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Repost as I didn’t get any replies last time. Hopefully someone has some ideas. I had cork tiles over floorboards installed by a builder 5 years ago. I know this isn’t the right method and they should have been laid on ply but they have lasted fine and only needed to come up to fix a leak...

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I had cork tiles over floorboards installed by a builder 5 years ago. I know this isn’t right and should have been laid on ply but they lasted fine and only needed to come up to fix a leak recently. I want to lay replacement cork tiles so they are level with existing flooring. Does anyone have...

Thanks for responses all. I think I need to go and get caps for the filling loop and then I’ll have a go at disconnecting it.

Hi all I have an ageing potterton boiler and have some odd pressure behaviour after bleeding rads and refilling it - i overfilled it when I refilled it and had to bleed some pressure off through a rad. Since then, the pressure has been slowly creeping back up, leading me to bleed more off twice...

That is exactly what it is like. It is sitting at a shallow depth under a tarmac driveway so is very well contained. It does seem looser at the front of the flank wall than at the rear, but I suspect it was disturbed when the gas pipe was run nearby and so is a bit more crumbly in this area. It...

Thank you very much for you thoughts. I guess in this situation I need to seek a second engineers opinion.

Thanks very much for your responses. They have calculated the increase in soil bearing pressure - they say it is 28%! I’m not sure why it is so much given there is already a roof on the top of the house. But I guess the flank wall needs to take more load than the back and front because of...

Hi there, Longtime lurker could do with some opinions. I have a 1930s semi on a sloping site which has brick corbel foundations which are shallow. There is no current subsidence but after trial holes were dug, SE has recommended underpinning prior to loft extension. I am reluctant -...