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And "Phat" and "Thic" Then again, the same thing happened in my generation with "Wicked".

It doesn't drip when she's there.

Ahhh, I see what you did there!

UPDATE: It's coming from the cabernet above. Which could be worse.

Hi guys, My sister has been encountering a weird water phenomenon in her bathroom. Brown water stains keep appering around her bath taps and surrounding area. This is not after the taps have been on. She'll clean the bathroom (including drying the bath for some reason!), then after a while...

Thanks Conny, it’s an modern method auction so no negotiation. It will depend on if all the others bidders have noticed. If I decide to bid I’ll get a timber specialist surveyor, thanks for that advice, depending on price of course.

Thanks Notch, yes I included that photo deliberately, wasn’t sure if it was dry rot or not. This area is almost separate to the main house, like an extension, the bathroom above is a few stairs lower than the first floor so joists might not be actually connected?

Thanks Dazb, definitely a survey. I have no idea at the cost of replacing joists and floorboards, surely a massive cost?

Thanks MrRusty, there’s only a small area exposed, would I need to and how would I treat the whole house?

Hi guys, I looked at a house today, it has a great layout and great potential for a really nice home for myself. However, there are some exposed woodwork that doesn’t look good to me. What are your opinions please?

RESULT!! I bought some id 10.5mm x od 21mm x 15mm long nylon spacers from Vital Parts Ltd, enlarged the spacer id, reduced the lugs od and enlarged the weight holes id to suit with the Dremel, tightened the bolts with the impact driver and bob’s your uncle. Although the weight has developed a...

UPDATE: Contacted Hotpoint to request a new drum under their free 10 year parts warranty, it turns out the parts are only free if one of their engineers comes out to fix it. At £137 I think that's a bit much, they won't send it out for me to fit. A new drum is also too expensive at around £150...

So I had to completely remove the drum to get to the bolts, finally got them off with the impact driver only to find the nylon lugs hav completely worn away. How and why I don’t know. Time for a new drum. Pics include a lug from the top weight for comparison. YouTube on how to remove drum if...

Ok chaps, assuhors is correct, the bottom weight is loose. It’s connected via 3 T40 torx bolts. I have a T40 bit and a (cheap) ratchet and can access the bolts but they won’t turn. There is some movement but it’s either stripping the head/bit or the ratchet, the bolts aren’t turning. If I could...

Assuhors I’ll tip it over tomorrow and have a good look.

Harry, it turns relatively smooth and easily, and there is an intermittent noise, more like a hissing (but it’s not) than a scraping.

Banging. It’s absolutely silent when empty, but an absolute racket with a load when spinning. I’m thinking bearings? It’s a sealed belt driven drum. Hotpoint.

Hi all, our washing machine is getting noisier and noisier during spin. I’m pretty sure it’s not a levelling issue. I looked underneath and the front bottom concrete (?) block has some gunge on it and there are what looks like flakes/dust from it on the floor on both sides. It’s belt driven...

@sparkwright, I’d say about 95%!! Makes sense, it will soak up the moisture in the plaster and sag I suppose. Oh well, a lesson learned. We’ll over board it, at least we won’t have to strip the woodchip from the other rooms.

Ok, so I think we’ve gone too far with the stripping. We’ve stripped the shiny paper layer off the plasterboard and are left with the slightly furry stuff. Can it still be plastered?