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Thanks very much to both for the advice, I'll be giving it a try shortly.

I'm looking to paint over my pebbledashed external walls to hide some rust staining that is bleeding through - the source of rust is galvanised screw heads holding an metal lattice on the wall to the which the pebbledash was applied. Has anyone come across this problem before? If I simply...

Thanks for your reply, I'll move this into the painting and decorating forum as suggested - ultimately I will have the spardash removed if absolutely necessary but I'm hoping not - cheers.

There was air in the system tonight when I bled the system - guess I'll stick with it for a while, probably just flapping as the sleek looks don't outweigh the noise initially - thanks for your replies.

It's only been two days and I've bled the system once.

I haven't seen this exact topic answered before - can anyone advise/help? I have a 1930's semi with the back and side walls covered in pebbledash which has been applied via an expanded metal lattice over the original render. It looks like the screws holding the metal lattice are rusting so...

Watch out for asbestos - the warm air cupboards of thousands of new builds in the 70's were lined with asbestos insulating boards and due to the cost of removal most of them are still present - I've worked in countless homes on asbestos removal projects. It'll set you back a few quid to have...

Just had a couple of very nice and very expensive Stelrad vertical radiators installed but they're off-puttingly noisy when the central heating fires up - it literally sounds like a trickling tap into a metal bucket from a great height. I've been told this will settle down and I might need to...