorbent plaster with SBR or a mixture of 50% paint/50% water? They are ordinary 100mm x...

I've contacted a couple of installers, one said it had to be moved, the other one said he would need to have a look but could only do it in a couple of weeks time... It looks like the reason behind it, is if a pan was on fire on an electric cooker, it would be difficult to switch off the...