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Hi all, I had some cracks in the render on my side wall render near roof flashing a few years ago and a builder came and painted some grey coloured paint over the cracks and it cured it instantly. I have another crack in another wall now which is letting in damp, does anyone know what this...

Hi all, our outhouse/toilet roof was left like this after a rendering job, it only ever had that self adhesive flashing on and now obviously it all needs replacing. So I'm looking at either putting on more of the same slate with either lead or self adhesive flashing or I'm wondering if...

Hi all, we had a flush with replacement secondary heat exchanger done through Swalec on a Halstead High Ace boiler just under 2 year ago and now Swalec say the problem has returned and want us to pay for same job again! (had inhibitor too) I've seen the part on ebay for about £60 and was...

Hi all, I got some builders around the other day for a quote on some work which included I thought replacing some wooden facia boards which have very peeled paint and could be rotten. The builders said they would just cap the boards with upvc- my question is- is this good practice or just a...

Hi all, I've got a decorative stone pillar thing above a bay window which is damaged in places and at the moment covered in flaking paint, apart from the obvious damage it's reasonably sound (see pic). I'm just wondering what the best way of repairing this would be apart from getting new...

hi, does anyone know if you can get Kamco Hyperflush into a sealed heating system without having to buy the Kamco system injector?, if so how? many thanks guys, Jon

Hi all, I've posted several times about my problems with hot water cutting out now and again (sometimes as little as once a week) on our Halstead Ace High boiler. British Gas Shield people have changed various parts and now say it must be the heat exchanger for which they've quoted £450, they...

Hi all, We've had a problem over the past 12 months with our hot water sometimes going cold- usually whilst having a shower, it happens maybe one in 10 uses so not all the time but my wife is very irritated by it. We've had SWALEC around on insurance many times but they now say that the...

Hi all, My boiler has been having the same water going cold in mid shower problem for a good few months, I've called Swalec out on their insurance at lease 6 times to fix it but it seems to improve for a while and then revert to form. But I've discovered in my desperation to find the...

Hi all, We've been having long term problems with this boiler. Though the heating seems to work perfectly every time, the hot water kept going completely cold, we called BG out many times on their cover and they changed a few parts, things improved a bit but it's still going cold mainly...