Recent content by Meanmotion

Okay, I'll give up and call 'em in. Cheers.

Hi all, Was wondering if someone could advise on the best course of action for the below. The boiler started failing to switch off as central heating temperature rose, causing it to trip the overheat switch and shut off completely (no pilot light or anything). To remedy this I swapped the...

Confusion was about whether to bother doing anything as the first replies suggested leaving it be while you've said to get it sorted. Think I will have another dig, see if I can get to the outside of the crack. Then might try a similar solution to John as I really don't want to be just...

Thanks for the further thoughts guys, although now I'm confused. :P That's exactly why those flags have been placed there - I did it myself a couple of months ago. There was a concrete path before but it was so cracked and uneven that it was useless at draining water away and, as you point...

OK, thanks for the thoughts. Leave it be it is.

Hi all, My bathroom appliances - aside from toilet - run to an outside clay drain as pictured. The main downpipe section, which is about 18inches long/deep, is cracked from about half way up, with some of the cracks sitting below the resting water line. I've tried to inspect around the pipe...

Sorry for the confusion. I was basically trying to work out if there is an underlying problem that is causing the exterior dampness and poor state of the brickwork, such as a lack of ventilation. Or if it's just down to the path not keeping water away. It sounds like there probably isn't and...

Yeah, taking the drains down to ground level was part of the plan for when redoing the path. Probably won't be combining them but will investigate further once the path is up. Sounds like the easiest thing to do might be to remove one of the bricks and check the condition of the cavity...

Thanks for the suggestions. The kitchen floor is actually solid, which thinking about it probably explains the lack of air bricks - the one air brick on the right is below the suspended bathroom floor. Not sure about the water seal but it's certainly not something I've applied. There's...

There's no damp indoors as such. There's a damp smell in the kitchen and the kitchen units were fairly mouldy (along with most of the house) when I moved in but since cleaning these up and fixing the central heating there has been no issue with damp indoors (that's visible). Instead it's...

Hi all, So I've got an issue with the north-facing back wall of my house generally being rather damp and not in a great state. There are several blown bricks, holes in the mortar and a lot of mouldy looking grime along the bottom three layers of bricks. There seems to be a couple of...