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The managing agent of the flats where I live have got roofers in doing some minor roof repairs and then solar painting the roof(s). As you can see from the photo some of the solar paint has got onto the brickwork. Anyone know if this is easily removed and what the best product might be to remove it?

The storage heater is a Dimplex xms724n and the thermal safety cutout keeps operating. The heater heats up so certainly takes some charge before the cutout operates. Looking at the link below it appears the old cutout stats which are like limpet thermostats are replaced with a repair kit...

My flat is heated by 6 storage heaters and last night they didn't come on (they had come on the night before). The consumer unit has a row of fuses for usual, lights, ring main,etc labelled Power and Lighting, then there is 3 separate fuses below labelled Heaters, I checked these fuses and...

Anyone recommend best product for using on paths round block of flats. Normal road salt can leave brown slush which gets walked into hallways etc. Has anyone any experience of magic ice melt...

Hi, A neighbour has just had her ageing aluminium patio doors replaced with upvc. (8ft 6in wide). There are a few problems with doors as listed below. 1. The door doesn't close properly. When you slide the door shut , when the leading edge reaches the frame it stops. You have to pull the...

A friend has these switches in the stairway of the flats where he lives. When you press ground floor switch in the light comes on for prescribed time but when it switches off the centre bit of the switch shoots out onto the floor. It seems simple enough to screw the threaded end of the...

This is occuring in an internal passageway in a block of flats. The floors are solid and carpeted and this is an internal wall. I assume the dpc is stopping the white stuff rising further up the wall. Anyone any ideas what might be causing the problem and what the white stuff actually is...

Thought this was a smoke alarm low battery warning but there's no smoke alarm in the cupboard. Cleared everything out of the cupboard and beeping appears to be coming from consumer unit/elec meter area. There's a consumer unit, a Seimens digital meter, and what I think is a transformer for the...

Not sure how old cell is but it's a Zodion SS4, it's working, but seems to come on too soon in the afternoon and stay on a bit too long in the morning. The place where it's sited is an east facing wall which gets a reasonable amount of light. Just wondered if there's any adjustments on...

Hi, I live in a 3 storey block of flats built circa 1970. It's flat roofed and all the floors are solid. 3 of the flats (2 second floor, 1 ground)are reporting damp problems which could be condensation, ie mould on outside walls usually near window. My question relates to the outside walls...

We are having some garage roofs replaced (flat roofs) the quote for the whole job is about £8500. The guy doing the job has asked for £3800 up front for materials. Just wondered if this was normal procedure in the roofing trade. Got the guy from yellow pages, so don't really know him...

Just need some advice as to the best thing to do with this type of roof. I'm on the residents managing committee of a block of flats and our block of 12 garages are all leaking and need recovering, they're probably over 30 years old. Currently cement-asbestos corrugated sheeting supported...

Got an external junction box on an outside wall that feeds 2 external spotlights. The cable that feeds the power into the box is of a type I've not seen before. It's plastic coated over what appears to be a hollow copper core. This goes into the box where it then goes into a cylindrical...

An electrical cupboard in a block of flats I'm involved in managing (it's managed by the residents) suffered a water leak from the ceiling causing the consumer units for 2 flats to become damaged and need replacing. We let the electrician we called out initially to assess the damage and...

I'm just renewing a toilet and the soil pipe is cast iron & internal. As can be seen from photo where the soil pipe goes into the collar it is wrapped with denso? tape and this joint is flexible although not leaking. :roll: At the toilet end of the pipe someones cemented a piece of 4"...

Got a bath to change and noticed screwfix do an Ariston steel bath in the size I require for £79. I'm not a plumber so don't know the pros and cons of this type of bath over Acrylic. Also what sort of weight are these kind of baths, don't want to make the job harder by having to manoeuver...