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Hi all, I have a Glow Worm 40/52 boiler, came with the house and is an ancient number of years old. Currently I can only get the pilot lit, but when main flame ignites it only stays lit for about one minute then cuts out and kills the pilot. It does this for hot water alone and for...

Hi All! Would really appreciate if anybody could advise. I inherited with my house a really old Glow-Worm boiler, model 40/52 I believe. It's a big old green beast for an open-vented system. It is slightly modified in the sense that at some point in it's history the mechanical timer on the...

Hi all, My property is a Victorian mid-terrace, built around 1870. Recently following heavy rain I'm seeing damp patches on my first-floor chimney breast. This is the breast that continues up from my the living room at the ground floor. The wall is shared with my neighbour which is the...

Hah cheers Tom, I took your advice and picked up a bag, had to sell me ferret for funds but I found the 3 quid so all is well!! Cheers for the reply, Rich.

Hi all! I've really quick question.. I need to put up a metal pole in the garden for my extendable washing line. I'm a bit short on pennys at the minute so ideally I'd like to use materials I already have... rather than forking out for concrete, postcrete or a bag of cement and aggregate...

Cheers fellas, that makes sense. Much appreciated. Rich.

Hi all! I am retiling my bathroom, the first step of which was removing the old (and I mean OLD) tiles. Got them all off, but quite a bit of plaster has come off with 'em, revealing bare stone in some areas. I plan to use bonding to the bare wall, patch up with plaster, skim and seal with...