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Thanks for your advice. It’s reassuring. I’ve had two dehumidifiers going full blast for the last 24 hours. It’s been 4 days since we stopped the leak and it’s still really damp under the kitchen units, where it’s not tiled. Could take a while! I have the original tiler coming to take a look...

good evening Ken, thanks for your reply. I’ve spoken to the insurance company who have advised me to see what the extent of the damage is, and what the repair costs might be, before making an actual claim. taking up most or all of the tiles and relaying them would definitely take me into claim...

Hi, I have had a significant mains water leak under my kitchen floor (I have posted other Qs on the tiling and plastering forums - apologies if that was the wrong thing to do). It is tiled with porcelain tiles, on a concrete surface. I have no idea how much water would have leaked out before we...

Hi, I have had a significant mains water leak under my kitchen floor. It was tiled about 4 years ago, with porcelain tiles placed onto a concrete surface. The water pipe runs through the concrete.We noticed the leak when water started seeping out from a tiny space between the door frame and...

Hi, I have had a water leak under my tiled concrete kitchen floor but (I think) above the DPC- a mains water copper pipe with a pinhole in it had been leaking, we don’t know how long for. We noticed the leak when water began seeping out of the gap between door frame and floor in the room next...

Brilliant, that all really helps. Thanks again for taking the time to explain! I hope to tackle this job at some point before next Monday, and I feel much more confident now.

That is absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much for taking the time to set all that out so clearly. I wish I could do more than just tick the “thanks” button for you! One follow up question, if that’s OK, just to help me understand my system better. I have, I think, an S Plan System, with two...

Sorry- yet another smart thermostat wiring question. I want to install a Drayton Wiser two channel system. I currently have a Honeywell wireless thermostat (connects to a R6660D) controlling my central heating. I have a Honeywell wired timer (ST9100c) controlling my hot water cylinder. I have...

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Thanks, that’s helpful to know. I’ll keep an eye out.

This is what I was afraid of and what caused the original post. Sadly, the company that did this is long gone (claimed bankruptcy about 3 years ago); I tried following up with them with no luck. I’ll just have to keep a careful eye on the chimney from here on. (A little bit of me hopes he used a...

Thanks for this. I appreciate the advice. Thankfully, we were advised of this at the time and we had the purlins reinforced as part of the work, so that shouldn’t be an issue.

I have a steel oil tank for my central heating oil, installed quite recently. I would like to touch up the paint in a few places, especially around the edges of the tank. It’s the usual shade of green. I hear bad things about hammerite. Can anyone recommend a decent suitable paint that isnt too...

Hi, I need a replacement flush seal for an embrass peerless dual flush valve. The seal is approx 63mm outside diameter (which seems standard) but with a bigger than normal inside diameter of 40mm. 2mm thick all across the surface. But I can’t fine a replacement! The fluidmaster replacement (at...

Thanks again, that’s really helpful.

Fair enough! That’s the plan, two or three tile vents in the roof space. It’s just those bits above the sloping ceiling (and the celotex) I’m worried about in terms of condensation, and getting air circulating down there between the rafters, above the celotex. But if some sort of vent/hole...