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Hi I'm after some advice. I've just had an extension built and the builders pre filled a patio area for future. 100mm type 1. I need to raise the patio a further 20mm to a start level to accommodate the 50mm sharp sand/cement and 20mm porcelain tiles to be the required 2 bricks below dpc...

Thanks for your reply. I plan on bedding the channel into the wall with either plasterboard adhesive or adhesive expanding foam either way will work. Thanks

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Hi can anyone come up with some.good ideas. I'm wanting to run a Led light up the stair riser that will be motion sensored. I've chiseled out 10mm of plaster about the riser but an struggling to find anything thar could accommodate the Led cobb. The riser isn't straight and has a curve this...

I don't know if this applies to my house.... it is double skinned brick with a very small cavity. Not insulated....typical construction for the 30s. ‍♂️

No I don't have cavity walls.... what plaster should I use ? Already done the bedrooms with normal multifinsh and havnt had any problems. Thanks

Just in the process of prepping the hallway for reskim and I've seen videos on YouTube where they use mesh roll in older 1930s properties where hairline cracks appear and to prevent further. The one video he embedded the mesh into the 1st coat them 2nd skimmed. As I'm tryin to do as much as poss...

Not sure what the brand is.... its from buildbase.

After some advice ive isolated the tap and now the hot water is fine....so seems a faulty tap is to blame which just has times with the replumbing causing the confusion. Thanks for your help terry..... Question for you. Thoughts on copper push fit to plastic pipe as shown below... ive used an...

Yeah boiler is combi, flow to the tap is good. Could it be the tap is knackered?? Cant see it been a boiler issue as the hot feed it working in the bathroom?? But hey im not a plumber lol

Lower T is the hot tee that comes from the working sink down the wall to the kitchen tap and then to the bath if that makes sense.

No pipework hasnt been renewed ive just added a t piece for the bath hot feed ill try add a pic. The flow rate is good with no restriction. Runs as it did before just intermittent hot.

His its a viessman.... all boiler operation is fine heating and the new bathroom sink hot feed hence me thinking its not the boiler...the sink is not tapped yet just two isos...ive opened the hot iso and its hot. New bath hot and cold just have push stop ends. Downstairs tap sometimes gets...

Hi please can someone advise.... I currently have the floor up in the bathroom due to a new suite. I have teed off the hot and cold feeds to supply a new floating sink and wall fixed shower mixer. The hot and cold tees then run from the bathroom down the wall into the kitchen. Since doing this...