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Can't get high enough to photograph. Alas I can't afford a builder to reduce its height and my brickie skills are lacking. What's wrong with rendering,?

One of the stacks built in commons has blown the paint after 15years. I did prep the rest of the house but not the stack hence the mess it's in now. Looks like the surface of the bricks have truly blown off. I'm not going to the expense of rebuilding it do I want to render it. I'll be hiring a boom lift for the reach but I need to know what mix to use and basically how to render a stack!

One of the stacks built in commons has blown the paint after 15years. I did prep the rest of the house but not the stack hence the mess it's in now. Looks like the surface of the bricks have truly blown off. I'm not going to the expense of rebuilding it do I want to render it. I'll be hiring a boom lift for the reach but I need to know what mix to use and basically how to render a stack!

One rad with no trv..the ABV Wass the catalyst....turned it down BINGO!

Fireback is looking very fragile. Used as open fire most days but is it difficult to replace DIY? How do I measure for a new one. Concrete or clay. Fire cavity is 1950s Are there any fire regs to follow. All advice grateful for

Finally finally balanced the system...thanks to Chatgpt! I know I know but it's true. Had a very long 'conversation' about the history, boiler, system, issues....walked me through everything....took days of tweaking but the killer move???? Dialing down the ABV from 5 to 2 and voila! all 19 rads boiling, every room warm, able to turn off rads in unused rooms without issue. 3..2...1

Does that size sound right for 19 rads? I'm calculating the rad size for each room when the gadget arrives see if that's an issue too

I have a bungalow already...I rent it out! 🤣

The cost of heating the house! My average monthly winter bill is £300+ (I don't have the heating on timed) so the idea of running the heating overnight is terrifying 😳. I literally only put the heating on when it's freezing. I use small electric heaters in the rooms that I do use... But when I do run the heating I need all rads to heat up efficiently.

Well, only to Cadent.

Local company fitted but didn't do a flush. Fell out with him big time as turned out over weeks we were being slowly gassed!!

The boiler is 2 yrs old. Only drained fown once in 20yrs. The last rad I took of was very black so just assumed a good flush would eliminate one less question mark...? One rad is very temperamental. I'm genuinely too scared to run the heating too long to rebalance due to cost.!

I have! None have bothered to respond!!

Hi Jo I did the test last winter of closing all but the 4 and pushed the heat to those and they all heated up well. Pump is at highest setting dT on each rad varied wildly! I used a multimeter on every one trying to achieve 12 degrees ish but couldn't get anywhere close on any rad

Quick recap....19 rads, sealed system, 4 rads refuse to heat up. Last year, after much effort to balance all rads unsuccessfully I eventally shut off the 4 (conveniently in one room) rads and shut the door on them! Now I want to try and bring the 4 back to life. They are all the gtound floor and furthest from the boiler, all column rads with 2 being cast iron. The remaining 15 are all hot and functioning well. Is it simply a case of turning the 4 back on TRV AND LS and with abit of noodling hope they heat up or do I have to balance the whole system from scratch?

Estimated cost to power flush of 19 rads? In Suffolk?

Looks like the rats have finally gone or at least taken a break! God it's been a nightmare and cost about 3k+..... New bathroom, sewer valve, traps, poison, Christ knows how many rat men......gaps blocked, trees pollards, grease on gutters and downpipes....the list goes on. Chickens still there but for now peace reigns!

Ah, OK. It's a huge house to scrub@ is there a spray option or paint product that has algaecide mixed in ? Appreciate your advice alot

Sorry to be brief; What is the purpose of the algaecide ? Does it prevent growth? Help paint adhere? If it wasn't used would repainting fail? Thanks

Yep, got those on the downpipes

Only one way in from the sewer and if they came in that way they would pop up in the loo!

To date: all futile but..... I have lost count of the number of pest control companies and visits. Ivy removed on the East wall A one way valve fitted in the immediate sewer closest to the toilet. Put bait box to the East gully/chicken boundary Drain covers on all drains Placed downpipe balloon guards. Stapled fine gauge mesh to Base of rear fence Blocked burrow under same fence Blocked every and any hole that could be an access point with mesh and cement. Replaced broken tiles at eaves Severely pruned back the cherry tree in back yard Cleaned and hoovered the attic twice. Removed all old carpet/junk from the attic Deep cleaned the bathroom twice. bath removed, holes blocked. New poo pipe installed, 5 carcasses removed. Survey and report from Rentokil Instructed yet another pest control company.

Immidiate neighbour has one chicken and I found a pile of chicken feed I'm the loft but the effin' Env health woman is insisting the chicken isn't the problem! She really has it in for me!

Hi I've got a small claim in for escaped water in my rental. Tenants had to move out costing me 3k! Adjuster very very slow but has now come back with 4k payout for a 'strict' reinstatement....re install bath, boxing in around bath and loo poo pipe, bit of retiling and plumbing bath back. So how do I manage this process? Do I get the money and organise my contactr ? Do I pay them and claim back? Should I get the insurance company contractor to do it? 4k seems alot for a relatively straightforward job or are trades on the make with these type of claims? Appreciate your inputs

It's a very big detached house! Wash with a brush or pressure washer? What does it do?