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thanks - I know this - what I was was what temperature most people set their boiler to in winter - I have turned my boiler up...I was just curious - as far as I am aware most boiler have a temp of between 40-80 degrees....mine is set at 60.

This is really helpful – many thanks – if the oil based undercoat would work then i shall go with this – but very good to know about Bin – i shall let you know of results – thanks to all!

Hello, As winter approaches, I was wondering what temperature most people would set on their combi boiler? I have a WB greenstar 25S combi and i have it on 60.5 Pre Heat. I have a small property with only 4 radiators. I was thinking about outing it on Eco mode to save on gas but i understand...

Many thanks for all of your advice e- can I just ask, is there a less expensive stain blocker/primer as Bin and Bullseye are quite expensive and the surface area of the wall is not that big. Does either Bin or Bull come in small pots?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on good carpet suppliers and fitters, Surrey area. I have been to carpet right and it just seems to be a big sales thing – they gave me a quote into store and then arranged for survey - technician came out and made a huge deal of it being a...

would you recommend light sand after applying the BIN or BULLSEYE

Many thanks - this is really useful – ive no idea what the marks are or how they have appeared. The Walls were freshly skimmed and i misted them myself – i will try some high grip, stain blocking primers – BULLSYEYE sound good but which would b best in this situation BIN or BULLSYEY

many thanks matz and Gerry!

Hello, Any ideas of wood filler to use on skirting where chunk off (about 1cm worth) from the rounded bit that runs across horizontally of skirting – shall upload image. I would then need to sand the filler so achieve rounded effect. Has anyone tried Toupret wood filler – ready mixed or...

another picture but different wall

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on good carpet suppliers and fitters, Surrey area. I have been to carpet right and it just seems to be a big sales thing – they gave me a quote into store and then arranged for survey - technician came out and made a huge deal of it being a...

please see image above. I misted the wall and then applied 2 coats of dulux light and space white emulsion....I also did the same in another room and have another mark where the paint doesn't take very well.....

many thanks - this is very interesting - here is a picture -

Hi there, I had my walls skimmed and I have painted them. Everything seems fine apart from some areas that seem not to take the paint. There is one area where there are what seems to be circular oil marks – nothing has been put on the wall apart from what was used for skimming and now paint –...

many thanks for all of the ideas..... I think it's going to be a tricky job. I would like to avoid pulling up the entire chipboard flooring as there are only bits that squeak so if | could somehow prize these up without damaging them or the other bits then this could be good. Does anyone know of...

Many thanks Fox,This is really helpful and I had no idea. My boards are only nailed down. No adhesive. Not sure whether it would be best to somehow pull up the offending boards and replace or see if I can somehow prise out the nail and lift the board and then turn them over and stick down with...

Hello, I have some squeaky chipboard flooring that has been nailed down. The nails are tight – is there a tool that could be used to extract them so that I do not need to pull up board and potentially break it? The boards are squeaky in places – is there a reason hwy boards squak and creak...

Hi Terry, Much thanks – I did crack on and i bled the rads and repressurised system with success.... so thanks very much for your guidance and ideas. When I bled the rads I only had trv’s open at 3 and 4 - i now see that i should have opened them fully at 5 when bled. There is one rad that...

many and much thanks terry I have closed all bleed valves on all rads (clockwise turn) On the rad I have just worked on I have opened the LS valve (5 turns and TRV (set to 3) However, there is one radiator which is baffling me as I cant remember if the LS has been opened or closed and what its...

Thanks Hailsham Im afraid i closed the Lockshield valves when I isolated the rad in order to take it off. I was advised to do this. I have now put the rad bac on its brackets but i am unsure about the LS valve – i believe i turned it 5 times so I assume if i turn it in the opposite direction 5...