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Hi, We had one of our ceilings re-plastered yesterday. The ceiling had an artex fan pattern previously. The plaster is already drying out and is pretty much dry in most parts. Should this be a concern or red flag? I am concerned that the plasterer may have only skimmed over the ceiling and...

Hi, We recently had our kitchen and bedroom artex ceilings skimmed. Both ceilings were left to dry out for 3 weeks before painting. The kitchen was fully re-decorated by a trade painter with no problems. However when I mist coated the bedroom ceiling this morning part of the ceiling cracked...

Hi Guys, I want to tackle a persistent mould issue in our box room (second floor) which I believe looks like is being caused by condensation. However the wall affected is an external wall so I appreciate other factors could be causing it. House is a 1930’s semi with a full damp proof course...

Hi, I wondered if I might be able to get a bit of advice before calling in a heating/boiler engineer. Apologies for what might be a long post but I wanted to try and give as much detail as possible. We have a Vaillant EcoTec Combi-boiler which has been losing pressure recently, around 0.1 bar...

Hi, I'm a relative novice regarding plumbing and boilers, I've had a quick look in the FAQ's but couldn't see anything that answered my question. We have recently had a new bathroom installed, as part of this the boiler system has been drained down a couple of times whilst the rads have been...

Hi, I was hoping that somebody may be able to help regarding a leaking towel radiator in my bathroom. For the past few days I have had a slow, weeping drip coming from the manual valve at the bottom of the radiator. I have attached pictures of the valve and the drip itself is coming from under...

Hi, Not sure if the right forum or not but here goes... We have noticed a darkened area on one of our interior bedroom walls over the last few weeks. Pics below. I got in to the loft this morning and none of the floorboards seemed wet and certainly no damp up there was visible. However I...

Hi, I know this topic has been covered a lot so I will try to be brief. I noticed what looks like a new hairline crack on one of our upstairs walls. I'm 99% certain it is fresh as would have been noticed before now. We have just returned from a holiday so I assume it may have opened up over...

Hi, First time poster and complete plumbing novice so apologies in advance... Moved in to a brand new house about 3 months ago, all fine up to now. Returned back from a week away yesterday and noticed a puddle of water under the towel radiator in the bathroom. Nothing had been touched or...