Recent content by thebeetleuk

Hi All, Building a 1m high retaining wall and I'm having a few issues. I'm tanking the back of the wall with a bitumen sealer and for additional waterproofing I'm putting a DPM (e.g. http://www.diy.com/departments/ndc-blue-damp-proof-membrane-1000/35630_BQ.prd) behind that. My issue is how to...

Thanks for the reply. I suspected as much in terms of the width. I think I was hoping to get away with less materials. One thing to check is the depth. is 600mm sufficient? I take your point about the staining. I plan on running drainage at the back of the wall which leads to a drain at...

Hi All, Looking for some help in building a retaining wall. I'm OK with everything apart from the size of the actual wall. I'm especially thinking about the height and thickness and materials to be used. I have some blocks already which I'm hoping will do the job but I'm more and more unsure...

thoughts anyone?

right, back again for another day. Has the heating man round and he suggested replacing the pump to see if that was th problem. And guss what.... it wasn't. So no hot water is coming out of the boiler at all and he guy said the boiler is beyone repair. He is guessing the heat exchanger is...

I think thats right. we have a main heating control with timer which controls when the boiler is on. Then an additional control on the boiler itself which I thought controlled the heating temperature. This can be set from 1 to 7 and off. I am however confused on how the boiler heats the...

Not that I can see. I just took a long look and can only see the three pipes as mentioned before. Unless the pipes are entering the boiler from underneeth then its only 2 water pipes. I don notice however that where the pump is I can see 2 22mm copper pipes which are the ones going to the...

yip all looks ok. the cap is loose.

not sure what it is. I assumed it was either as you say or a pressure release valve or acts as both? I've tried removing the small black cap altogether but couldnt hear anything coming out. I did read on another post however that this will allow air out automatically when it gets stuck. I've...

some pics of the boiler: (all the pics need to be turned round 90d lockwise. computer is acting up now. dont think its going to be my night.)