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So would using a different paint sort it out? As I recall this is just the usual B&Q kitchen paint...

Some photo's might have been helpful. The odd thing is that one of the windows spearates the kitchen from the conservatory and isnt outside facing.

Hi, Ive a weird damp problem around the window frames in my kitchen. Basically, Ive damp patches appearing all around my freshly painted walls at the edges of my plastic kitchen windows. Has anyone any ideas about what might be causing this and how I can cure it?

Well, the chimney is on the gable end of the house so theres no guttering or downpipes there. Just wall and the apex of the roof and a chimney - which has also been re pointed. Not sure what ground splash back is though? Id have though if the water ingress was running down the wall id see...

Hi Folks, heres a weird one - when it rains I get water seemingly seeping through my chimnet breast behind my stove into the house. Its not - as far as I can see - running "down" the chimney but actually running through the stone and mortor (its an old Granite house). When it stops raining...

Hi folks, here's a puzzler for you. My hot water runs off my combi boiler and it's really great - very hot - all over the house. My downstairs bathroom is next to the utility room that houses the boiler and the sink unit in there has a hot tap with very hot water. However, the bath hot tap -...

Hi Folks, I just removed the carpet in the living room of our new home to find a damp patch adjacent to the hearth and stove under the chimney. Its quite localised and underneath the floor isnt damp either. However, it looks to have been damp for a long time since the ends of the floor boards...

Worked a treat, took me about 10 minutes. Superb. Thanks for the help! :P

Yes, the cables are live.

Hi Folks, before you all groan at "another" light switch question - this one is a bit weird. So, In my living room ive a light in the centre of the ceiling and a light switch at the far end that turns it on and off. Now, directly opposite on the facing wall Ive another light switch, that I...

Its an Ideal Logic Combi. Sorry - should have mentioned that!