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Here is the drayton combistat

Hello please can any one help? I have a Drayton RTS8? Combi-stat , the current wiring is: red to 'L' connection Blue(with small little red sleeve at the end) to 3 connection The earth is also connected. I want to swap it to a digital Honeywell DT90E The DT90E has A B C...

Yes, unfortunately, it does seem that way - I am going to get someone out to have a proper look at what needs to be done. Thanks for coming back!

Ok what if I rip up the whole floor? Now can anyone help - is my idea sound? to lay down thick polythene and then pour in sloppy cement up to a third of the way up of the waste pipe?? This would mean any future problems with the waste pipe could be dealt with as the pipe could just be lifted...

Anybody more experienced in this who can point me on the right track? Another idea I had was to simply pour in cement up to 3 inches higher than the base polythene sheet into the gap? That would only go about an inch up the side of the waste pipe. Can someone can help with an idea that...

"Rock and a hard place", I agree! I have managed to get my hand into the damp in the soil at the bottom and there are no sewage type smells, just earthy. It is really just the soil smell. The pipe itself from the amount I have been able to touch is as dry as a bone. We don't notice any smell...

It could well be ':shock:' - thanks for pointing that out!! That means I wont be concreting it over then, that was my preferred option too! To replace it is more trouble than I want to go to though at the moment - it was a hell of job even taking the photos hanging my little camera through a...

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding a soil pipe going underneath my bathroom from the loo to outside. There has been a damp musty smell in the house when it rains, and I have I think located the problem to wet soil under the bathroom floor. A few years ago the bathroom was...

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding a soil pipe going underneath my bathroom from the loo to outside. There has been a damp musty smell in the house when it rains, and I have I think located the problem to wet soil under the bathroom floor. A few years ago the bathroom was...

This is the damp area where concrete has been removed.