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Hi, We have a water damaged windowsill in the bathroom (internal). The paint was bubbling in places so I have scraped and sanded down. I'm not sure what exact material the windowsill is but having sanded down the water damaged area, the wood, although dry feels soft/flaky. My question is...

Thanks for your pointless input Andy.

Thanks Pete, I'll swerve the Jeyes fluid then! Ok alastair, I did wonder about that. I'll try the fungicidal wash. I presume the lichen will just keep coming back...with regards to flogging a dead horse. I wouldn't be bothered about it if we were staying here but didn't want anyone to be put...

Thanks all. We're planning to sell the house in the next 6 months, so just wanted to remove the marks before the house sale. I wasn't sure if it was something that would put potential buyers off. Vinn - yes, I do need to remove as much of the moss as I can. It seems to build up fairly quickly...

Hi, could anyone identify what these white marks are on my roof and how I can remove them? thanks

Hi Doggit, Sorry, I don't know exactly what the pipe sizes were under the floor unfortunately. I only saw them briefly when talking to the plumber. The narrow pipe was very narrow and and the plastic pipe it was attached to seemed much wider. My explanation before was confusing so I'll try to...

Hi Doggit, Interesting you ask how far we are opening the kitchen rads, for the main kitchen radiator the TRV is fully open with lockshield half a turn. Actually, just noticed the other two kitchen radiators are missing their TRV, so perhaps this could be part of the problem...? That they are...

Thanks for all your responses, really appreciated. I will try to go through all the suggestions this afternoon and post an update this evening. Regards Aco

Hi Razor, Thanks for your reply. I've turned all the upstairs radiators off and now the main kitchen radiator is booming hot, the other two are about 3 out of 10, heatwise. The other two I believe may be on a different circuit (being fed from the bathroom upstairs), whereas the main kitchen...

Hi, Would be really grateful if someone could advise us as best they can regarding our radiator issues. The previous house owner installed 3 new radiators in the kitchen but they barely heat up. If 10 is max power, I'd say we achieve 3. We have British Gas Homecare so have had them out on...

Hi both, Apologies for the late reply. Your responses have cleared up what needs to be done and I'm planning to tackle the job this weekend. Thank you! Yes, as Doggit says, my aim was to make the garden look pretty again and take the render down to where the stones are. Its not actually a...

Thanks for the replies. Doggit - There's just a thin layer of stones, removing them would leave a total gap of about 10cm. We were planning to replace the stones soon anyway so will opt for some larger ones, thanks. In reading your responses, I think it may be best for us to hire a...

Hi there, Just looking for some advice re plastering/rendering the front of our house and front garden wall. We had our front garden done a year ago (from gravel to paving stones) and in the process of removing the gravel and leveling the surface beneath, the garden is now lower than before...