Recent content by mcampster

There are actually 2 cone shaped seals supplied. I now have, rightly or wrongly, 1 above and 1 below the porcelain of the sink.

OK, I went away and redid it with a bit of plumbers mate and it seems to be OK. I actually had another leak at the actually overflow itself where the basin meats the overflow pipe. It seems to be OK now, but I'm intrigued to see if I can make it work with some of the other suggestions here so...

So you just put plumbers mate around the thread before tightening the nut?

I've attached a photo of my slotted waste. I just want to check I've got the order, and orientation correct: The basin itself would be between the black plastic 'washer?' and the soft, conical rubber seal. Is this what you would expect? The problem is, I am getting a leak from the overflow...

There will be time steps leading up. But the remaining vertical will be plastered and finished with a bannister rail.

We have just dug out our basement, with a split level where one area is 600mm above the other. We plan to put a glass balustrade up to partition the two areas apart. The 2 concrete slabs have been laid, and now the cavity membrane is on, but how will they pour the screed? Do I need to do some...

Those photos are after the needless have been removed. I guess he will pack it properly at some point , but should be not have done that already rather than leave it over Xmas like this?

Both the building inspector and my engineer seem to think my builder is competent and knows what he is talking about. This brickwork was the first thing that alerted me to the fact that maybe he wasn't. I'm only concerned about the end product - the brickwork will be covered up which is why...

I have no idea, but even to a novice it doesn't look great, hence why I put them up to see if that could be the problem. Do yo think this brickwork could cause the issues, or is it OK to have poor looking brickwork padded out with steel washers?

Surely the steel work is taking all the extra load, and not the older foundations? I'm hoping that my engineer has taken all this into account and doesn't turn out to be an issue. This is my gut feeling, but I'm worried that if I don't act now, if I do have problems later I won't have...

We've just had our ground floor opened up into 1 big room - 1 goal post steel formation on back wall, 1 picture frame formation on the middle wall and a large steel joining the two together. A considerable number of hairline cracks (30+) have started appearing on the floors above, and a...