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There are a few deep cracks in the rendering of what is an old stone building with really thick walls. I have read that to use mastic rather than a mortar preparation ,preferably with lime in addition to the cement is an inferior job. Is that the way to go ?I think there are products like...

Mine was leaking and I painted the area with bitumen primer.That seems to have helped but I wonder whether I can use some horticulture fleece in conjunction with the primer (maybe a coat or two) A roll of fibreglass matting would be better but I have the fleece to hand and I think it...

I am currently trying to drain this radiator (don't want to drain the system ) but am a little unsure if the entry and exit points are entirely shut offable (will see eventually) I have had the idea of putting something like radweld into the bleed nut hole as I have costed a replacement at...

Any one on this forum have much experience with agas? There used to be a forum (agacentral dot com) that was very helpful but it shut down some years back.

At the first cut of the season I felt the carb must be dry and so I unscrewed it and (I must have touched something) petrol came through . I put the carb back and it started well .I get an hour or so out of it and called it a day. The next day I carried on but it stopped after 40 minutes or...

I have bought a new socket (with 2 plugs) and I can see it has space for just one earth wire.. Can I go ahead and use it? Just remove the extra earth wire? One of the black wires is in a "earth placement" and goes up into the wall and the blue and yellow wire screws into the metal casing...

I have a roughly 4.5 foot by 1.5 foot area of lath and plaster that fell off an edge of my ceiling.Can I patch it ? It is not very strong but one length does meet/follow the wall,which should make it that bit more manageble.

This is an unused ttoilet cistern in the house that is filling very slowly as a result of a small leak in the outlet. I want to stop it filling and so have jammed the balcock lever shut with some string and a piece of wood laid across the top. I am not sure if this will be 100% watertight...

I am coming around to the idea that bituminous mastic is as tacky as any other mastic (when correctly applied) Are there any other mastics that are equally tacky (or moreso ) but have other advantages ? Or is bituminous mastic simply the tackiest? (I know it cracks over time but that is...

The cable was attached to a piece of metal with an eye that was hammered into the wall when they installed the cable. However an oil lorry snagged the cable and pulled the down cable from the wall Thankfully we still have the signal and cable was not damaged.internally However I want to...

I use mastic along the vertical spaces between the slates as a quick repair job if there is water getting in under the slates. However I find it very hard to get the right colour to match the slates. Is there any way to match the mastic colour to the slates? (transparent doesn't work either...

I have just bought a tube of Arc MS-11.Have yet to try it. Which are the best comparable products? What makes the difference?

My system has an outdoor oil boiler with 2 pumps. One goes to the downstairs radiators and the other goes to the upstairs hot water tank. In the fairly recent past this pump also fed the upstairs radiators (no more) A couple of years back the pipes under the upstairs floorboards had to be...

The slates go half way down to the ground from a flat roof and are just off vertical. The facia needs to squeeze up between the overlap of the torches surface of the flat roof and the beginning of the slanted area (asbestos slates about 2 foot by 1 foot,I'd say) The slates are attached to...

TITLE (uneditable?)should be "Taking a tap apart" Damn autocorrect! Do I have to take off the little bit of red plastic at the top of the tap first? Is there a screw underneath? Or do I get a thin spanner an undo it that way? (I tried that without apparent success) I don't want to go...

Wondering what could be the problem with my radiators. They are downstairs and so I doubt there would be an airlock. When I open the bleed valve on the top (with the inlet and outlet valves closed ) there is a good influx of hot water when I open one of the valves. When I close that valve...

I have an Interpart boiler pump next to the outside boiler that seems to have got air in it . Can any explain to me how I get the air out if it is in? I have bled the cylinder in the upstairs hot press but tat has not helped. Will it eventually come back or might I actually be damaging the...

I have old fashioned filament bulbs in my bedrooms ,halls and corridors etc The fittings are for bayonets. Recently I bought some Maxim 6Watt=40Watt bulbs with bayonet attachments and am quite pleased. But can I find something along the same lines that is not so bright? Maybe softer? With...

I have an exterior wall that is lined with slates and inclined at about a 5/10 degree angle from the vertical (So very steep) The facia board and the gutter was blown off in the wind and when I attempt to fix it back using new nails/screws in the existing holes there is no purchase . The...

This is in an interior wall beneath a chimney. I have attempted to repair the leak on the outside but the dampness has persisted. The plaster itself is damp and this seems to emanate from fairly large deep cracks in the rendering (and stonework behind) What would be the best way to seal...