Recent content by pjaj

A year ago I had 3 toilets replaced with Porcelanosa Metric cisterns and pans. These came with Gebrit Impuls280 dual flush valves with round butons (not half moon) and Gebrit Impuls380 side filling valves. Since then they have exhibited several problems. 1) Each 380 filling valve has become...

Yes, I agree. With such a long run of boards, the usual expansion gaps may have been insufficient. The passage, which is about half the total run, does have a dog-leg in it, but there are no problems there. The areas of concrete screed are a long way away from the problem area. However the...

They definitey cut under the door frames. In many cases they had removed them, in part, as they were hanging new doors as well and replacing the skirting boards. The instructions that came with the packs say "Old wooden floors ... always use a moisture barrier ... "

It's Wood-Engineered, 3-4mm oak / chip (particle) board interior / balancer veneer. Some of the ground floor rooms had an old wood block floor (parquet) other areas have a concrete screed. The house has been extended twice in the past. Yes, the underlay is rubber foam backed with aluminium...

In July I had oak laminate flooring installed throughout most of the ground floor of the 50 year old house we are renovating. The work was carried out by a firm of carpenters who are competent and have made a good job of other woodwork around the house. They have layed a lot of this flooring in...

Why would I want to rip out a perfectly good CU just because it's about 10 years old? As far as I know, the flat in which it is installed was converted in 1994. Or did they install some seriously obsolete kit? BTW "a possibility is to henly in a shower CU " que?!

I'm trying to track down a source to replace an old MEM MCB. Unlike modern designs the 2 pins on the back of the MCB are parallel [code:1] l l [/code:1] rather than the modern inline [code:1] -- -- [/code:1] The breaker is dark brown with a small red test button above a larger, brown...