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scrape, chisel, angle grinder. What I did today was very soft and came out with scraping.

Thanks for the reply yes rake then dry mix I'll have to try that next.

Hi have have some granite sets in my garden and they need repointing. I tried with a mortar gun that was ok at the start then jammed up so tried with a trowel but that was not good. Any tips advice for getting the job done and it looking half decent.

Thanks Johnny I did another room and over time the floor moved and created a gap one side so I kinda want to limit the gap to prevent this. And if you put the planks into the gap then you have issues clicking them. I might be worrying unnecessarily but in that other room I had to cut the...

Hi I am installing laminate flooring in a bedroom and there is a large gap between the plasterboard and floor. I've removed the skirting as I'm going to replace it and it will hide the expansion gap. I want to fill it somehow so i can use spacers to get the correct expansion gap and be able to...

Well it was leaking so bad I had to do something. I turned off the main stop cock and taps to outside, washing machine and dishwasher. Tried to undo the screw that stops it being unscrewed (also used I've read to push the cartridge off) and it broke off..... So got loads of towels and undid the...

IMG_0070 by Bonedry posted 28 Aug 2015 at 5:13 PMIMG_0069 by Bonedry posted 28 Aug 2015 at 5:13 PMIMG_0068 by Bonedry posted 28 Aug 2015 at 5:13 PM Hi Just got home to a soaked under the sink cupboard and found the combi-guard is leaking at the head where the cartridage goes in. A plumber...

Tony I cannot comment on the plumber he was a friend of my father. Sadly my father passed away in January and I was hoping to get this fixed until we can replace the system with storage radiators. There are three 22m pipes into the boiler flow, return and vent. the vent (I think) has a...

Well I tried it yesterday and could only get a trickle of water flowing through so no luck really. I thought there might be enough pressure from the header tank to flush out the heat exchanger. :cry: I'll try and add some pictures and diagrams later. Cheers John

My parents have had a GEC Nightstor for over 20 years and it has been a good system. Sadly the system was flushed out and after that there was banging from the pipes and it eventually cut out. They paid to have it flushed again and it worked for 11 days then same problem and nothing plumber...