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Thanks for the response.......whay is de nib though?

I had a builder work on my house, while fitting a new bath...he managed to gouge out a 8 inch scratch in the varnished stair case. Is there a procedure to remove this scratch? many thanks

One suggestion I have had to overcome the bitumen problem was to prime the floor, then apply a layer of porcelain adhesive on top...allow to set and then once set apply the tiles on top using a flexible adhesive. this will eaise my floor level slightly...are then any experts out there who may...

AAaaggghhh!!! Another 2 1/2 hours mind numbing hours spent scraping this stuff off....is there no other way??? Any advice gratefully received.

I assumed that the tar based residue would be oil based, so that when I mixed up the floor tile adhesive it wouldn't actually stick to the floor. I thought the new adhesive to be applied would actually bond better with concrete below it...is this reasoning wide of the mark?

I am currently refurbishing my downstairs cloakroom. I intend to fit a new toilet pan over either ceramic or slate tiles. I have removed the old parquet flooring and there is a black tar like residue left on the concrete floor. I have spent many hours scraping this away and using white spirit...

I recently had some minor work on my boiler done, while talking to the engineer he said I should run the boiler control at it's max setting of 6. Previously I was running at around 3.5-4 out of the 6 settings on the dial. He reckons as the boiler runs hotter, this is more efficient and much...

All is well, thermocouple was replaced as it appeared to be burnt out, a quick clean of the pilot assembly and adjustment to the colour of the pilot flame. £70 cash did the trick.....thanks again for the succesful diagnosis and responses.

Many thanks for the responses guys, a great help with respect to service prices.I am in a conservation area of a london borough, so I am prepared for high prices..Ouch! Boxster thanks for the tip on cleaning a blocked jet...I don't think it is that, I didn't really explain myself properly...

Many thanks for the response NX.... Over the fun the plumber quoted exactly the same possible 2 sources of the problem, which is encouraging! He told me the thermocouple is approx £5 which sounds a relative gift. The boiler was last serviced 2 years ago, I should see if I can get him to...

Hi, this is the first time I have posted on here, but I found the information on here invaluable when I did a de-scale on my system a few months ago. I have a boiler problem, it is a Stelrad ideal mexico 2 probably about 15 years old. Everything has been working fine of late, but Thursday...