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Bought 100m roll of DuPont Tyvek timberframe wrap to sheet the OSB and now have plenty left over. Could I use it on the pitched roof? It's water resistant, breathable and can be left exposed for 4 months and with any luck I'll have tiles over it much sooner than that. Cheers

"Is there clearance on door and windo reveals and drips on cills and fascia" We cut a new side door so yeah should be fine for that, the lintel above both windows needs patched up as well so was going to shutter those and pour in some concrete in there as well to tidy those up. No the...

Because it has been there since the 30's and needs patched in places but mostly because we want to make it look a bit smarter It would be too big a job a to chisel off the existing roughcast and potentially damage the brick underneath. Can anyone give any advice? Thanks

I have a garage that was, I think, wetcast? many years ago and I want to put a render of it and get a smoother finish. The roughcast is ridiculously strong and chisels don't make much of an impact . Am i ok to just render straight onto the existing surface? I've seen the excel doc with the...

Not sure of the boiler make and model but it does have an old FEP badge on it who I haven't seen around for years. I wasn't planning on doing the job myself although I realise the way I had written the post could be interpreted that way am just looking for suggestions. I thought that for houses...

Just wondering on the best way to go when getting rid of the boiler. Obviously we are set up for a condensing boiler so if we just lifted the old one off the wall and bolted a new one in place (simplification I know) would that be a good option or should we take the opportunity to replace with a...

was weird it actually fired up no problems when the BG man replaced the aps and lasted for a few hours. when i got home that night the same error code was flashing. Not sure why it worked when BG were there but they came back out on Wed to diagnose the fault then on thurs to fix it.

turns out that it was the pcb after all. am so happy the boiler is now fixed and it wasn't a £20 fix :lol:

have you tried contacting british gas? I know they get a rough time from some posters but they offer a one off fix. You pay £150(ish) depending on your area and they guarantee to fix the fault plus you only pay that one of fee. No nonsense about hours spent and getting parts etc. It might nopt...

I had BG out today and was pleased with their service. Was asked if I wanted to take out their home service cover at £16p/m which is £192 a year. Today I gave them £156 and my boiler is 2 years old. Seems like I am up plus when I called them in the helpful operator suggested I take out cover at...

Just had Scottish Gas out today and the boiler appears to be fixed. They had a good poke about and eventually replaced the APS and I now have hot water and radiators on demand again. Bit gutted it was a £20 part but will take comfort in Tony's advice that it is a CORGI job even if it did look...

cheers for that will hunt him down :wink:

After reading the forum I reckon I need to take my boiler a bit more seriously. It is a bit flakey just now and BG are coming out on Monday on a one off home repair deal £156 to dignose and fix the fault labour and parts included. However I reckon I should also get it serviced and see if any...

gcol - yup silicon everywhere, my first thought was that I had missed a spot so went over it all again up down left and right then didnt use it for a couple of days to make sure it would set properly. FIL is on hols till sat night so will call him on Sun just to double check what we did. He is...

gcol - its thick plywood roughcaster - cheers for that I think there is a good amount of silicon on the inside of the shower which makes me think it must be coming from higher up on the fall and trickling down to that point. cacking myself at what is behind the tiles

I recently replaced my shower stall and retiled the shower but now there is a leak from the corner of the shower tray. No cracks are visible but water appears to leak from under the tray on the same wall as the electric shower is fixed. Am keen to get some flooring down in the bathroom but cant...

well bit the bullet and have arranged for BG to come out and fix my boiler. £156 to fix it all parts and labour included so hopefully that will be the end of my worries although not holding my breath. Will post back with the results. Thanks to everyone for their time and experience.

I checked BG website and they are quoting £156 to come out and fix the fault. APS is £15 when ordered online PCB is £90 approx online.

Thanks for that. The switch has three terminals. Blue and brown wires and then a black wire at the side. I assumed the blue/brown are the supply and the black is the output. What do you reckon?

ok thanks for that chrisR. When I put a voltmeter across the switch it looks as if it voltage to it when the fan first kicks in then as the fan powers down the voltage drops any other way I can prove if the switch works?