Recent content by bathtub tom

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Update. Had a roofer look at it and in their opinion, there's nothing wrong with the roof. They spent some time in the loft and reported the plasterboard was dry up there and only soggy on the underside, suggesting it's a condensation problem. When we bought the place, I uprated the fan to 90...

I've got a damp patch (about 1m x 300mm) above this window in the ceiling of a shower room. I suspect it's caused by the moss. Would spraying with glyphosate remove the moss? It's a bungalow built around 1960.

Had a small leak in the shower room which let water under the vinyl sheet. Leak cured and vinyl removed. It's a 1960 built bungalow and after having problems with buckled laminate in another room, I assume it hasn't a DPM under the concrete floor. The shower room floor has what appears to be a...

Thank you Exedon, your explanation and FixitwithFowler: I figured it out.

I've had to pull out my washing machine and because of tight fittings/accessibility, I disconnected the water supply at this fitting. I can't re-connect it! Is there some knack or special tool?

It looks like I've found an answer to this myself: Building regulations introduced in 1965 make it a legal requirement to install a structural damp proof membrane in new buildings. Maybe this could help anyone else.

I've bought this bungalow, built 1960. A laminate floor laid in the hallway has distorted, the company say the floor is damp. A test with a hygrometer sealed to the floor measured 90% RH. The water meter (measures down to 0.1L) doesn't move when observed for over an hour. The bargeboards...

Bought this bungalow last year. Had a flooring contractor lay a new laminate floor in the hallway that has now started to distort. Called them back, they removed a plank and put a hygrometer sealed to the floor. It showed a max of 95% RH over 24 hours. Told me the floor would have to be ripped...

I've bought this house that was previously owned by a (deceased) builder. He built a new garage and converted the old one into an office and shed. I want to convert the ofice into a workshop. It is lined with plasterboard and I'm trying to get a strong fixing onto it. I've probed the...

I'm replacing an outside light on a bungalow. The existing flat twin & earth drops down from the soffit and is too short. I can't access the loft for various reasons to extend the cable from inside. All the outside junction boxes seem to be only suitable for round cable. Any suggestions? The box...

Thank you CBW, new TRV head from BES arrived today, fitted and working. Not cheap when you include postage charge, but worth it to avoid draining down, buying and fitting whole new TRV.

Thanks for that DP. I had looked on ebay, but I couldn't find a definitive replacement, perhaps I'll have to take a dive and trust to pot luck? I was hoping someone here was replacing a system, or had some rattling around in the back of their van?

I've bought this house which has a TRV head missing from one of the rads. I've removed a head from another rad and it works fine. The problem is, I can't source a new TRV head. I was hoping to avoid draining down and fitting a new valve. So if anyone has one, Danfoss 2000 series I believe, I'd...

Thanks ianmcd and hertsboilers. I found another thread here with the same Tribune HE pre-plumbed hot water tank as my daughter's. Next time I'm there I'll have a poke around with my meter to try and determine if one (or both) motorised valve actuators are faulty. It seems they're hpa2 actuators...