Recent content by skt1977

So, I got my house back from my tenant and I find the garden drain chamber is always filled with water and I do not remember it having been this way...Emptied it with a small cup..cleared quite a bit of muck from the chamber bottom but I am not sure if I have achieved anything so far...It is...

This property is in Bangalore, India. I am looking at a bath tub in a 2nd floor flat in a multistorey building where the tenants have moved out recently after a 3 year long stay. They say they have not been using this bath and have been using the alternate shower room. That may also explain...

I recently bought this flat and moved in. I found the bath tap is not working i.e. the overhead shower faucet works but the tap is dead. I am not sure what part here needs replacement, I suspect the knob needs to be pushed down and probably rotated for the tap to work but it just does not...

Hi, I have this situation in the drive way and the water stays on for hours after the medium tio heavy rain. I got no support from council as they put it on the builders and the builders can't be traced. The exact location is such that it impacts only my access to my car parked in my dedicated...

I think, Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing how reliable a pro is unless they are tried, unless someone knows better. In this instance, I do not have recommendations for this guy and he is a random pick from the local newspaper. Another point, The boiler is running fine despite no...

This 3 bed house was built 15 years back and has the conventional cold water tank and a feed tank in the loft and hot water cyllinder in the box room cupboard. It is an IDEAL CLASSIC boiler. I bought this house 5 years back. For as far back as I remember ( at least last 2 winters ), the...

Hi, Can you advise if your problem was resolved ? I am facing exactly the same problem. I managed to get the screws in at an angle of 45 degrees but have not managed to cut the nails and am a bit apprehensive.

Well, Taking some cue from an old post here //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=102422 I have started exploration on the lines of Partition Wall base plate / chipboard / Nail - squeak theory. Yesterday, I got the skirting out but I am finding it hard to conclude what has been...

Are you still around, did you manage to get the floorboards fixed with this approach then ? I know it is an old thread still I am in seemingly a similar situation.. , Please help.

For the last 4 years, ever since I bought this house, this noisy floor has been bothering me. and it has progressively become worse over this period. The sound is centered around the partition wall. When someone walks on that side, close to the wall, I can hear thundering sounds in the bedroom...

The timing of this observation coincides with the wet weather for the last few days and hence the double scare. Condensation - > How to resolve that ? Ventilation could be improved by opening the window ? Do I need to keep the bathroom cold / warm ? This is directly above bathtub...

Hi, I am possibly looking at something scary and am very disturbed. Yesterday morning I noticed, a few small black dots on the bathroom ceiling in the extreme corner. This is the on the side that faces the outside garden. Today morning I noticed a small scanty black patch in addition to the...