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Hi all, Looking for some advice on this as it's frustrating to say the least! North facing bedroom. House is a 1950's built semi. Been here 15 years. No major issues with damp in that bedroom during this time apart from tiny (and I mean tiny) mould spots appearing over the coldest of...

This could be a long story but I'll keep it brief! New en-suite bathroom fitted Feb/March 2022. All new construction into extension so all new pipes and fittings etc. October 2022 - wife lets bath out. Most of the water ends up on the kitchen floor. Bath is tiled so queue a bit of to-ing...

I found a little puddle of water under the boiler when I was in the loft and took the case off to see that the condense box was waterlogged and the bottom of the boiler was pretty rusty. I'm not going to attempt to clean this myself and have already called a plumber because I've also found...

Hi Ive had the enviable task of stripping down my Saniflo unit today. It's for the most part, cleaned up but I have a question on the shower inlet pipe. Should this be non return? When I first cleaned it, no water was running out from it but the float was wedged down with carp. No it's clean...

Hi Guys Not sure if this goes here or under electrics but; I would like to update my room thermostat from the old school spinner to a more up to date digital version. Currently the boiler controller is a Siemens RWB29 Image2 by TR1CKY posted 14 Oct 2015 at 12:50 PM and the room thermostat...

Maybe a coincidence but I replaced a radiator on Monday night and tbh, we didn't notice anything (but it may have been quietly rumbling) but now upon start up, the boiler crashes and bangs. I've bled the system and no rads have any air. Pressure is at the recommended 1.5bar. Upon...

Hi guys, I've had a quick search but can't see anything relevant to me, but I have a straight line run of new wardrobes that comes to 3500mm and the cornice supplied comes in lengths of 2000mm. Obviously, a join is required. Whats the best way to do this? Is it best to do straight...

a Wylex NSB20 in place of a duff NSB06 on my consumer unit? I have a duff NSB06 and have a spare NSB20. It's the downstairs light circuit. The switch is knackered - a bulb blew last night and tripped the ciruit (as per usual) but after turning the light off and replacing the bulb, the CU...

Hi all, I am just about on the last run of wall tiles in the bathroom and have about 20cms of tiles to cut in at floor level all the way round. My question is, should I get the floor done first and cut the last tile on top of the floor or tile down to the existing floorboard and have the...

Just a couple questions on the roll call of decoration order in my bathroom! 1. Steel bath is in position (with wall mounted taps) I've built half a frame with 2x2 batten's on the supporting walls. As the flooring hasn't been done yet, I've left the exposed sides as the new flooring...

Hi all, I have some questions regarding water pressure from the kitchen taps, but as a bit of background, we had some building works done recently (extension in the kitchen, new utility room formed, family bathroom made larger and an en-suite bathroom formed...and finally the existing boiler...

Hi all, Any advice or insight gratefully received here. I have problems with water / damp getting in since the "completion" of a small extension. Water / damp gets in seemingly under the new kitchen door and in the new dining room window; Drains are all clear and running freely...

Hi all Just a quick question really. As part of our kitchen extension that was competed a few weeks ago, a utility room was formed for the washing machine. It's got a light and an extractor fan and isolator for the fan and fused spur for the power. However, I've just had a thought...

I am about to start tiling a walk in shower. The wall you face as you walk in will be the focal point. If I start from dead centre, there would be a row of 3 and a half tiles to the ceiling and three and a third to the bottom. However, if I add some ceiling coving, I can pretty much get...

It's been a while since I've done tiling and I've never done a shower before I have an en-suite shower and I'm tiling three walls. The tray is 1400 x 900 and I'm only tiling three walls, these being the shower head wall, the long wall and the rear. It's a 'walk in' affair with a large glass...

I was wondering if anyone could advise on the electrical side of a Saniflo installation in an upstairs en-suite. I know that an unswitched 5 amp fuse is needed but my question is, does this need a separate isolation switch or can the feed be taken directly from a spur from the floor ring...

Hi Guys and Girls, I'm not sure if anyone can help me but I've brought a 7 day electronic wall switch / timer with the intention of using it in place of the landing light switch upstairs. Background; You can switch the upstairs landing light on from downstairs, which is on a three...

Hi, I have a Wylex board and one of the breakers appears to have had a melt down. It's a Wylex B16 NSB16. It flipped off and won't go back on. It's the kitchen ring and at the time, the kettle, washing machine and dishwasher were on. My question is, am I ok to replace it with this...

Hi all, Is it possible to get a four gang light switch with two dimmers on the one switch plate or does it have to be two seperate plates with two sets of two switches? I have a through lounge two ceiling lights and two 'sets' of wall lights and one four gang switch on the wall that...

Hi there I need to move a wall light and would like to know the best way to do this. When the lights were originally put in, there was a built in shelf / cupboard affair to the right as you look at the wall, so the light fitting was centered between the left wall and the unit. Now...