Recent content by bobturnip

Our kitchen drain has blocked and overflowed. I have spent a full day rooting around outside trying to get a rod into the drain chamber, without any success at finding the hole - only to realise that there's a loose plastic inner sleeve inside - a kind of pipe section fitted snugly inside the...

Thank you for your helpful replies. Been away for awhile so only just read your recent post. Whilst we were away it has rained a lot, and the damp patch is wetter and bigger. So it's almost certainly rain penetrating somehow, rather than internal plumbing. I will look at removing a section of...

Thanks Ken I really appreciate your input. The pipework seems okay on the outside, but I will have a check for any leak on the section that runs through the wall itself. (btw to answer an earlier question - we do have retrofitted cavity insulation). As for the lintel membrane - what would you...

Hi, yes I’ve checked the pipe work and hopper on the right of the door. It doesn’t appear to be leaking or overflowing.

Hi Ken, thanks for your response. I’m attaching some photos. Inside, I’ve marked the damp patch out with green marker. The wall above the door and window are often black with mildew. You can see where I tried 3 exploratory drill holes. They all hit what I think is Breeze block. Outside, you can...

Some advice please. We live in a standard UK 1960’s semi, which originally had a front door through to a porch with an inner front door. But at some point this “porch space” has been incorporated into the hallway, with just one front door on the outer wall of the house. Inside, above this front...

Thanks again for your help. Yes the wires were connected to two separate bulb holders within the one light fitting. Two cables- one twin & earth, and the other without a visible earth cable. The one earth was connected to the metal of the light fitting. Access to ceiling space is difficult...

Thanks for your help. The loft above is boarded with tongue and groove boards. The board above the fitting has loft ladders and some pipe work attached. So it would be difficult access, but it could be done if absolutely necessary. (I tried carefully rooting around in the hole in the ceiling...

Some help needed please ! I have removed an old light fitting at the top of our stairs (obviously isolating power from the fuse box first). The light is controlled by a switch upstairs and a switch at the bottom of the stairs. The old fitting had no rose, just a brass base plate with 2...

I went to remove my skirting boards yesterday in preparation for lamintae flooring. What I found was that the hardboard floor boards have been fitted in front of the skirting (ie the boards don't go under the skirting, instead underneath of the boards are level with the bottom of the...