How to remove paint from grooves less than half an inch wide?
Painting & Decorating
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My bathroom ceiling had mold coming through it. There looks like there are at least 2 coats of paint on it. I have used a heat gun to get rid of alot of the paint but the ceiling has small gooves running along the width of it. It's kind of …
Servicing a faulty boiler
Plumbing
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Heating would come on intermittently, morning or evening or not at all. I called a plumber to fix the problem and service the boiler. Heating worked for a few days then stopped again. Plummer called out again and switched it back on, 2 min job. Lasted a couple of days …
Draining water tank
Plumbing
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My plumber has put all the loft tank dirty water and silt down the toilet then we had a blockage in the main pipes outside the bill for this was £295 for a callout on a sunday I'm thinking of taking this off the bill or should I not pay …
How to cover bricks to look like sandstone?
Bricklaying & Repointing
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Hi a bricklayer applied a finish to a layer of bricks running along the middle of the fronts wall of the house to make them look like sandstone. It has worn over the years and needs redone . I cannot find anyone to take on the job or that can …
How to build alcove shelf that can hold a sound system?
Carpentry & Joinery
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Looking to add a shelf to an alcove with a depth of around 51cm and a length of 65cm. Shelf options are seem limited for that depth online so just wondering the best way to go about it? Sound system is around 3-4kg in weight.
Shower pump back pressure?
Plumbing
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I've recently fitted a shower pump in my parents bathroom. It is a positive pressure single impellor 3bar pump in the hot water supply to bath HW tap and shower mixer v/v. Running a bath it works great, with hot and cold taps open the bath fills quickly. However the …
Wall panels falling down with skim coat
Painting & Decorating
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Wall panels fall down with skimming layer, it’s only done in 3 months, but already falling down. I think it’s the glue applied not evenly and too much, and should not install on skimming layer. Anyone can give good advice or even can fix it?
Shower tray filling, then draining.
Plumbing
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Shower tray fills up with water, then after about 5 minutes it drains away, and does not fill up again. This happens everytime we use the shower. Have used gallons of drain unblocker, but no difference.
Shower has no hot water
Plumbing
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Our mixer shower was fitted initially in May and within a few days, the cold water supply from the shower stopped and it was just boiling hot all the time. We thought it might have been an airlock because the valve/bar controlling the shower temperature kept getting stiff like there …
Should my soil drainage vent be higher?
Plumbing
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I’ve recently had a soil pipe replaced in my property. The old pipe ended above the roofline, but the new pipe terminates below that. I’ve read that the pipe should terminate about 900mm above openings into the building, but the vent of the pipe is below an extraction fan outlet …