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It’s condensation by the looks of it. I went in the garage tonight, left the door open, and at first the floor was dry. Ten minutes later there was a damp patch at the front like in the photo. What I can’t get my head around is the fact we’ve never had this problem in any of the garages in...

I’ll give this a try. Appreciate the suggestion. Cheers.

Would a floor sealant/coating likely stop the condensation problem?

Had it again this morning. I’m beginning to think it could be condensation. It hasn’t rained for the last few days. The photo below is from when I first opened the garage door and about 45 minutes earlier it had spread more - in particular near the front of the garage. I’ve never had this...

I’m not sure if it’s condensation, although I guess it could be. I just thought it strange that the damp bits effectively spread to cover more floor space.

Hello all, Wondered if I could get some opinions on the way that damp seems to spread on my garage floor. I went out to the garage this morning for a run on my treadmill and when I first went in the floor was completely dry. As it was raining outside my trainers were a bit wet so I brought a...

Thanks John. Did the job myself so getting the extra pair of hands next time will be the thing to do. cheers

I want to try and figure out where I went wrong if possible. I drilled one of the left holes first, put a plug and screw in and tightened it up. Then checked it was level and marked one of the holes on the right hand side. Checked it was level again. Then drilled one right hand hole, put a...

Thanks for the replies. I’ll check tonight on how much it’s out. My guess is it’s about a centimetre. It’s only myself that’s bothered about it. The mrs said it’s fine and leave it as it is :)

Hello all, I put up a towel rail at the weekend and whilst everything seemed straight and level according to the spirit level, alas when it was all screwed in and attached to the wall the right side has ended up a bit lower than the left. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to...

Great. Many thanks.

Hi all We need to replace a rotted fence post in the garden and I was just wondering if I could get some advice on the length of post to get. I found that fence posts seem to come in two sizes - 270cm and 300cm. The existing post is 180cm in length above ground - so I'm guessing the 270cm one...

I bought a basin wrench from Screwfix. Just the job. Tightened it up and no more leaks. Another one of those jobs where it’s easy if you’ve got the right kit. https://www.screwfix.com/p/basin-wrench-11/14631

Got some of those washers today and fitted one tonight. Unfortunately it still leaks just the same. I don’t think it’s the length of the tail at fault as there’s plenty to screw into. Could it be that I’m not tightening the nut enough? I can only do it hand tight as it’s impossible to get...

Thanks - much appreciated. We’ll pick some of these up from Screwfix tomorrow and get one fitted.

We replaced the flush valve in one of our toilets today. Everything went ok until we put the water back on. When we put it back on water began to leak quite quickly from underneath the isolation valve nut (as indicated in the photo below). So we isolated the water again. We tightened the...

Cheers. I'll give a heating engineer a call on Monday to get the problem looked at. Will report back!

Hi all For the last few days our Ideal Icos HE15 boiler has been firing up even when both the hot water and and heating are in the off position on Drayton programmer. The boiler keeps firing up every 3 minutes. It stays on for a couple of minutes and then goes off again. This cycle continues...

Hi all. Looking for advice on repairing some scratches in the top of our wooden garden table. I've put a couple of photos below. The scratches don't seem too deep but I think they'll need more than a light sand to get them out. Is there any hope for repairing scratches like this? I was...

Thanks. It's a weird one as it doesn't seem to affect all channels - for instance BBC One appears to be affected quite badly and shows no signal frequently, whereas other channels work absolutely fine.