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Thanks for the advice. I'm going to go with chemical anchors into the blockwork. I think I'm just over-thinking it. And, after offering up the poles to the slabs I'm convinced it will be fine. Thanks again :-)

Thanks for everyone's help sorting this. I stripped it out and the diaphragm had split. Managed to get the exact same diaphragm from ScrewFix so - job done. Thanks again :-)

Thanks for the help. It'll be a side entry the one I need. I'll source the one in Andy's post below. Thanks :-) Thanks for the link Andy. I've got a ToolStation down the road so will get one of them picked up. Appreciate you taking the time to link me to the part. Cheers :-)

Hi all, I noticed the cistern making a different noise when filling. The cistern is behind a panel. I removed the panel and the water is just making a fine spray when filling the cistern instead of filling properly. Even more alarming there's a bloody hole in the side of the cistern that the...

Hi all, I have some stainless posts for a glass balustrade system. The floor is 20mm thick 600x600 porcelain tiles mounted on top of concrete blocks using a full bed of mortar. The bottom of the pole has three fixing holes. My original plan was to 'core' out the tile to the diameter of...

Thanks for the great advice. Cheers :)

Thanks for that. There's going to be vertical studs holding it up and both sides will be fixed to walls. There seems to be mixed opinions on this but I'll see if there's any way of strengthening the installation up. Thanks :) Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. The two walls either side...

Hi all, My missus wants the living room separated from the stairs to help keep heat in (and save on ridiculous energy bills in the winter) so I want to build an internal partition wall with a door in it. It's a concrete floor so I'm happy fixing the bottom part of the partition wall to the...

Thank you. That sounds like you've learned the hard way..... :) :)

That's great info. Thanks. Couldn't find out (with quite a few Google searches) which way it was done. I wasn't sure if you could get a load of slabs, slurry them, leave them up against a wall, then do the bed and go and get them one at a time. Sounds like the process is - do a slab's worth of...

Thanks for that. Much appreciated :-)

Hi there, I'm using porcelain tiles in the garden. It's quite a 'wet' garden due to run off from the neighbours land so I want to ensure that my tiles are properly primed (I've read that it's crucial with porcelain tiles). I also read that you can use SBR and cement to make a slurry and just...

Thanks for that... yep, all the slabs need re-doing because the guy didn't prime them so most of them have not bonded. I noticed there wasn't a drip groove in them either. I've also read that a bead of clear silicon along the bottom can help. My plan was to put clear silicon in the gaps to stop...

Okay... so, what would be your recommended course of action? I was all gearing up to smash off the "top cap" (the cap that covers the partition and stops soil etc dropping in) and feeding in some proper plastic damp proof sheet? Do you think this wouldn't help much? My other thoughts were to...

Ahhh... that could be an issue then. I'm pretty sure it is the weed membrane stuff. It's got that 'hessian' type feel to it. Thanks for the help :-)

Thanks JohnD. I've since found out that it's called "Ghosting". I think I need to either get a thicker coat of render on it. Or maybe paint it with a thick breathable masonry paint but I'm going to ask the renderer about it. Thanks for all your help with this. Much appreciated :-)

So, I take it that it couldn't just be the walls "drying out". I'd rather not drill holes if I could avoid it. I could take the "cap" off (the cement that covers the inner/outer walls) and have a look down the gap. But, if there's any chance that this will just be moisture that was just trapped...

The walls were built just before Christmas. There are pipes near the base on the back wall but not on the 'planters'. The builder put a 'cap' between the inner and outer skin of the walls to stop crap falling down the gap. Do I need to smash that off and see if there's crap down there then...

Thanks for getting back to me. The builder did make it an inner skin and I also saw some black membrane-stuff?? Is this what you mean?

Hi all, I've had walls built in my garden and they've mostly now been rendered with K-rend. I've noticed that I can see water coming through the render - especially seems to be tracing the pattern of the mortar (see photos) Is this just part of the normal drying out process or is there...