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Hi. I have used some caulk to cover/fix some imperfections in a light blown vinyl wallpaper. Kids knocking/scuffs etc on stairs..I have recoated with emulsion but I can see patches where I have caulked. Maybe I should’ve just used filler...do i need to keep covering with paint or will it need...

Hi all, I am stripping one wall of wood chip in my sons room to put a feature wallpaper up. If I had the time I would take it all off but for now the remaining wood chip is just getting a couple of coats of paint...my question is where the papers meet in the corners I’m concerned it looking...

Strange question...my shower enclosure door has started Leaking onto the bathroom floor. There is a long vertical magnetic strip and the plastic horizontal affair along the bottom. As it stands the vertical strip is the whole length top to bottom, and the horizontal is cut short to accommodate...

Heard a strange noise from the en-suite during the night (like a jet taking off) thought it was the extractor with the wind etc. Closer inspection it’s the electric shower. I noticed when I turned it on this morn it was already hot (over 40 deg) then cools to heat up again when the water flows...

hello all Open question...my current vented cylinder is reaching the end of its usable life and will soon require replacing. I have seen, and quite like the theory of the gledhill eco torrent open vent, which would mean I could get rid of a noisy shower pump, mains pressure hot and by the look...

i’ll keep this as short as poss. I have a saniflo (sanislim) in my ensuite (I know, don’t say it...had no choice) works fine but occasionally omits a bad smell (drain/methane type) it’s quite random. Have treated with bleach etc but it returns, then sometimes disappears or hangs around like the...

Hi all. I have a conventional boiler in my garage, open vented, fully pumped y plan. 2 x 22mm flow and return leave boiler and travel to a/c where open vent, cold feed, pump then plan are. Pretty standard stuff. Now above the garage and boiler is an ensuite I had put in a couple of years back...

hi all Approx 11 months ago had my bathroom completely renovated. Had a grohe bath filler/shower fitted along with a 2.6bar salamander pump. All working great up until last week. For no apparent reason the hot side isn’t firing as fast as it previously did when filling bath. (Shower seems the...

Ok I'll keep this as brief as I can. After several years in my house finally got round to papering, painting, dado etc hall and stairs.so the floor....ceramic tiles in good condition but totally clashing new colour scheme. Wanted wood but would have had to fetch them all up as threshold of front...

New condensing boiler to be fitted 24kw conventional with 22mm gas connection. Gas is 22mm copper at meter then joins inch iron (unseen) and appears elsewhere. Would it in any way contravene gas regs to connect 22mm copper back to the iron to supply new boiler? (pending sufficient gas...

Since undergoing an extension im not convinced my existing wired room stat is now in the optimum location. Therefore im looking at replacing with drayton rf601 wireless so i can seek out the best place for it. Current system y plan fully pumped conven syst with separate 2 channel timer...

Hi all I have installed 4 new rads in an extension at home with 22mm copper flow and returns with 4 port manifolds on each end. (speedfit and 10mm barrier pipe on new rads) the 22mm copper is not yet connected to the existing heating system.The current system i have is fully pumped y plan...