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I'd appreciate advice/guidance on this matter... Recently had an old, uneven concrete floor repaired with a water-based fibre levelling compound. The idea being to leave the floor ready for a floor installer to do fine levelling and lay vinyl covering. The floor now looks great and feels solid...

Would appreciate advice on filling a few holes in an external wooden door. I wish to keep an old external porch door (glazed) going for another year or so until a new porch is constructed which will require a new door. The old door has a few areas of wet rot which I intend to dig/rout out then...

Sadly, wrong side of Kent for me (perfect for the Mother-in-law though. I shall bear this in mind if ever she wants a LVT/vinyl floor). Understood. An increase in depth up to 10 -12mm would be OK. If necessary, I'd remove high spots first to reduce building up. One final question if I may: Is...

Thanks for the info. Can you give me a rough idea of the total thickness of this combined screed>DPM>screed? Parts of the existing floor are not stable so I think it will at least involve digging up some of the floor and re-screeding. I may go against my usual M.O. and not have a...

I'd really appreciate advice/guidance on a flooring issue I have... New vinyl flooring is to be laid on the kitchen floor (either sheet or LVT, still to be decided). Problem is, the sub floor isn't good enough. The current surface is quarry tiles > concrete > hardcore > earth without any DPC...

I've checked the inspection chamber depth and it's just under 1.2m to the base. Not sure what you mean by 'frame for the cover'. The removable circular plastic cover is a Hunter DS062: https://www.hunterplastics.co.uk/products/underground/inspection-chambers/ It's well secured by three...

The inside wall of the vertical chamber/tube is smooth but, from your response, I take it that the outside wall of the vertical chamber (the surface I can't see) has some fixing points or something to engage with the surrounding concrete? Otherwise, it's just a smooth plastic tube encased in...

Unsure if this question is on the correct forum but would appreciate advice/guidance on this matter. As part of recent building work, a 450mm inspection chamber has been fitted beneath my driveway - I'd estimate around 1.2 to 1.5m deep. The chamber cover is a plastic Hunter DS062. The problem I...

Would appreciate advise on fixing blinds into a window reveal in a recently built extension... I'd like to fix a blind (roller or Venetian) into a window reveal but am unsure as to where to attach fixing brackets. To maximise the usable internal window cill area - even with the blind down - I...

Bit late for me, but out of interest, what is the best method/technique for laying radiator feed & supply pipes beneath a concrete screeded floor? Indeed, is there a 'best' method?

This is a new boiler to me and I haven't got familiar with it yet but, referring to the ATAG manual, I've managed to isolate the boiler from pipework & radiators after topping up/re-pressurising the system with water. There's a crude gauge on the boiler plus the boiler has it's own water...

Good point. Yes, only the supply pipe is valved. Seems to rule out leakage from the hot water tanks coils as I've not noticed any other effects. I believe it is connected. It's an ATAG system boiler, iS24, and that's what the ATAG Instal. & Service instruction diagram indicates, as I...

Would appreciate some guidance/advice to see if I'm on the right track... I'm trying to rule out all possible causes of my central heating system (system boiler incorporating circ. pump & expansion vessel) losing water pressure. These are my thoughts (and observations) so far. Am I missing any...

Onto the neighbour's rear garden lawn. Interesting, I didn't know that. I never got to speak to the BCO during his several visits to site. He spoke with the builders who informed me that the BCO directed them to maintain the neighbour's link to the soakaway on my land. Whilst I thought that...

Unfortunately, it will happen. I'm trying to preempt any problems as, having read up about shared soakaways, I understand it's a legally awkward area which would require some time to sort. I could cross my fingers, stroke my lucky rabbits foot etc but I really want to start giving the issue...

Is fanboy still watching this thread? I wonder if the cable suggestion fixed the problem? I'd be interested to know. I'm wondering if this 'noise' is due to loose connections or coming from the PC itself (not uncommon). Best try Lucid's approach first, as it's a cheap fix, but if you still...

I'd appreciate guidance or opinions on this (potential) problem... When we had building work carried out on our property recently, we were surprised to discover that one neighbouring property shared a rainwater soakaway with us. This shared soakaway was in the rear garden of our property and...

I guess your heating pipes were then covered with a substantial concrete screed? Has that given any problems so far? Our central heating pipework was clipped directly to the topside of the beam & block flooring leaving a very small air gap (maybe 5mm?) between pipe and b&b floor. All this...

Yes, the plumber employed was/is a member of CIPHE. Yes, all work carried out under bldg. regs.

Whilst I haven't looked into it thoroughly (so I could be wrong), figures I've seen suggest the max floor temperature even for carpet and ceramic tiles is around 35C. I suspect no floor covering would be happy with 47C beneath it. From your reply, I'm guessing that plumbers wouldn't normally...