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I want to move our oil tank about 2 meters in behind our garage in order to make more room in the garden. See photo. I wasn't planning on rebuilding the base in the same way it is now i.e. with brick, I was planning on simply digging out a foundation and filling it with hardcore stone and...

I have a leak somewhere in my oil fired central heating system (open system). To prove this I tied up the expansion tank ballcock in the attic and marked the water level (all done when the system was cool). I then turned on the heating and used it for one evening (approx. 4 hours). The next day...

When you say 'no goer' do you mean that the red brick should not be there i.e. the builder should have cornered or 'cut-in' the extension wall and made the cavity continuous? As in this photo.

I know guys, and I really appreciate your opinions. My builder says if it's a pipe leak then the 10 year warranty wont cover it, it will only cover structural defects, not plumbing.

Now I'm really confused :(

Yes, it is attached to the rear elevation surrounding the patio doors. It was the builder who removed the patio doors. We signed the deeds once the house was fully completed i.e. with sunroom on and fully plastered.

How could we have conformed to building control regulations when the builder built the extension before we even signed the deeds? Surely it is the responsibility of the builder? Anyway as you say this is a different matter, I just need to get this damp sorted.

Yes, that external drainpipe is flowing into a drain. There's no drainage on the other side because the guttering on the sunroom runs around to the other side, where there is a drainpipe and drain.

There are no pipes running up that wall. However, there are some running under the floor from the main building out to the sunroom. Any more info on this? When you say 'you', you mean 'your builder', right?

And do you think the leak would likely be under the floor where the sunroom joins the main house?

We bought a new build house 3 years ago and before we got the keys we got the builder to add a sunroom extension. Shortly after moving in we noticed damp on the plaster above the skirting boards at just the point on the wall where the sunroom attaches to the main wall of the house. After much...

So should I wash the walls down with sugar soap first or can I just give the walls a wipe to remove any access and then start painting?

I turned the gauge to 1.5 bar but this still didn't work. However, I finally found out what the problem was. The pump in the burner housing in the back yard was not running! My father-in-law said to feel it for a slight vibration but there was nothing. He then said to unscrew the front of...

sorry I was turning the wrong thing. I now turned the valve on the pipe and the black hand on the gauge is up to 1.5. Will let you know the results.

the gauge says 0.6 but when I try turning the nossel water comes out the back of it! What do I need to do?

We have even noticed the walls darkened way up in the stair well (we have open plan living room) where there would be no candles. Would candle soot still affect this area?

Sorry, just one more thing. The only thermostat in the system is in the burnder which is located in the back yard. This can be turned to 60, 75 or 90. What exactly does this do? If it's set to 75 will it stop burning when the water hits 75 degrees C? What should I set this to?

Thanks for all the help, I will report back when I try the above.

So does this expanssion vessel have anything to do with why the downstairs radiators aren't heating up? Maybe the pressure gauge is wrong on the expanssion vessel??

What exactly does this mean?