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Quality - who knows? Definitely on a proper base made of 2 x 2 concrete slabs. You can see it's bleached a bit at the top, but not further down - it only gets a bit of sun in the morning I reckon...

See, that's why I come here - to get educated. Now I understand the options better, I can have a more informed discussion with the installer, when that time comes... Are there any real oil tank experts out there? Is there any way at all of knowing if it's deteriorating? Thanks again everybody...

Right, of course - I just thought for some reason gas ones heated the water faster (more efficient or something). I suppose maybe it depends on distance between boiler and kitchen sink too - girlfriend's apartment is on the 2nd floor, and all the oil combi boilers are in a little row, way down...

Thanks – yeah, sorry, when I read back what I’ve written I always think I could have phrased it better. So the oil tank looks OK to me, but I’m not sure how I’d know… no obvious damage, or anything that looks like a crack might be developing or anything – but I don’t know exactly how they go...

Here in NI, an awful lot of houses are still heated by oil boilers, as we’re a bit more spread out than eg England, so gas companies haven't felt it economic to put gas in, I suppose. Anyway, in our estate, after 30 years, now they have, and will connect for free – so I’m trying to decide. I’m...

Hhmmm, all seems to be parallel and correct, as far as I can tell... so can you adjust that pin at the top please?

Picture below. What happens is that the door jams at the top when the weather is very cold. I'm assuming it's the pointed pin on the top sticking up a tiny bit too high... I believe it's adjustable - can anybody tell me how please?

So I live in a bungalow, with 3 bedrooms at the rear end of a long hallway, and living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen at the front end. The old mahogany window frames at the rear are the only ones I haven't had replaced with modern units, and they’re leaking etc – time to go I think. But...

Trying to save the daughter in law some money as usual... the seal on the bottom of her shower door started coming out in bits, which she chucked away, assuming it would be easy to get a new one. But the kind you can buy in SF etc seem to be different, having just a U-shaped top profile which...

Being a pessimist by nature, I'm assuming I already know the answer to my question, but... here in NI we mostly have oil boilers. However, they've just piped gas into our estate, and I'm thinking about lashing out for the conversion. The government will pay for getting the gas into the property...

I did, yes. You get two long blades (cut up to 1') and I think two short metal ones. At the end of the day, had I been able to get hold of a tree surgeon, he'd have charged more than I paid for it - the trees were in awkward positions, embedded in the middle of pyracantha bushes etc. So very...

Looks good, yeah :mrgreen:

Next day... Got the b*strds

Well, as so often as I advance in years, I bottled it and got a local guy who specialises in changing just panels to come and do it. Thanks for all your help :mrgreen:

I always like to post how things turned out, as people have been kind enough to help me, so here's what happened... I could not get a tree guy to do it, for love nor money. And I did feel that, being accident-prone, maybe a chainsaw wasn't the best plan - though they were temptingly cheap in...

Hi all – the bungalow I live in is about 30 years old now (I’ve only been here 7, so don’t know all the history), and some things are of course starting to deteriorate – in this case soffits and things. The soffits actually mostly seem OK, but some are starting to go at the ends, so I’d like to...

And finally Esther? (I'm guessing there are a few of you out there old enough to remember that)

Oh right? It's the phone cable I think, been here for 30 or so years since the house was built! But when I'm putting the wee camera up I'll be lashing the silicone around liberally, so will have a look (y)

Thanks everybody, for sharing your injuries with me - makes me feel less of a prat :LOL: Probably a good thing I took somebody's advice on another thread I created, about getting a chainsaw to cut a couple of tree trunks down, and decided to get the local tree man in instead :eek: I repaired...

Yes it does, but not powerful enough. Good thought though (y) Yes, I was working the bit back and forward - just there was a bit at the end of the hole that it kept catching on, I guess... Yes thanks, did a bit of that, and more and more twisting etc - came out eventually. Then I tried again...