htg - thanks. I do not intend routing to the toilet or a foul waste pipe but into the sink wastes. I have a double sink and the boiler is 1m above the highest sink level so likelihood of ever backing up virtually impossible. I have also checked the bloier maker installation instructions and the Gove...
That is EXACTLY what happened to us when the boiler was first installed. The guy piped the condensate line into the rain downpipe which goes to a soakaway. One major downpour, the downpipe backed up and we had a kitchen full of water via the boiler. Hence they redirected the pipe outside. Anyway, ha...
Like many I have had a problem with a freezing consensate pipe from my boiler. It is external and lagged but, with the recent extreme weather.....! I want to replumb the pipe internally and do not know why the installer didn't do this in the first place. I have checked all the requirements and can d...
Thanks Shed, Much appreciated. It is definitley plasterboard - this is a timber framed house. I am nbow erring on the side of skimming. It will probably cost a lot but then, at least, I have good walls forever.
Cheers,
Mike
I seem to have the same problem Claire had (ref. the use of Eco paint stripper on your site). In my case, there is heavy wallpaper that is dry and coming away in places and I know that I will be left with a mixture of bare platerboard (fawn colour), flaking emulsion and possibly some "sound&quo...
I thought I had an isue with light bulbs blowing but your comprehensive article I found on the subject allayed my fears. Also, I had my old fuse board replaced with an MCB about 3 years ago and so, of course, the problem seems worse as I have to go to the garage to reset it every time a bulb goes ! ...
