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Does the boiler not try and source new water from the mains when the hot water programme comes on?

The leak is on the stopcock itself. Keep meaning to fix it but it's pretty minor, I'd just prefer to turn it off when I'm away as it stops dripping when it's off.

I've left my house for a couple of days, and turned off the mains because of a small leak, and want to know if I should get someone to go to my house to turn the boiler off fully, as I forgot to turn the boiler off, so it is due to heat up water this evening for an hour and again tomorrow...

Hello, I need to hack off a load of failed plaster back to the brick along the whole outside wall where the bay windows are (which has blown due to previous damp), and probably some on the adjoining walls although i dont want to hack off all the plaster on the inside wall as most of it is...

I have an oil fired boiler and cylinder system, and all the upstairs rads run off 15mm branch from the boiler. There were 4 rads and I've just added another small one in a bedroom which didn't have one. Took a bit of balancing but they're all still getting to a good temperature, however I've...

I've added it now, although it took a fair amount of balancing and the 3 rads after it were stone cold. All the return valves are open 1/4 turn and all rads are hot. The one thing I notice is that the return pipework is virtually as hot as the flow. Shouldn't it be colder?

When you say balance the system what do you mean?

I'm looking at adding a new Radiator to a bedroom which currently doesn't have one. All the Pipework upstairs is 15mm. Does this matter? I read somewhere that adding new rads to 15mm circuit can cause problems because of the flow rates. There are currently only 6 rads in the whole house. The 2...

I have a patch of blown plaster (in a bathroom I'm renovating) over what looks like a cement based scratch coat (which feels pretty solid). Should I remove the remaining blown plaster and patch this up with new lime undercoat? Ill be tiling over this as it's right next to the bath. This is a...

Yes all the glue is or will be gone.

Hi, I need to reskim some bedroom walls which i've already removed all the wallpaper off. The walls are now back to the original bare plaster which is in decent condition however i feel it needs a reskim to for a decent finish. Do i need to PVA the walls first, or can just skim straight onto...

Hi, Just looking at a property where the brickwork above the bay window appears to be bowing downwards. I suspect this is because the lintel has failed or there is in fact no lintel. Any ideas? See image.

It's been empty for about 9 months, having gone to intestacy following the death of its owner who was elderly (so i'd be surprised it has any recent surveys, but that would be for the solicitor to find out). It's detached, and under the carpet is parquet flooring which isnt damp or damaged, it...

That's just where the fallen plaster is leaning on the skirting. There's nothing untoward about the skirting. The walls are quite thick, perhaps 30cm

It's in Norfolk, although i'm not sure about the age - probably late victorian although the original building may well be earlier. I've attached a few more images. On the outside there is cobble up to the same point where the brick comes up to on the inside. As you can see, there is no...

The plaster was fixed to it before, so i assume can be done again. I guess my main question was given that it's quite soft and brittle, would it all need to come up up to a certain point? It constitutes a major part of the wall, so what would replace it, brickwork?

Hi, I have a house under offer which is probably pre-ww2. In 2 corners of the downstairs living room plaster is falling off presumably from damp in the past, although it doesnt feel damp now and there is no other evidence of damp either coming down the walls or from beneath (floor and carpet...

Thanks, sorry was on the move! Seems like you need to use bondit then skim if the surface is sound, or board over, or just accept it!

Hi, I have fan artex throughout my house on the ceilings, about 1-2mm ridge depth. Thinking this can be plastered over with mukti finish? Is this correct? If so, what is the procedure in terms of PVA etc?

I'm looking at renovating a georgian property, however the external walls have some cracks in the brickwork particularly above the door/window lintels. After some research, it appears that these are caused by the lintels not adequately supporting the brickwork above. Not sure why lintels would...