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I have a contract with Homeserve. There is a monthly fee - was £20 per month with a £50 call out fee. Had one call out last year, first in three years and they had to change the expansion vessel. At the end of this month, they are putting the cost up to £35 pm plus the £50 call out fee...

I do know how to pressurise a boiler, albeit not this one as I can't see any filling loop :-( I have boiler and system cover so I am interested to know if there is a reading I should be concerned about on the valve for the expansion vessel. I don't believe represurising the system is covered...

OK, generally, it works very well :)

The expansion vessel was replaced at the end of April last year. What should the pressure be?

Thank you. Would the pressure have dropped through bleeding the radiators? The last time the system was pressurised was end of April last year.

Hi We have an old fashioned Ideal Boiler which works perfectly well, it has a red expansion valve. The hot water goes into a copper cylinder tank and the radiators are usually fine. Some of the rads havent been heating properly at the top. Have tried bleeding excess air but water only comes...

OK - this is a bit of additional information. Where the grouting had become porous was at the bottom of the shower near the tray. The mosaic tiles in this area had come loose. We had to do a temporary fix due to finances. Grout was applied all over the bottom tiles about 8 inches all the...

Hi I wanted to find a tile paint suitable for using in a shower. Have found Ronseal product, but not the colour I would like. I'd really like some sort of silver or metallic effect. Or even a pearlescent. Is it possible to buy this kind of colour in a suitable paint? Some of the...

My thoughts started out with a drone but I was thinking if there is an extendable pole or some other piece of equipment/method (other than the traditional ladder scenario), which would be less expensive and possibly easier to use.

Hi I want to be able to do a visual inspection of my gutters without going up on a ladder. Does anyone know if there is a product with an extendable pole that you can connect your mobile phone/video recorder so I can check the state of my gutters? If not, is there some other product on the...

Thank you. Yes, I got that one. The word I was thinking of for the garage roof is asbestos.

Hi I have a leak around some concrete seal and rain water is coming down into my porch. A friend suggested I get this Black Jack Bitumen Product which is just painted on. Toolstation have numerous products in this range and when I read the reviews, I think they are using the very same reviews...

Do I need a primer?

Hi I'm having a log cabin put up its from Dunster House https://dunsterhouse.co.uk/log-cabins?msclkid=1769e8dbdfa81aadb136b30b71d302af&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Dunster%20House%20-%20General&utm_term=dunster%20house&utm_content=Dunster%20House%20General I want to paint it -...

Yes, that sounds like a lot of work. I don't have any major rejigging of rooms to be done other than a kitchen into an upstairs bedroom. I guess I'm not going to get any idea of the essential works on here to have any idea if my £40k will stretch far enough. Thanks for input.

The Council won't have any objections to converting to flats. The borough is desperately short of properties. The house is a large 3 bed semi, Victorian property and the roof is crying out to be converted but two separate flats is what I need - it will suit my needs now, and later on, it...

I am just asking for a bit of an idea of the works involved. No, this isn't going to be a DIY job but I 'might' have to get involved with project managing if I have to and I will probably be doing all the decorating. This is my situation, the house needs converting to provide an income for...

Hi I have a regular 3 bed semi-detached house which I would like converted into two flats. Would anyone have a list of works required so that I can get a basic idea of costs? I don't want to go down planning permission routes until I know I can definitely afford the project. Many thanks

Or if no competent heating engineer available, an electrician would be fine?

How would the OP find out if the thermostat is wired up or faulty? Does this involve getting an electrician out?