Recent content by bluelad

Hi, Last couple of days there's been a smell coming from the Bath & sink plugholes after water has been run through the pipes. The bathroom has a durgo valve fitted above cistern level and not completely concealed. When I lifted the drain cover outside there wasn't really a bad smell until I...

Many thanks for the replies. All helpful and better than I had thought of. Fella down the pub also suggested sticking a couple of angled brackets at the bottom of the cabinet to give extra support which won't be seen once tiled over.

Can anybody advise what fixing I should use for a kitchen wall unit on a dot and dab wall. It goes into solid block behind the dot n dab. Have searched everyehere but haven't come up with a conclusive answer. Thanks Gareth

Thanks for the replies. It was, in fact a plug in connection as you said. Rogue detector has now been removed and replaced. Cheers

Yes I know it not the right thing to do butI need to do this tonight. Our downstairs smoke alarm keeps going off as the heat sensor is broken. I need to disconnect this alarm just for now until I can get it fixed on Monday. It keeps going off sending us, the dogs and probably the neighbours...

Hi, I've recently reboxed kitchen pipes with Exterior grade ply. The kitchen was then replastered. I've noticed that where the plaster meets the boxing there are some mold spots. The plaster has now dried and obviously tghee won't be any more moisture getting to the ply. Will this have done...

Sorry, yep a bit vague Basically the PIR was fixed to cladding which boxes in pipes. The work is to remove that cladding and rebox the pipes and locatePIR in same place. Thanks

Thanks, The alarm switches off and clears ok at the panel. The problem is how to carry on the work around the PIR without the setting the alarm off and also the future reliabilityof the PIR Thanks

Hi The PIR in the kitchen has been attached to some very stylish 60's tongue and groove. When the kitchen fitter tried to remove the cladding the alarm went off. Obviously the alarm had not been set but disturbing the PIR seems to set it off. Can anyone tell me why this happens and how I...