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It is going to be rendered. The guy does the building work for a double glazing firm and does the odd job by himself when it's quiet. He said it would be 2 days work and if the double glazing firm hired him they would charge us about £700. Sounded too good to be true, which always gets me...

Thanks roughcaster. The more I thought about it the more I thought it would be a bad idea so have phoned some builders. One came over today and quoted £300. Does that sound reasonable? Will wait to see what the others say anyway.

Hi, I would like to block up the back door in my house. I've not done any building work before. Should I attempt this or should I get someone to do some/all of it for me? I'm guessing the plastering will definitely not be a DIY job if I want it flat. :lol: Any ideas what it would...

Ah, I see. I'll try and find another engineer then. I spoke to the biasi guy yesterday and it will be a couple of weeks before he can call at a time when we are in. Thanks again. Jon.

Wow! You can tell all that from my crappy descriptions!?! You are my hero. :lol: Seriously though, I really appreciate this. Thank you very much. Reading through your comments again, I think what you imply is happening is: When the water went cold at the taps, it was getting...

Seems like I can get a refurbished PCB for £50 + VAT & delivery... http://www.cetltd.com/default.asp?part=658 That makes it a much smaller risk. If someone could confirm that it is likely to be a PCB fault before I order that would be much appreciated. Thanks, Jon.

Hi, I have a Biasi 24SE gas boiler which started playing up about three weeks ago. The DHW would sometimes go cold. This might be for just a few seconds or several minutes. Sometimes switching the hot water taps off and back on again would cause the boiler to fire up again. I had not...