Recent content by doobstoo

Thanks very much. I shall use both.

Good luck with it.

Gents, thanks for the replies. You can appreciate my confusion. Either side of the step is a continuous render all the way to the ground. I could put a bell caster thing in but it'd look odd as it'll only be the width of the step. Is the water proofing you mention applied to the wall...

Would a folding shower screen help (sorry I can't see the pictures)? I've got a 4 section one that folds up quite small and flush to the wall so that I can get out of the tap end of the bath.

Sorry about this post, I know it's been covered on here a few times because I've searched, but yet to find an answer. I have to bridge the DPC where I took out a step. The step was concrete and provided access from the French windows to the patio a few feet below. The step cracked quite badly...

Thanks for the advice guys, I didn't realise modern windows had vents in. I'll temporarily block the vents and see how we go. A bathroom fan is purchased but not yet fitted, I'll have to get on with it!

I was wondering if I could pester you good people for some advice. My house (1932 semi in Essex) has, in every room, vents built into the walls. These look a little like airbricks from the outside but are high up in the walls. On the inside they are a metal grid buried into the plaster...

http://www.soundservice.co.uk/enclosure_kits.html ...or a home made version. Personally I'd put something in for airflow too.

Thanks for the replies. I'd heard about the steam issue, on of the reasons I thought it'd be better upstairs. Does the 2.1m rule not apply then?

Hello. I'm in the process of getting quotes for a new boiler and one of the plumbers mentioned that he couldn't install a horizontal flu as the wall the boiler is to be mounted to is on the boundary of the property. The current boiler has this arrangement though. I spoke to another...