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I suffered this after i had my house plastered as well . Its due to the plaster sucking the moisture out of the paint thru the wash coat. I tried to repaint the patches i had after the dreaded " peel " but although it looked ok to everyone else i could see the step up in the paint glaring...

Yeh i can see the outline where i sanded it back , i doubt anyone else can as no one has ever made a comment about it . But to me the wall wont be done properly unless i scrape it all off and get an even coat it'll just wind me up forever. Is there any special undercoat or should i just...

When we moved into our house we had it all re plastered. Even tho i used a wash coat twice i am still getting a small patch of emulsion ( dulux ) that has started to crack and peel and the worst thing is it's right in the middle of the damn living room wall. I've tried scraping it off to...

I'm trying to shop around locally and on the internet for 4 tonnes of topsoil and the cheapest price that i can find is roughly around £300 !! is this about right....im blocking up in front of patio ( at the front of the house ) so we can put turf down for the pool for the kids in the...

We had a small patch of damp mould right at the top of the landing above the stairs..( right in the corner ) so i borowed next door neighbours ladder... The ladder was too long to wedge in the top stair and go to the wall across the landing ( above the stairs !!! ) So i closed the...

bernard lol.....i just want a more powerfull extractor mate ..not a vacuum creating monster...I was looking for a little bit of expert advice on which one to buy not some back @rse comment . Cheers Lectrician that looks like a cracker..thanks for the info.

Last month i fitted 2 4" extractor fans ( one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom ) we bought an ex council house about a year ago which didnt have any extractors so i finally got round to it . Anyway im finding these fans are rubbish , condensation is still building up in the kitchen...

The gas fire/back boiler was removed when we had our Condensate boiler fitted and in place of the gas fire we have an electric one ( just for show it wont b used ) This is why i was thinking it could be ok to plaster over the vent as i'm currently working on the front wall with the vent...

Can i block the vent in the living room as the the wife is complaining that a really cold draught is blowing through in the evening/morning. Will it cause a lot of condensation..or can i get a vent i can open and close..? Cheers

I'm about to start tiling the bathroom on the weekend and was just looking at bath seals on the net...There's so many out there , can someone recommend a good one for me ? Cheers

Cheers m8 , sorted..i can relax now and have a well earned cold one...and try and relax my throbbing arm ...cough cough :P :P

Lo all , just changed all my plastic switches for brass ones but have run into a problem on the last one...typical eh.. Its for my living room / front room so its running 2 seperate lights.. I have 2 black/red ( switching neuts ) and 2 red wires in the socket....the switch has...

Can anyone give me advice please on how to wire a new 3light ceiling rose up to my old dimmer switch in the living room... I have a basic understanding of electrics ( ! ) , have been working on it today and here is where i am stuck... on removing the fan-light that was there i found there...

You were right namsag...not covered but job is done now...was water-heat exchanger..cost £340 ( ouch ) fitted but cracking job and here in 30 mins..so cant really complain..knew it was going ... cheers to all the lads who were spot on with their advice beers to u...

the filling loop uses a key insert ...without the key in the water will spill out of the pipe onto the floor so no water could enter the system that way....luckily im covered by house insurance...( phew ) any water leak from a fixed heating installation or so it says.. thanks for your help...

you will lose a hell of a lot of pressure when bleeding rads...ive got a bosch28cdi and when i took a rad off to paint behind i re-pressurised the system 3 times and bled ( furthest to nearest to combi ) before the i could finally settle the pressure at 1 bar.. open all the valves for the...

Sorry to sound a bit thick ! but this tin of sardines is the water to water/heat exchanger ????

Can anyone give me any help please...heres a bit of background info... boiler is a bosch 28cdi ...since about a year ago ive had problems with rising water pressure but have over come this by bleeding the radiator every couple of days ( were not talking a trickle here...about 2 litres comes...

Thats what is happening , the pressure guage is rising only when the heating is on....during the summer it hardly rose but now in the winter more heating and it rises every day...it doesnt rise when ithe heating is off......the rise is not noticable when watching but more of a gradual creep over...

Thanks for the reply so quick Cog , im going to check the expansion tank 1st by opening the valve to see if air or water comes out ...if its ok then i guess a trip to the phone for a plumber...ouch..