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Great thanks gcol.

It looks like foundations to me but then I know not a lot. There are two bits of concrete (with a bit of a red colour to them) separated by a row of brickes in the middle, the left bit of concrete is really uneven and has a layer of grey concrete over it. This was under the screed when I broke...

I am just about to start doing my kitchen but have a bit of a problem with the floor which I plan to tile. The kitchen has a little coal shed on the end of it that was extended into before I moved in. Everythings fine in it apart from the floor of it which had shifted so much that the concrete...

Sounds like DNS servers playing up. Contact your ISP and see if there are any problems related to their default DNS servers and ask them for alternatives (a DNS server translates the address you type into the address bar into the URL 123.123.123.3 etc and then goes and finds the page).

A plumber friend of mine said that a water spray bottle with washing up liquid is the best thing to use. Put the sealant on the area, spray the soapy water on it al (light spray) and rub, no need to wet finger as the soap stops the mastic from sticking to your hand, it also stops it fro...

Thanks a lot, bad news about being dead flat :o I plastered the wall myself....doh! New I should've got the pros out!

I'm going to be tiling my bathroom this weekend with brick tiles. I have normal spacers but am planning to tile in a brick formation. Does anyone have any tips for this at all?

Ok, sorry ;) I thought less threads would be better than more :) So any ideas on this yet? I changed the S-Trap under the sink which helped a lot but the smell from the drains is still there.

I have the same problem as above - I don't see this as hi-jacking as the thread died last year. (Lynda, moderator, that is why it IS hi-jacking) The problem is of sewer smells in downstairs kitchen, when upstairs toilet is used My problem is identical to the first post, my bathroom is...

Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated.

Ok thanks, so do I need something like this. It's advertised as a Belfast sink waste:

Hi, A friend recently gave me an old Belfast sink, similar to, but a bit larger than this one: I've been looking for waste and plugs for it but can't see how any that I've seen will work because of the overflow outlet in the hole at the bottom. I would ideally like a basket strainer...

:p I'm not sure they asked you to explain yourself in such detail! Anyway, that sounds terrible. Wouldn't you make more money renting to a private tenant anyway?

So what I have should be k then? 2-3 bar plus possibly up to 1 bar or will the hot water be much lower than 1 bar?

Hi there, I am looking aroud for bath taps and have found some that state this on their website: "For optimum performance this range requires a high pressure water supply (1.0 bar)" How do I test this, the cold tap comes from the mains and the hot tap comes from an immersion heater/back...