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Looking for some advice, I was tightening a Rawlbolt into concrete block wall and the bolt snapped in two. Any suggestions for how I can get the rest of the rawlbolt out so I can try again with a new one? Annoyingly this was the last of three and no issues with the other two so don’t really want...

Leak has returned, but this time it’s the fan itself that has filled with water! Ceiling above is also wet and some of the loft insulation around the fan. I haven’t been up above the ceiling to take a look but I guess this is because there are now no low points for water to collect in the duct...

Thanks, the ducting is the insulated aluminium type similar to this...

Hi, Looking for some advice. Having an issue with bathroom extractor fan in a 2 year old house. After noticing some staining on the roof around the fan we had a look in the loft and found the ducting full of water. The duct lies horizontally for about 2 metres then vertically for about 2.5...

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Hi, Some advice needed, I'm using wall sizing on a new wall before wallpapering (Solvite Wall Sealer from B&Q). It says allow to dry overnight before wallpapering, but what if I leave it for 2-3 days before papering. Will that be OK? Cheers

Thanks for replying stem. The downstairs radiators heat up after turning only the downstairs thermostat up. The valves are two port and there are 3 of them labelled upstairs, downstairs and hot water. In the second test the upstairs radiators go from cold to warm (but not as hot as when I...

Hi, I have moved into a new build and have a problem that the builder keeps saying is normal, please advise. The system is a Vokera Mynute boiler with pressurised hot water tank and 2 heating zones. The heating works fine downstairs and upstairs but when it's supposed to be off upstairs and on...

Problem solved. It turns out that the control box for the solar thermal system was overriding all the other controls as it has a default setting that switches the 'alternative' or 'back up' heating source (i.e. the gas boiler) on at 05:00 and off at 21:00.

Hi, I have moved into a new build and have a strange problem that the builders have tried to fix for weeks, hope someone can offer a solution! The system is a Vokera Mynute boiler with pressurised hot water tank and 2 heating zones. The hot water tank also has a solar thermal coil installed...