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Any reason not to wait until late spring? In case I do it myself and the CH system doesn’t get drained and refilled on the same day. It’s an extremely slow weep rate.

Hi, As seen in the photo below, this tee valve below my CH expansion vessel is weeping on the supply side. It is currently weeping at a rate of 1 drop every 3-5 minutes, after I tightened the 22mm nut by 360 degrees. using some force (the rate was I believe somewhat higher before). I moved into...

Cheers but I won’t do that as there’s no way to do it without the joist running through boilers or across a door to the garden.

Very good, thanks all, I think I got the info I needed now. Essentially ceiling hanging is not possible (there’s a clue in the fact that neither of the previous two owners had anything supported by the ceiling). I think I’ll make a wall-hung structure for the bikes or even just floor-based...

2m60. Below is a pic of what I can see through a light fitting aperture in the hallway next to garage. Again, I’m not at all familiar with concrete floors but at first glance there’s nothing obvious into which to screw battens for bicycle hooks. Happy to be enlightened.

Thank you! Finally…

Haha! I take your point. I was hoping that someone familiar with this sort of construction would be able to tell me exactly what was the other side of the plasterboard, in the same way that in my old house (joists and floorboards) I could say that above the plasterboard there’d be 600mm spaced...

Thank you but before I start drilling holes, I would like to know what is on the other side of the plasterboard ceiling with such a (concrete) floor above it. That is the information I’m after and why I started this thread. If someone can answer that question then I’d be most grateful.

Yes that was my plan, batten running across 3 joists. See pic below of carpet grippers nailed to (I think) precast concrete slabs (first floor). My question is, what is supporting these slabs (timber joists?) and can I drill into it from below in the garage?

Hi, We‘ve just moved into a recently built (2016) detached house which I believe has a first floor concrete slab. In the garage below (ground floor) I’d like to screw a (say) section of 1in x 4in timber to the ceiling, to which I’ll have attached some hooks which will each support a bicycle...

Here are a few more pics, as promised. As you can see, there is enough of a gap outside to fit in a piece of pizza box cardboard (from inside as well). @blup

Thanks, but tbh, and as per my initial post, drainage doesn’t seem to be the problem as the patio falls away from the building. During the non-stop rain we had earlier this week, there was no water accumulating against the building. The issue appears (to me) to be the sill being either flat or...

Doesn’t look like it. The bifolds now sit where the wall + door used to be, with presumably at the time a DPC and door step 150mm+ from ground. I think they placed the bifold and did nothing re drainage. Nothing in the property information form re contact with builder post work completion.

Will do, please check back Friday lunchtime (not home until Thu eve).

I take your point. I had checked the property information form and there’s nothing declared about flooding or insurance claims. See below. As an aside, is the (degraded) clear sealant on the inside (the one I refer to in my OP) standard part of installation or a later ineffective attempt at...

Hi, Following a kitchen extension in 2021 (previous owners), there is water ingress through the foot of bifold doors (see attached photos). It looks like the patio fall outside is good (water drains away from building) but the sill fall is the wrong way around! (see pic with spirit level). I...

Do you think that in a couple of months, when my CH will be off for the following 4 months, I should remove the rad, remove the tail screw, clean it and and re-fit it with ample PFTE this time before re-assembling the whole thing with new olives? It would also give me a chance the drain the...

Hi, simple question really, about 5 years ago I replaced 9 radiators in our house. This one pictured below is situated in the sitting room and I’ve just noticed some corrosion where the rad meets the valve. There are no signs of a leak. Another rad upstairs has the paint starting to flake and...

Rusty rad tail

Hi, I’m carrying out a number of DIY jobs for a relative among which trying to sort out the area of her garden pictured below. In the trench there used to be edging which had rotted. I purchased a couple of rolls of something similar (see pic below, 250mm height) but upon digging out the old...