Recent content by battenburg

Do you mean, to break out the entire asbestos pipe from within the concrete? I would be nice to get rid, but there is newish flooring and kitchen units in the room so I feel like that would need to be a future project. Sounds like on point two, that might be the thing that requires approval in...

This is the pipe outfall. The rainwater gully will be repaired/replaced so either way that has to be carefully taken out. The stub of the asbestos pipe is a little bit shorter now because the company that tested it took a small piece from the end. Could a sleeve go inside to make sure that water...

Its a good question and after posting I was mulling this over. Not least that once I've factored in the plumber and the possible cost of the Building Control notice, it would up the price of the overall work quite a bit (there is some other drainage maintenance as well, but the quote for that is...

I have a Victorian terrace which has a combined drainage system. The soil pipe connects below ground to the rainwater gully and then this runs to the lateral drain across the back of the gardens that serves all the houses. Tacked onto the back of the house is a utility room and an old, disused...

Can you be specific on which bits? I can already see that water is getting to the battens - do you mean that or under the lead (or both?!). It is, as far as I understand. I possibly should have checked sooner, but they were working on some other areas. So I’ve only got out on a stepladder for...

I have a Honeywell CM907 wireless thermostat. The screen has gone (seems fairly common!) and whilst it still functions in terms of whatever timer settings I've already got set, if I try and adjust anything its just not having it...

So I’ve just gone and tried it again, this time switching it off on the boiler itself first (rather than at the fuse switch, which is what had happened before) and then turning back on in order. No fault! Have left it on just manual heating for a bit whilst I pop out and fingers crossed it fine...

I've got a Vaillant Ecotec Pro 28 boiler. I think its from 2007, but has been serviced every year since I've been at this house and get the impression from the engineer that services it that its doing ok. There have been a few replacement parts over that time, including the PCB board under a...

Bumping this back to the top for some advice. The tiles do have asbestos - a professional will be taking these up and then using a pva solution followed by Idenden ET10 or similar. I know it could be a DIY job, but I get quite anxious about this kind of stuff and would really rather just get a...

Here is the floor in question. Vinyl tiles were tested yesterday so will await those results. The area that isn’t covered by ceramic tiles is probably only about 1m2, possibly less.

I think in future it would make sense to abandon the pipe, in which case this seems a good approach. At the moment though it is staying in-situ as it would be complex to sort the drainage outside. So I’m aiming to keep it safe whilst it is still in use and the kitchen units are moved a bit.

There is a very similar question to this on the forum from a few years ago, but posting again as my circumstances are slightly different and not sure if there might have been a change to the regulations in that time. I have a lean-to, single storey utility room at the back of a Victorian house...

This wastewater pipe from a sink and washing machine are plastic, but then seem to drop into another pipe which then runs embedded in a concrete floor before outflowing into a grate outside. The outside end of the pipe has been tested and is asbestos, so I am assuming that the whole length of...

Yes, correct. All the visible floor is ceramic and a couple are a bit wobbly - potential damp coming up through. The surveyor lifted one of these up but seemingly it was just adhesive, which was tested. Under the cabinets though it looks like the ceramic tiles have been laid over vinyl. Nothing...

I have a lean-to utility room (extension to Victorian terrace, but has actually been there for a long long time) is being refurbished. There are ceramic tiles over a concrete floor. I had an asbestos refurbishment survey done which lifted one of the ceramic tiles and found black adhesive but...