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Its actually not concrete, its simply bricks that and some infill or so.

Hi All Building control are suggesting the proposed cavity wall be part retaining wall.Does this mean that this cant be a standard 100mm skin Class 2 engineering brick build.I was wondering if a block construction would work, the difference in levels is 600mm. BC are concerned that if the...

Hi All. I have a S plan system where the boiler serves underfloor heating, cylinder and radiators. For some time now, we have had this loud noise when the hot water 2 port zone valve stops, i.e when the stat tells it to stop, we have a loud clambering noise that always wakes us up, and my next...

Hi All. Thinking of installing LVT in a bathroom, I have screwed down 9mm ply on the floorboard. Now it needs to be levelled using a feather finish or perhaps similar product (apart from ardex feather finish, are there any other products one can use ?) I was not sure what one can do about the...

Hi All. I have just installed 9mm plywood on floorboard ahead of the installation of LVT glue down. from my reasearch, I understand one needs a feather finish to level the floor and the joints. Here is my question, does it have to be a product like ardex feather finish or a levelling compound ...

Thanks, I noticed that also but decided to take the picture as I had it setup, rather then turn it off and then take the picture. I turned it off yesterday and it still happened this morning.

Hi Everyone, I have noticed that anytime our hot water schedule stops we get this horrible noise from the cylinder/pipework. It vibrates so badly, not sure what could be causing it. However it started since I got our gas engineer to service the cylinder earlier this year. It took us some time...

lets assume 2 stats, stat A controls lower ground floor + first floor and stat B controls 3rd floor and loft floor. what floor/where would you place the stats ?

Would the 2 zones work independently?

Hi, I have got a victorian townhouse with 4 floors (basement, first floor, second floor and loft floor). The house is being completely refurbished and I was wondering what to do about thermostats and heating control. The house is going to have external wall insulation being an end of terrace...

Hi Everyone, I would like to achieve part E sound insulation qualities on a 4 floor victorian town house, joists are 200mm thick. A number of stud walls in between rooms, and in between floors. I have been reading up on a few things, and got even more confused. I have come across resilient bars...

Wow, thank you for the detailed explanation. Really appreciated, at this point the requirement is freesat only, no need for sky for now. Would you say that Octo LNB and just forget about it, I was going to look at freeview however for this to work, the antenna will have to be at a very high...

Hello Everyone. I would like to ask about a setup where I would like to have a single sky dish supply 6 Tv's, there is no plan for immediate sky subscription but the system should allow for it, if that is required. The way I would do this is to run a cable from each Tv point to where the dish...

As much space as it takes to achieve Part E sound insulation.

Hi everyone, I'm currently working on a small project, although we don't need to meet Part E of the building regulations for sound insulation, I'd like to achieve a similar standard. My goal is to provide comfortable living environment with minimal sound transfer. What steps should I take to...

How can I remove this showel gel marks on the tiles ? Hi Everyone, I have got a situation where shower gel has dripped from a bathroom recess niche and it has been allowed to dry on the tiles. I have tried to use bleach and bathroom cleaning chemicals to remove it without any luck. Any ideas...

with condensation in this vein, apart from extractor fan. is there anything else that can be done ? Another reason why I am suspecting the exterior of the property is that there is a room in the house which has nobody living in it, it also has similar issues. Could that require an extractor fan...

Yes solid floor Pipes buried in the floor how can I tell, the second bay window is that if the kitchen. No such issues here, window is always left open here. We recently did a refurbishment, the plint has been there for years and no damp issues, this is when the concreted section used to be...

Hi All. There is a damp issue which continues to appear on the skirting, this started a few months ago, however seems to be getting hot despite the weather. The room in question is on the ground floor and has an ensuite which has an extractor fan. Outside the bay window used to have grass...

Hi, Please what would be the best way to tie these 2 walls together by the corner as I have gone back to brick. Thanks in advance. ?