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I have one of those horrible little Flomasta remote thermos controller boxes with the tiny spongey buttons. It's very complex to program so I only have it set on manual on/off. I have just ran the heating for a few mins and turned the box off which shows nothing on the led display. The heating...

There is a small area on our ceiling that is sagging (forgive the crude temp patch) as the old lime plaster has clearly lost it's grip on the old wooden slats. Probably because of the accidental foot treading in the loft on that spot by myself years ago. I understand to do it would take a...

I am removing painted wallpaper from a cold outside facing wall in the bedroom. I have had issues with condensation on the surface of the paper resulting in white mold in the corner (which has reduced dramatically since I applied Stormdry on the outside) . I am in the process of removing this...

I have a spare room with a cold outside wall that has always had condensation hence drips of water. I have hung insulation lining paper with Warlock thermal paste to the left side of the chimney breast. The wall is much warmer. So far so good. I am about to hang it on this side of the chimney...

I am about to fit new skirting but there is still just one area where water is seeping into the plaster. On closer inspection I think the problem is the sloping path adjacent to the wall outside is quite high up in the area (around the BT socket) and perhaps I needed to Dryrod (I installed them...

I managed to salvage some old Victorian tiles for the back door step. I took up the existing slabs that were laid on sharp sand. replaces with new sharp sand and laid the tiles. I then brushed it over with light kiln sand to finish it off. They looked very nice. However, since a couple of...

This crack line has been here for a few years. Nothing major but I tackled it earlier in May with a sand and cement (4 sand/1 cement) mix with a little plasticiser. As I didn't have the red dye, I improvised using brick dust before it set. However, I am disappointed to find it already cracking...

I have sealed sheets of toughened glass from the outside on my potting shed by placing the glass in the recess and pressing in the putty from the outside so it gets into the gaps being so called water tight. However, after a few days of being water tight it has started to let in water as you can...

A few years ago I posted this same question about a white sealant that will not attract black mold and was recommended Dow Cowling. Well I can tell you that it is no good because black mold has grown on a lot of it in the last few years. Even more extraordinary is the very old sealant that was...

We have a no cavity Victorian semi which we have always had a problem with cold outside walls attracting condensation. The inside of the wardrobe cupboard wall facing outside is pretty wet, making clothes damp and leading to mould. Ditto for bedroom wall. Having a log burner installed, warming...

For the life of me I just can't fathom why my wireless mouse intermittently fails to display upon bootup in Windows 10. The only way to get it back is to unplug the usb or restart. It seems to happen 3 out of 5 times on booting.

In the 21 years I have lived in this house, there has always been a problem with black and white mould and damp. When we moved in we found a damp course certificate (now well expired) for treatment around the fireplace area. I am now finding the skirting adjacent to the fireplace has gone all...

Our boiler was serviced in Autumn but it has always been dropping it's bar, sometimes below the threshold of being able to turn on. When I refill the pressure to over 1 bar it then spikes into the red. Occasionally I am finding a small pool of water under the boiler, and felt the red tap which...

For those with a Heatline c 24 boiler, please be aware of an issue with the water drain pipe (I am a layman so perhaps not the correct name) we had an issue with the boiler failing to stay alight for heating and hot water for a few seconds. Turned out after taking it apart that the condensed...

This is weird. Early this morning I briefly turned the remote thermostat (Flowmaster 22199SX) on and then off. Went back to sleep and woke up a couple of hours later to it still running even through the remote was completely turned off. Went downstairs and (its a horrible fiddly, confusing...

We had a drop in water pressure resulting in the shower not working and toilet not flushing. The combi boiler will not heat water or central heating for more than a few seconds before flames go out. If I try the hot water, the flames go out and then I hear a dripping water sound inside boiler...

For the life of me I have tried Googling all kinds of solutions with no resolve. I am running Windows 7 home premium and suddenly I cannot play cds from clicking the disk icon in "computer" unless I right click and select "open" with windows media. Even when I set it to be the default player, it...

My Dewent Macdee Metro 3 part syphon range is failing to flush unless I vigorously crankthe handle. This is either a washer or a plastic valve failure. I can see a replacement on screwfix for £4.99 which seems a good price just to refit new instead of repair. I know some people say you can...

I have a Heatline C24 that has started to make a clicking/ticking noise every few seconds. The bar also moves on the dial a little eratic and it switches off before the rads get hot enough to the temp set on the thermostat. So it does eventually keep coming back on if left turned on but the rads...

I had a Flomaster remote thermostat fitted to my Heatline C24 combi by my plumber a few months ago. Apart from never really liking the interface as it seems fiddly and complex to program, I noticed that even though it was set at 17 degrees, the central heating was on even though the temp was...