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Thanks very much. Will have to get to a garden centre and buy something. Soul destroying when they grow so well for a few years and then three go in one hit. ☹️

Thanks for reply. Anything we can spray on them?

Surely cat pi55 couldn’t kill the whole tree/s? I do have 2 cats unfortunately, wife’s idea

Afternoon all, Not sure if anyone can share any advice. Planted this hedge about 4years ago and all had been ok until this year. Pictures below. Is something laying something on the buds or is it drought? Have watered it all a few times this summer as it has been dry, although I didn’t...

Hi, I used Hardibacker and then used a stopbead to plaster to. Then I have a nice clean edge to tile to and put the trim against. You have to make sure that you get it 100% level before you plaster though so that the tiling is all level. And the hardiebacker sucks like you wouldn't believe...

Many thanks for the replies chaps. Thought I might have to do a strap on boss. Hopefully I can get enough access, otherwise I might have to convert down to 40mm just before the stack and use a flat bottomed reducer.

Afternoon all, Just wondering what type of fitting this is? It's 40mm pipe going into it. Seems to be a bit of play when I wiggle it so thinking it's push fit. I'm currently doing the bathroom up and wanting to run 50mm waste due to the length of run. Can't pull it out to check yet as the...

Thanks for the reply. Yes, that was my thoughts. I think whoever did the bathroom and pump years ago decided it was easier to run the one pipe. My decision now is whether to use that connection solely as the pump feed for the shower and run a new pipe for the taps, or run the taps and shower...

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Afternoon all, Currently have a shower pump (salamander) that is located a fair distance from the hot water cylinder. The pump is at the front of the house in the kid's playroom (downstairs) at ceiling height and the hot water cylinder is at the back of the house in an upstairs bedroom. The...

Ok will tell my mum to try a fan and see how it goes over the next couple of weeks. The next job is repatching the damage once it's dried out. Oh the joys! :D Thanks again Ken.

Hi ken, Thanks for the reply. Yes, those pipes feed the radiator that you can see in the living room pic. I did cut away the plasterboard by the pipes but they don't appear to be leaking. Also the pipes come from the roof above so they don't run in the floor. I think I'll see how the...

Thanks for the replies. The bedroom pic is inside a cupboard so that's just a clothes rack not a drier. You can maybe see the floor is also soaking wet so it's not condensation. With regard to the lead in the first pic you may well be correct but I'm not there at the moment to see. In the...

Pics in reverse order to what I said. Posting on iPhone!

Afternoon all, Popped round to my mum and dad's place yesterday, appears that was a mistake! I get the "oh I'm glad you're here"... They have damp appearing on the same exterior wall in the front room and bedroom (bungalow). First pic is the patch in the living room. Second pic is the...