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I've been looking at draining solutions in our back garden/patio. The old block paving is pooling in some areas and whilst investigating, I've found what seems to be a small area near the fence where water is draining into. I really don't want to dig up too much until I get professionals in for...

Hi All New house has front garden with a bit of a slope (towards the house) and the grass comes up to the brick, no drain or gravel separation. It's been like this for many many years. No damp issues and DPC is above where is meets. Wondering how bad this is for the foundation? We are thinking...

Hi, I'm adding guttering to one side of a porch because that side is constantly dripping on us and also lands on some patio and collects for a while. See pic below. I've gone with black square guttering to match the house and I'm trying to figure out the best solution for directing it around...

Hi all Not long liven in our new house - it has an old boiler system we are going to replace next year. Boiler is a Ideal classic (year ~2000 ish). It's heat only with thermal store cylinder in the airing cupboard. Has a Drayton programmer and we have both hot water and heating on for a few...

We have an old combi stat in the hall way which we would like to replace. Doesn't seem too accurate plus would like a digital stat until we replace the system. Is this possible? Is it a DIY job for a relatively competent DIY'er? We have an old ideal classic boiler with a heat store cylinder in...

Just curious but we bought a house a few months ago that has had new facia/soffits and guttering all around. Noticed some dripping along the garage guttering and was due to broken felt near the ends. Fixed this with support trays. When looking around the garage, the overhand is not that long...

Just curious if anyone has fit some kind of blind or insulation type material to the Upvc roof panel of a conservatory? Waiting for a quote to replace with glass (3x3 pitched) but if there are cheaper and somewhat reliable alternatives to help keep reflect the sun in summer and keep the keep the...

A lot of rain recently and noticed in the new house we have one wall which is quite dark at the bottom. Can't figure out if this is from splash back (noticed some drips from the facia above) or something else

Hi all Posted in the plastering section but could use some more advice here if possible. New house so lots of DIY. One has been to reseal the shower pan. Previous owner said they had a small leak 5+ years ago which got fixed by homeserve then they had a new bathroom fitted a year later. I...

Morning, I've noticed this morning wet brickwork outside the front of our house. Seems to be coming from the porch roof. Could be a coincidence but I did clean up a decent amount of moss from the porch tiles on Friday. Any ideas? Got some of the left side as well but not as bad Pics below...

Hi All I have a system boiler with heat store (thanks to this forum for telling me that) When the boiler is fired up, after some time we get an annoying vibration/rattle. I've traced this the where the pipes are close to the floor boards in the spare bedroom. The boiler is under this room in...

Apologies if in wrong section New house and shower tray in ensuite needed some fresh sealant. Below it in the lounge the artex was very slightly flakey, so we've removed some to see if there's any sign of water damage. See pic below. It's dry but there's some holes there and filler by the...

Evening all We're in the process of speaking to plumbers about boiler upgrades. Would like to post here and see what others might opt for in terms of a good solution House built in 96, 3 bed detached, approx 10 rads. Heat only boiler (from build we believe) located in kitchen. Gas meter...

Hi all Just bought the HooverHLEC8LGB-80 8kg condensor dryer. It's in place and ready to use. Tried connecting via NFC using the hoover wizard app but no joy. App asks for QR code - does not find with a scan. Added the serial number in and it asks for purchase date. Done. App says wifi should...

Recently moved in and noticed an area between garage and house that a few bricks looking wet. Not sure if this is ingress from rain Going to take a look at the guttering and seal between garage roof and house later on Any ideas? Picture below. Thanks

Hi All We have 2nd alleyway to the side of our house within our boundary. it's alongside next door's garage. I would like to make us of this space, specifically for storage or shelving and first thing would be to make a small section of roofing between our house and their garage to keep things...

Hi All, we have a shower that has cracked grout that needs fixing up. Is it best to try and remove the old before applying the new grout? Also what grout would be recommended please Many thanks

Hi all We have an old system boiler with a slightly more modern drayton controller and thermostat. Water is being heated fine (some pipe noise but nothing major) Tried heating and it turns on (not selecting timed) at the controller with yellow light but the boiler isn't firing. Thermostat has...

Recently bought a house and the conservatory currently drains to ground and has done for a while. Just wonder how tricky it would be to route the guttering to the drain which is a meter or so away? Else I will connect the water butt to that downpipe instead of the house roof guttering

Hi Please could someone advise where the adjustment screw is on the these older toilet float systems? Nothing on top of the filler. Picture attached. Thank you