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Brand new BEKO dishwasher . Seems to be filing, washing , and draining fine , but the low salt sensor is constantly on and there's no water in the salt reservoir. We believe we've adjusted the water softener setting appropriately . I say we believe and appropriately because the instructions...

I do like the larch but the price

I did think about insulated plasterboard , but assume we'd need at least 50 mm of insulation which means we'd have to completely alter the built in ( to an alcove) wardrobe which runs along an internal wall to meet the really cold external wall in question. I'm going to have a look at the...

what, even 100 mm solid insulation boards with render over the top? Is that because the cavity will remain uninsulated?

I did wonder about external insulation on an uninsulated cavity wall. It's the appearance of trickle vents I dislike as much as the draught. While we were having the worst of the building work done we stayed in a short term rental for a week . It had trickle vents and even with them in the...

Thanks. Yes, we have the same feelings about CWI, although we're somewhat reassured that all the external walls are dry, pointing in good condition and nothing external breaching the DPC. In our last house we had the coloured render put over the top of horrible pebble dash that covered the...

We recently moved into a 70's 60 sq m 2 bed semi bungalow which has cavity walls. No insulation so we were considering CWI, however apparently we'd have to have trickle vents fitted to all windows, which we don't really want , however we would qualify for it to be done for nothing. We have had...

I still class myself as relatively fit, ie I do loads of DIY and can walk 5 or 6 miles on good day, just when my knee plays up standing up off anything lowish is impossible without something to use to pull up for the initial effort . Bearing in mind that the NHS make you wait 2-3 years after...

Cheers for the reply. We've ordered a Hansgrohe. Hopefully it'll be good.

fair enough. I used those as a child all over Europe. My mum had to hold me hands to stop me falling over. I couldn't use one now unless I collared someone to hold my hands or there were grab rails!

We're redoing the bathroom and looking for a round (or not totally square) thermostatic valve suitable for a combi system. 2 outlets for rainfall and hand held I have poor finger thumb grip so we've been looking for something that has a small thingy that sticks out about 10 mm or a bit of a...

that's all very good till you're stuck on the loo. You can always put your feet up on one of those little steppy stools,but TBH if you need to be in that position then you probably need to drink more and up the fibre !

might be a tad too high for children, but to be fair standard height at 400 high is pretty low. I have a touch of arthritis in one knee and when it's playing up I struggle to stand up. I have to use the basin to help. My parents have a raised toilet seat with a frame set at around 460 high and...

Thanks. So if someone wanted to use interior insulation they'd need an air gap etc ?

Is this a cavity wall under the tiles? We have a similar age home that has 2 "pillars" at each side of the house with windows set back between these pillars . We had a pebble dash inset from the ridge (gable of house is front facing ) down to above the living room window. It's now rendered ...