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Thanks all. I may go with a coloured imprinted concrete. I think my first job is to dig down in an area near the house to see how deep the clay lies, just to equip myself with the knowledge before getting quotes. All along the back of the house there's a kind of 'trench' which is now full of...

After living in the country this winter, it's clear I shall need to have a large patio built if I want to venture outside at all next winter! I'd like a large area about 15ft x 35ft done, and I'd like it to blend in as much as possible with the very rural setting. The problem is the soil here...

Thank you all. I will run the system on the timer this weekend (certainly chilly enough here for it) and see how it goes. Will get out where the pressure relief pipe is tomorrow and rig up something to see if anything's coming out while system's running. My contractor is on a yearly fee (guess...

I'll try to be brief. Ideal combi boiler, 9 yrs old. Usually on timed heating. Starting losing pressure o/n last autumn. My contractor back and forth over winter, no obvious leaks to pipes, replaced virtually whole boiler. I said afterwards "I expect I should think about replacing it, quite old...

Thank you muchly!

The soil pipe is of course iron. Conservatory roof is upvc/glass. The hole in the roof is a couple of inches larger than the dia of the pipe and has been filled in with expanding foam. I would not envisage going through the roof but repairing from above the roof by cleaning up the filler...

I have a leak around the soil pipe in a corner of the conservatory. Having waited in this week for several roofers who didn't turn up, now looking at trying to sort this out myself. There is a lot of old expanding filler around the area, which I suspect has got so old that it's started the...

I have an Ideal combi-boiler which is about five years old. He's usually quite reliable, but needs a little help at the moment. The pressure keeps dropping and I suspect a small leak somewhere inaccessible. As long as I keep the thermostats turned up, I have no problems, but once the system...