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Evening. I have a hose type kitchen tap (pictured). The hose is leaking with both hot and cold water at the connection between the hose and the copper mixing pipe (pictured with me pointing at the leak point). No water leaks when tap is off. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting and tightening...

Thank you. Is this type of fascia inappropriate?

Oh right yes, sorry. The insulation was wet although I had a feel about and it didn't feel soaking and I challenged the builder on this but was told it would be fine as it would dry. I did ask, early on, why the roof wasn't tarped, but was told it wasn't needed. Is this a concern?

Thanks, not sure on tile type. They're clay and big and they interlock (needed due to the pitch I think).

Thanks for response. No insulation in place yet. It's been like this for well over a month now apparently waiting for the tiles, with basically nothing happening inside or out.. When you say long rippings of 1m felt do you mean an additional layer of felt under the existing felt layer (and...

Thanks for the reply. Just to check, it's ok to lay the tiles while raining/battens and underlay wet? There won't be time to dry anything out.

Hello, We're having an extension built and the roof tiling is planned for tomorrow. It's due to rain heavily over the coming days and next and I'm concerned this will cause problems down the road. The roof has been felted for the past 4 weeks and has been regularly drenched, but I'm told by the...

Thanks for the replies gents, there are a lot of new builds going up. Anyway, we'll get some more quotes.

Hi there. A family member sought a quote for a bathroom refit. This includes rip out/disposal and install, She will provide all materials including floor tiles, wall tiles (half way up wall), all white goods including sink, toilet, bath and replacement shower (above bath). Room is quite...

No worries, nice one, thanks for the update. I'll keep a load of rags handy.

Thanks Mottie, I've got the inhibitor at the ready! I have an expansion vessel with a filling loop attached (off be default of course, see picture below). I can't see any other supply to the vessel? In this case do I just need to empty the top floor rads? Cheers.

Hi. I'm replacing CH and HW zone valves on a S plan unvented system. They are located just off the boiler on the 2nd floor. There are 2 small and 2 medium rads on this floor, 6 mixed size rads on the 1st floor and 6 large and medium rads on the ground floor. Will I need to empty the whole...

Cheers buddy, will try that. Gonna give it a go at changing these suckers tomorrow (or the wife will murder me if I keep the heating off!).

Hi guys, My HW started heating up whenever the CH was on. I diagnosed a faulty zone valve on the HW side (old Drayton model). I have an S plan unvented system. I pulled off the actuator for the HW valve, but when the valve was manually closed it still charged the HW tank. I plan to change both...

Brilliant, thanks boss!

Thanks Mate. Yeah sounds about right. I took a snap of the system (attached below) and there are 2 motorised Draytone type valves beneath the boiler (I guess these are 2 port valves as they only have two pipes attached). The right hand valve appears to run to the megaflow tank so I guess this...

Hi there, I have a condensing boiler (Worcester Bosch Greenstar) and am having a few problems with it. Pressure was low a couple of weeks back and filled up via filling loop. Possibly slowly losing pressure again as black needle has dropped a little since then. A few days ago I had the...

Brilliant, cheers mate.

Hi everyone, I have a combi boiler (fitted 4 years ago). It is reading 0 bar pressure when off, and that doesnt appear to change much when the boiler is firing the central heating. I think I may need to top up the system with mains water? Also, there seem to be several valves (and a puzzle of...

The fireplace itself is metal (brass?). Mantlepiece is hardwood. I guess I'll just have to rip that sucker out