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Poison won't kill the mouse straight away that's your problem, and you might never even find the dead one ... it won't smell too much, it might even clear off to die Cats aren't TOO hot in my experience..in the long term they are effective but they won't seek and destroy on demand, they are...

I am looking into buying some new cast iron rads... I have found a supplier that is reasonable in price, the rad sections are imported from China and assembled here. Anybody have experience of cast iron rads imported from China? Any advice?

The top sash is likely to be screwed in, mine are screwed sideways on the ornamental part underneath the meeting rail, into the frame. The hole and screw head had been filled so you couldn't see them. Sand this bit down and look for them. Layers of paint WILL hold them shut though, somehow or...

No. None of mine were painted shut, they HAD been in the past but someone previous had opened them. Search the forum, I've read many a question about it... I think basically you are looking at getting a blade or screwdriver through the painted bits and using a bit of old brute force...

I would let him board over existing plaster personally, one less job for you to do then. Obviously you'll lose an inch or two of room space but unlikely you'll notice. One thing to consider might be windowledges, doorframes and stuff - will the width of a board and skim mean the wall becomes...

Well, I may be wrong in my opinion but at least I'm bringing people together :D

:D I was kinda hoping there may be a more long term answer It's a funny lift up mixer tap, it's very hard to find the middle ground between trickle and gush !!! Is there no way to slow the flow rate? Because it never used to gush like it does now...

My kitchen tap flows too fast, where the water just gushes out and bubbles up. The tap can be slowed but it is hard to find a balance between gushing and dribbling...I think the maximum flow rate needs reducing. Thing is I haven't a clue how to do it. This problem occurs for both hot...

I understand that. I think it would be fairer to charge up front than to build your business model around 'hidden costs' though... I'm interested in your comment about dirt in the system... my plumber suggested I get a wireless thermostat as I don't have one at all, he said the boiler would...

I recently had a new pump head fitted I had to pay £100 for the pump head cos my ideal (Biasi) had to have a manufacturers pump head, wouldn't take a cheaper one Now, if you are asking is this practice fair - no. Is it right - no. Is it morally justifiable - no. But it's the truth of...

So you don't think the smell is getting up through the sink at all? Obviously I know there is a water trap in the sink but I was assuming the trap was being cleared somehow...but I may have been barking up the wrong tree all along then

Yes I adjusted height of WM waste significantly, made no difference. Like I say, my father in law said there is no trap in the drain outside, he will dig it out and fix it eventually... I'm assuming that is the root of the problem. I'm now trying to figure where to put the hepvo in as a...

Well, this problem is still annyoing us, but my father in law had a look at the drains and he said the kitchen waste joins the soil stack and there is no trap in the drain, it needs digging out and doing properly. In the meantime I'm thinking of sticking a hepvo trap under there. I know...

Thanks for the replies...I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious. I am not in any way competent to tamper with the boiler so I got a plumber, he changed the pump head. Cost me a small fortune with the call out charge too at the weekend. My own fault for being tight...

Me again :roll: I have an ideal mini combi boiler. It seemingly won't ignite, my girlfriend says it happened this morning when she was washing her hair - it ran cold. No HW, no CH. I have reset the boiler and the light flashes every second - normal operation. When the CH or HW are...

Cheers for the replies people, this is a great place. It wouldn't matter if there was one sheared off in mine would it, as I'm removing the whole thing? I suspect that there could be one in there because on the other rads the bleed screws won't come out... Oh - and what do I use to...

I have lived in my house 4 months now, we are renovating it. First job we did on moving in was blitz the living room, ripped it all out and started again, so we took the 2 rads off on day one and cracked on. The room is nearly done now, and we fitted skirting the other day, and then put the...

They should pop out easily as described Also if you are sanding afterwards any marks should vanish anyway

You'll lose an inch off your ceiling height...not a chance you'll notice. I'd bet your house will be far higher ceiling wise than modern build anyway. Taking down a lath and plaster ceiling is no fun. You want to board over if you can !! As a real rough guide my plasterer charges £215 plus...

Well in terms of replastering, if the existing stuff is sound then plasterers will skim straight over - no need to hack off. Ceilings may need plasterboarding over though, depends what's on them at the moment I guess. Stripping anaglypta off a ceiling doesn't sound fun. The reason you'd...