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Thank you very much Scally-Ho, accelerator, and Wayners, and apologies for the delay in replying (have been working non-stop). I will ask for a second opinion on the level of the DPC before proceeding. Also, that's a good point about the (new) red paint flaking off and old white paint showing...

I have looked very closely for the DPC. As far as I can see, the DPC is located at soil/slab level, below the white-painted brickwork. IMO, it should never have been painted at all but the previous owner couldn't 'leave alone'. Now there is flaking/peeling/dirty white paintwork below the...

Sincere apologies to everyone for the delay in replying. Have been 'working all the hours' since the attached photos. Thanks are due to Wayners for the detailed reply. The white-painted bricks are between the bottom edge of the roughcasting and the slabs/borders. 1) The white paint is an...

Some advice, please. There are 3 - 4 rows of brick between the bottom of the roughcasting and the level of the garden. A previous owner has painted these with white masonry paint and it has either peeled off (after 20+ years) or looks dirty. 1) What type of paint should I use? 2) The...

This is a possibility. I found a loose terminal screw on the isolator switch (pull cord type) for an electric shower. The insulation on the wire (feed side, I recall) was well burnt and blackened.

I had something similar with a spotlight in the bathroom (1985 built house) of my previous house. There was insulation wool above the spotlight, retaining excess heat in the spotlight and above it, damaging the wiring to it. AFAIK, there should not be any insulation above the spotlight. On my...

I disconnected a plastic spotlight (no earth wire or earth terminal) from the wires coming out of the ceiling without noting how the blue & brown wires were connected to the ceiling (my mistake - I have always connected to a ceiling rose before). The house was built about 1978. The attached...

Thanks, Derekoo. Good idea. I could disconnect the 15 mm CW supply at the CH header tank, attach a hose to the 15 mm pipe, then stick the hose into the HW 22mm supply outlet at the bottom of the CW storage tank (drain some of it first and tie up the ball valve, so that the freezing cold water...

Chris - yes, the float valve in the CW storage is working OK - fills up CW from mains CW supply without any issues, then rises and stops CW entering.

Conventional system: CW storage in loft, HW copper cylinder in loft below it fed by 22mm pipe that drops vertically (through 22mm gate valve below tank). 22mm pipe drops about an inch below the level of the connection to the cylinder, goes through a 90 degree slow bend and then rises up to the...

Hello I removed the cover of a Triton Ivory II shower (7.8 - 8.5 kw) and found a spring clip lying loose inside it (photograph attached). Can anyone please advise me where this clip should be fitted? Thank you.

Catlad is 100% correct in what he says. I have done this sort of work myself but I wouldn't do it again - I'm older now and I have seen what can go wrong and the effect that it has on people's lives - life-changing injuries. It's a job for someone who is experienced in working at height on...

I think that an employee of a company has to be provided with a "safe working platform" ....... ........ but there are a large number of deaths and life-changing injuries (too serious to contemplate) caused by "falls from heights" and falls from ladders. Look at the potential downsides to...

Hi miasoldman 4 roof tiles were bought and the price charged by Asphaltic was £4.50 each + VAT (a total of £21.60). My brother-in-law called in for them and he is fairly street-wise but I was surprised by how expensive they were. I think that one was new and the others were used. As I...

I should have said that I visited the Asphaltic branch in Broxburn, West Lothian.

Scotcem was bought by Lafarge in 2002 and closed by them in 2008. Asphaltic Roof supplies holds an extensive stock of Scotcem products. I bought some Scotcem Pentlands (380 mm) from them today. Hope this helps any other forum members.