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Given that my mrs wants me to just leave it and thinks i am fussing over nothing (it is a small gap to be fair) i will be careful not too! thanks.

Its fully flush on parts of the socket, but has gaps on other parts of the socket so i do think there is an uneven level on the plastering, or it would have a gap all the way round if that makes sense?, it is literally 1 or 2 mm gap around maybe 2 cm of socket on the top and 2 or 3 cm on one...

Hey guys, just a quick question, hope someone can advise Had a new consumer unit, and new sockets in the kitchen where the gas cooker, dishwasher etc go. All went ok, and had it plastered and painted it myself. After painting (i know i should have noticed before) i noticed that one of the...

lol thanks - i am going to stop looking at my walls now, i will no doubt find more insignificant stuff, gonna go back to the IT section and try to help people about stuff i actually understand.

lol is this a nice way to tell me the cracks i posted today are also insignificant and i should just stop looking at my bricks and stick to helping people on IT forums? :)

Cheers, to be honest i took a look at the windows on the other side and about five courses up from the window i found far more serious cracks in the bricks (attached) Got a builder coming to take a look, google tells me horizontal cracking in brick is bad? But i could just be newly aware of...

That makes sense thanks, it should be fine to leave till summer though?

Its a sign of the times that i actually considered this :)

AHH that makes sense! Our old tarrif ended dec 1st and our gas has gone from 3.2p to 10p! It's been a real shock to see how much we are spending

Our last quarterly was 200 but we have gone onto the new tarrif (10p per kWh gas and 34p elec which has almost tripled our unit costs

We pay quarterly and expect the Dec/Jan/Feb quarter to be about 1k

How on earth are you keeping the house at 22 degrees all day at three pound of gas a day? I know we could insulate more but..

23?? even before the prices went up we only had it on 20 Is it costing a bomb to keep at that temperature?

Cheers, to be honest i just want to get through to summer without any expensive jobs. If it doesn't look like anything structural to you guys i will get someone to check it in the summer when we replace the flat roof. I really appreciate the advice, i am dipping my hand into decorating DIY...

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I am wrapped up in t shirt, shirt, jumper and a wearable blanket, but i still feel it with the thermostat on 17, i guess i am a wimp :)

Win xp?? i doubt you will get one for xp to be honest. You might get away with win 7 32 bit drivers however, worth a try.

I also work from home, i have been having the house at 17.5 degrees and found that hard, i am impressed that you manage 10-12 degrees! I am watching energy usage through the roof however, i am using 6 or 7 pounds of gas a day and another 4 or 5 of electricity so this quarter will be horrific.

Hey guys Our windows are old (20+ years) and desperately need replacing but with the financial situation as it is i need to get four or five more years out of them The upstairs window sill has always had wierd looking mortaring undernearth as if they plastered it over the brick but hasnt...

Thanks, i will do - i think i was expecting copper piping not black pipe to be honest, i didnt think black pipe could be exposed like that. Unless it is copper that has gone black i have no idea how to tell. I will get up there and get it painted with some anti rust paint. Thanks again.