Damp proofing shed base built on a slope
Plastering & Rendering
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I want to build a large well insulated shed (to house a tortoise). It will be a self build because of the unusual shape to fit where I need it to go. The base will be concrete with an air gap, then insulation, then air gap with a wooden floor …
Installing new wirquin shower trap
Bathroom Fitting
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I have a new wirquin shower trap and water sits in the first chamber up to the top . Is this normal ? I want to get this correct because once I have bedded in the shower tray there’s no going back, Although the trap is brand new and designed …
Bidet fitting
Bathroom Fitting
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Hi, I have bought a bidet which is quite easy to fit, however I can’t access the fitting under the cistern to add the T valve.... is there an extension I can buy so that the fitting is lower and accessible?
Intermittent cold water to kitchen tap
Plumbing
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I live in a ground floor flat of a 4 storey building (built 2007) and have a mixer tap in my kitchen but more often than not recently I have no cold water coming out of the tap or sometimes just a little or very very occasionally there might be …
Black mould problem
Plastering & Rendering
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I have an old property with solid walls. Black mould is coming through to the inside from the rendered gable end. I have had a lot of contradictory advice. I want to know if I can use a waterproofing solution on the outside wall or something else. Many thanks for …
Hot water flowing through the tundish
Heating & Gas
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I have a rapid flow of water going through the tundish. I have an unvented Joule hot water cylinder and a combo boiler with underfloor heating on the ground floor and radiators on the first floor. Can anyone provide advice to stop the flow? Thank you
Constant working combi
Heating & Gas
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My combi boiler still sounds as though it is working although because of the thermostat settings there is no heat being produced through the radiators. It is the same when switched off via the time clock
Cost to install lean to roof?
Roofing
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I have a 144 sq ft attached outbuilding with a concrete and felt roof, what is the cost of converting to a lean too roof with slates compared to replacing the roof felt?
Shower hot and cold directions?
Plumbing
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We have just had a shower fitting replaced - not electric but when we turn it on hot and cold are opposite directions from indicated on valve ..plumber has told us is because original plumbing in wall is wrong way around ? If this is so why did the previous …
How to investiage damp issue?
Plumbing
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We have a short 15mm copper pipe, with 90 bends each side, which passes through a brick partition wall to feed a radiator. We had the pipe replaced because the wall was damp around it. The damp is now much worse but confined to about about a foot to one …