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    Vapour barrier and Ecotherm insulation

    Advice needed regarding a vapour barrier. I've removed old plaster back to stone in an 1830 house (it has a damp issue from a chimney breast which I'm addressing), I want to VB, batten at 600mm centres, insulate between and fix with fixings and then screw PB to the battens and skim. But I've...
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    No constant hot water

    Hi Combi Greenstar 24i had a new heat exchanger and an expansion vessel replaced 6 months ago. Today the CH is fine, pressure looks fine about 1.5bar but the HW when running gets really hot then stops and you can hear the boiler sort of cycling then stop and then it sound like the fan goes off...
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    Worcester combi boiler 28i junior

    Its and LPG system that has been serviced every year Its been so warm this year we have only been using it for showering and HW. My partner said she ran the HW, it started to only work for 30 seconds then went cold, so she stop running it and after running it again it went really hot and goes...
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    Lime Render

    Anyone Trades person able to lime render two small exterior terraced walls in the Doncaster area. Having difficulties find anyone who has the skills to take the job on.
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    Paint for old houses

    Any suggestions for makes of coloured paints to paint on internal plastered walls of an old sandstone terraced house. At the moment its covered with wall paper and many layers of emulation paint so the walls aren't breathing and we have Mold in certain corners. I've been told to buy clay paints...
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    Damp patch on stairs wall

    Interesting problem on the stairs wall about 3 feet up from the floor, a damp patch that never dries, I've had to pull off the wall paper in that section. its a terraced house old about 1800, old sandstone walls its 2nd to the last in the row. i'm guessing the last houses chimney is leaking as...
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    Inspection drain leak

    I have an inspection drain with 5 lanes one lane is caped off but is leaking water due to rising water table ... If i dig down behind the capping is there anything i can use to stop water permanently getting by the cap ....like rapid set concrete behind this cap (its never going to be used) im...
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