Recent content by YorkshireMidge

PS - I'm not convinced how effective ultrasonic pest deterrant devices are for some creatures, but bats communicate ultrasonically so it's reasonable to assume such devices might work better against them. That would still likely be classed as deliberately disturbing their roost though. If you...

Good point - and I had a look at that today and I think it should work out OK. They have just had a new carpet in the hall which, with the underlay too, is much thicker than the old floor covering it replaced - so it should end up roughly level. The gap under the bathroom door is already...

When I was in my late teens and still living at home, we discovered we had bats. I used to come out on a morning and find the pellets on the roof of my car. They were nesting in the gable end box section above and were Pipistrelles - which are very small and can get through tiny gaps. I...

I'm refitting a bathroom for my parents. I was originally going to use Ardex NA to level the concrete floor. But when I've taken up carpet and old floor tiles and had a spirit level on it, the floor turns out to be a bit of a mess of sections/levels/slopes, and much worse than it originally...

Just to close the loop on this for anyone else with the same loo/problem. I decided it was impossible to fit the inlet valve after fitting the cistern in my case. The space and access underneath was just too poor. Might have had a small chance with a flexi hose connection to the valve but not...

@John D - the problem these days is even respected old UK brands can actually be the same Chinese junk inside. Came across an example a while ago with combination key safes where the identical laughably insecure combination mechanism is being sold by Master (not surprising in the slightest ;)...

Separate gas powered freezer then? Either that or as @roguetrader says, a gas tumble dryer. Only other explanation is they simply put a point there because the pipes were going past anyway, on the basis that some new bit of gas powered kit might emerge in the future and be suitable to go in...

At the risk of asking a daft question, how do you know for certain the 15mm is gas other than the general proximity to where you know you have 22mm gas pipe runs? If I saw a capped 15mm sticking out the wall in an understairs cupboard, especially in an older one bathroom property, my assumption...

Just highlighting a product that is unfit for purpose where both examples in my case had failed with the latch jammed out (thankfully, with only one door shut). Even if I had cut out a couple of inches of door frame to try and get to the latch, it still wouldn't have pushed back in either case...

Was heading into one of our bedrooms this morning, only to find that I couldn't open the door - the latch was jammed solid. There was no warning of impending failure. All our doors were replaced at the same time some years back - so I checked around and found another bedroom door latch was...

I did eventually find an answer to this so posting it up in case anyone else hits this issue. It transpires from a discussion with one of AKW's techies, that contrary to the product details, there isn't actually any reason why the Sulby 2 tray can't have a waste running the full length...

Just fitting a Nuie Ivo close coupled comfort height toilet today as part of a bathroom refit for my mum and dad. I've come across one or two challenging loos in the past but this one is a bit more annoying than most and I wondered if anyone else has seen something similar, and if so, what...

Whilst wipes can be a problem (even "flushable" ones), there is probably something else causing the issue if it's that frequent. One easy check is to see if there is a toilet soil stack near to the kitchen - because if there is, they may well join together on your property OR may go separate...

The Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) offer an asbestos lab testing service by post which I have used a couple of times, most recently in 2017 to check an Artex sample. https://www.iom-world.org/lab-services/asbestos-sample-testing/ It was more than £25. Have a feeling it was around...

I tend to support @opps viewpoint on this, that one possibility is poor waste pipe configuration. Toilet/bath/basin/shower should ideally be on their own pipes into the soil stack - but its surprising how often people tee basins/showers/baths into the same waste pipe for convenience. What can...