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No harm but did you not think it would be worth checking and signing off against a sample prior to them being laid? You also appear to have a pic of them stacked awaiting to be used, so did you not think to mention something then (in fairness they may be extra but I doubt it given the...

Thanks, I was thinking that myself.

I will probably be going against the grain on here. I have a large house that has about 12 rooms and a large hallway. I have 3 bathrooms (2 showers) and 17 rads. I have a combi (Baxi Duo Tec 40 HE) - this was my first ever combi and I have previously had normal heating systems with a hot water...

Just a few quick questions. I am planning an extension to my property and am considering the best heating option for the space. It is approx 3.7m x 5.6m and it is going to be a room above an existing garage that is adjoining my property. The room will have 3 no. external walls (old Victorian...

Thanks gents for the responses. I have very little understanding of the cause and implication of electrical issues, so I was unsure if these things just happen or if there is a greater underlying concern in regards to this. Hopefully I have been able to identify the issue and I will check the...

Came home today to find the dishwasher appeared dead. It got me thinking, I turned it on a couple of nights ago and later that eve I smelt a funny fishy smell (not the first time I have smelt it) I know that often that is associated with an electrical switch over heating and melting. I searched...

I have orange Corian in my work and it does not look like that. The orange in work is totally solid with no texture to it that the picture you have shown has. Equally Corian is easy to scratch (but can be polished out) but there is no chance you could have a chopping board made out of...

Hi Daniel, thanks for your response. I have uploaded a folder with pics (sorry they are not great as it was pretty dark and wet). Basically the shower waste pipe is the lower one on the RHS. The pipe exits from the external wall at the same height as the toilet waste, however, it's branch...

I have been thinking that may be one of the issues given how noisy the shower drain is when the toiled flushes. The problem I have is that I cannot see the trap as the shower is one of the low profile trays. The waste goes out the "side" of the visible drain to a trap that must be offset, so I...

Hi folks. I am looking some advice in regards to an unpleasant smell emanating from the shower in our main bathroom. We got a full re-plumb about 36 months ago and all new bathrooms etc... and all seemed to be ok. Over the past 18 months there has been an intermittent bad smell that comes...

Hopefully this is in the right place (if not feel free to move). I have had a problem with one of my chimney for a few months now. When it rains very heavily (as it seems to always do now) there is a leak that comes down the chimney - it is a constrant drip and whilst it is not loads at the...

Hi folks I was looking for some advice please in regards to some tiling I am planning to do. I am getting a wood burning stove installed in my kitchen and I plan to tile the fireplace insert to the sides and behind the stove and need some advice. The measurements of the insert side...

All re-pointed in the last 12 months and the DPC in the external walls is well above 6".

Thanks for the response Big. Old house so no cavity. The small bit of water was very localised to one 6 inch location and not really near to a window. Whilst I agree the top of the skirting being damp was a total mystery to me the walls above were definately not wet nor was the ceiling...

Hi I was hoping someone could help. After an absolutely massive deluge of rain this evening (local area very flooded) I noticed that water had got into the kitchen of our recently renovated house. Along one of the external walls there was a small amount of water coming through under the...

This is a hilarious thread. Yer man George here starts bleating on in his OP about the fact that the neighbours if not prepared to frost the windows should pull their blinds down. Then to top it off he says in his next post that he keeps the blinds open on his own French doors but that is his...