Recent content by warpkid

Thanks guys. The tiler came over and did his thing and apparently all went well. I did raise my concerns but was assured that it would be OK. Guess I'll find out in a few days when I turn it on!

Hi Guys We are having a conservatory installed and are having some electric underfloor heating fitted. Yesterday the guys laid the cabling and poured over the self levelling compound. I have noticed that a number of the cables are not fully covered. Should this be a cause for concern? As I...

Hey Adam, yeah you could be right about the signs. No idea what they would have been but you're right that the fixings do look similar. I will try and get a pic from further away so you can see their position. Scaffolding could be the reason but my neighbours house, which is exactly the same...

Thanks for suggestions guys. They seem to be a inch or two deep. Cant tell if they go all the way through the brick. Haven't pocked anything in there yet! Could have been for baskets but their placement is sorta random. I suppose I'll never probably know!

Hi, I recently moved into a new build (well, 8 years old). Today whilst looking at one of the outside walls I noticed three small black plugs in the wall. They are not evenly spaced and seem to service no purpose. I removed one of the plugs and there is nothing but a hole in the brick. The...

Oh and regarding the seller, we asked him about after we had completed, so he could very well have ignored us. I do believe he had the whole lot replaced, but whoever did it missed a vital step out with the sealant.

Any idea how much that might cost? And when you say any trace of plasterboard I guess you mean the damaged plasterboard rather than all the plasterboard? Ta

Hi Ree Yep I agree that the skirting boards do have water damage. There is a slight stain in the kitchen ceiling below which is very very faint. We enquired about this with the seller and he said that there was an old leak with the shower which he had fixed by having the entire cubical...

Thank you, that's great. I think we will probably go the route of a new door as the current one feels a little weathered and has other issues aside from the leaking! I think I will have a go at the wall myself! I'll let you know how I get on. :-) Thanks again for your excellent advice and for...

I have stuck some more pictures up here https://goo.gl/photos/fsec2CgBqFTdD2d59 Hopefully you can get some more details. It seems that the vertical seal is OK. Water seem stop get in under the frame, where Im pointing. Same in the other corner. I think in the other corner the damage is not as...

Added a couple more pictures so you can see where the plumber tried to seal the shower (which failed sadly - water still bubbles under) Water seeps under the door frame in the corners and runs along a small channel where the only place it has to go is into the wall Ta

Thanks! That sound's doable. I think I might give it a go. Thanks again for your help and good advice. Much appreciated

Hi All Firstly I should say that I am a complete DIY novice and have a real fear of it. We just moved into a new house and have discovered that the shower unit is not watertight and water has been coming into contact with a plasterboard wall. It seems like this has been happening for a while...

Ill have a look at getting some pictures. I think removing the tiles may be the next step - they are pretty awful. Should a concrete flaw need to breath out of interest? Thanks for your, and everyone else's advice btw!

Hi, Sadly its not really practical for me to run a fan in there for anything length of time. I could perhaps do this for a couple of days but as a long term solution I don't see it. The exterior wall is free of any damp and the drains seem fine but yes, my gut instinct tells me that its...