Recent content by Mike Cowley

Ill try that tomorrow thank you, on my system it branches off into 2, 1 has 3 rads on and the other has 4, now when i isolated the 3 working rads and turned the heating back on, the first rad on the none working ones sounded like it was bubbling away inside, i was convinced i was gonna get a...

I recently removed 2 radiators from the diningroom whilst it got it plastered, now since the colder weather arrived when we put the radiators on only 3 of them work for about 5 mins then they cut off and the egg timer flashes as shown in the pic. Today i put the radiators back in and hoped they...

Block on its side, sorry. Thanks delusional, I'll look into that, any suggestions in the best way to do it.

Hi, im toying with the idea of building a breeze block shed on a garage plot i have. Problem is the ground isn't exactly level, its about 2 inch out either way. It's 18ft x 9. It was suggested that the best way to do it would be block on its size, could anyone think of a different way to save on...

Thank you.

That makes sense, thanks for your time and advice.

Hi iv recently knocked my kitchen through to my dining room. I had a structural engineer in to do the calculations and provide steel size, padstone size etc. It was done around 4 weeks ago but iv just noticed a hairline crack down the side and across the bottom, on one side. I just wondered if...

how do I stop it from condensating? I cant i cant put a new window in or plaster board over that if its going to keep condensating

I'm not to sure yet mate tbh. I'd like tile but with the kids running in and out I'm a bit concerned about it being slippy, like I say tho I'm not sure what to do yet

And then self level over the liquid DPM?

Sorry I thought I'd inserted pics and ye I'm pretty sure it condensation because it's still wet even on a dry day, when it's cold out.

Sorry, iv just attached it ‍♂

Hi, iv recently knocked my kitchen through to my dining room leaving a gap in the floor that will need filling in. My problem is, I don't know if I need any damp proofing and wondered if anyone could help. Is self levelling compound damp proof? Iv attached a pic so you get where I'm coming from...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is in the right place but, i stripped my kitchen/dinning room back to brick when we moved in and the linel condensates to the point were its dripping down the window. There was foam behind the lintel/under the cavity tray(if that's what it's called) but it's all fell to...

hi, I have a vent axia pureair, installed in the loft. We bought a 1970s house 18 month ago that has really old double glazed windows which have no trickle vents. All the windows used to condensate BAD over night, to the point there would be puddles on the windows sill. After installing the piv...