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Oldbuffer- that is a comprehensive and very helpful response thank you. It's a steel pipe and it is becoming apparent that to get to it and reroute avoiding other pipes and having to notch joists (which we really do not want to have to explore) is going to be extremely challenging. We are now...

Thank you for this, very helpful. Its a gas supply pipe. I don't think it's copper! But will be investigating further today.

Hi Hugh. Thanks for this. So it definitely can't just be cut and new joins inserted where needed to make good? It's going back the other way into an external wall and down to the mains so that will be very problematic I think! Havnt looked where the next joint is the other way but through...

Hello all, just after some advice before making contact with a gas safe engineer. This gas pipe (thick dusty one) is directly in the way of where I need a shower waste to go in an upstairs bathroom. You can just about make out the turn in the second pic and waste trap circle marked in black. I...

Just seeing if anyone has any further thoughts on this? Cheers

I will be using fibreboard underlay which doesn't have any moisture barrier built in. Yes have airflow. The floorboards do seem slightly indifferent in places like warped and discoloured but dry

Thanks. I didn't really think of the liquid option but either way I am unsure of the rest of the room. Is it worth it? I already have the roll which won't be going back as I've already cut a section for elsewhere. Just worried about condensation.

Hi all. I am laying some laminate flooring on to a suspended wooden ground floor living room which has a small concrete/ screeded area attached to the end of one side of the room. I've brought a vapour barrier sheet for this but wanted to know whether I should cover the entire room. My floor is...

Thanks Wayners I will see if I can get my hands on one. The floor is a bit cold but not damp.

Hi dazlight. There's vents at front and side. Sides were slightly blocked when I looked earlier but only with insulation. I stuck a pole through to clear what I could. One of the sides was blocked up with cement! Cleared that now.it may have been that but the white stains are coming off very...

Hi all just after a bit of advice please. As pics show some white mould spots in patches in my living room suspended floor. The floor is double boarded with tongue and groove on top and standard floorboards underneath that. No visible dampness or major smell. The previous laminates were down for...

Thanks. You are absolutely right. I'll need some specialist advice on this one

Thanks Woody. The only other waste pipe would be from the wc which is on the opposite side of the room.

Hi All. We would like to refit a downstairs shower room to a wetroom. The old shower tray is over 100mm high from memory. The waste is just over the DPC from the pic. Is there any way a new waste pipe system can be set lower to allow for a wetroom or even a lower shower tray to be fitted without...

Cheers 23vc.