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The wall has been painted before, the last time about 6 years ago. I'm worried it may be damp.

I'm planning to decorate the lounge but have noticed some marks on the wall. After consulting with a neighbour we have come to the conclusion that these marks are from how the plasterboard was attached when the house was built (some 20 years ago) using the dot and dab method. I guess my...

What is the best flexible filler for filling cracks? The reason for this is that I am about to decorate the lounge and have noticed that a door shaped crack is showing on one of the walls. Obviously there used to be a door there which has been bricked up but not done properly i.e...

Morning all. Woke up this morning and there is water dripping out of the hole!! Doesn't see too bad at the moment but I wondered why it has suddenly started to happen. Could it be anything to do with the fact that the heating has been working overtime due to the cold spell?

About 5 years ago we had a door leading into our lounge blocked up. As I recall it was done by bricking up the hole and then a piece of plasterboard secured onto the brickwork. This was then plastered/skimmed but no tape or anything was put over the gap between the plasterboard and existing...

The roof probably drops about a foot from where it joins the house. It is not a big conservatory - probably 10 foot square. I have put sealant in various places but it doesn't seem to help. Noseall, we did think about replacing it but had the roof and sliding door replaced (with French...

I have an aluminium conservatory - simple design, looks like a lean to!! It came with the house and is about 20 years old. Ever since we've been in the house we have had leaks from the roof, from the low end i.e. not where it joins to the house. The water seems to come down from inside the 2...

Hi George. We had a plumber round earlier and he suggested putting a small plastic or metal plate over the hole and fixing it with LSX. He wasn't unduly concerned as the hole is sufficiently high up on the expansion tank that water shouldn't get past it. The CH is run off the Gledhill...

Thanks for all the responses; very helpful. Couple more things - how much (approximately) would it cost to fit a combi? If I were to go down the route of simply replacing the Gledhill with an unvented boiler, what would the approximate costs of this be?

Afternoon all. We have a Potterton Profile boiler with a Gledhill Boliermate hot water tank. Both are just over 18 years old. A hole has appeared in the expansion tank on top of the Gledhill - about as big as a thumb nail and by the looks of it has been caused by corrosion. I have spoken to...