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I moved into a house that has downstairs wet UFH and is split into 4 zones. My wife frequently works from home and ideally, it would be cheaper to heat the room she's working from. I've tested this and just set the room stat in the living room to call for heat. I've noticed that when the single...

I did wonder as our water bill is a touch more than other people I know, but I did the test back in the summer with the meter and there didn't appear to be an issue. That being said, perhaps it's smaller enough not to register on the meter.

Thanks for the replies so far. I've not made it home from work yet today, so I haven't had a chance to test. My test last night looked good though. Every time that stat called for heat, the zone lit up and every time I switch it off, it went off on the controller. I think only time and testing...

Oh, I see. Yes, I've done a fair amount of research in this area and I do none of the above nowadays (apart from breath), yet I still have high humidity. I could probably do with opening the windows more rather than first thing in the morning for 10 mins. I have fairly decent extraction...

I've just reset the room stat and re-paired with the control unit. I wonder if it had come up-paired and that was causing it to do weird things.

Hi all, hoping somebody can help. I have wet UFH with Heatmiser slimline RF thermostats (4 zones) connecting directly to the UH1-W control unit. The UH1-W then connects to the boiler via Centaurplus c27 time switch, which I set to auto, as the on/off timing for the UFH is controlled by the 4...

It's sealed. I checked this last year.

Hi John, was that your way of saying it's definitely water leaking in and has nothing to do with humidity or cold walls? :unsure:

It's been a while since my last post in January. Nearly a year on, I'm still seeing the same issue. In the summer, I sealed the external cavity brick wall (gable end) with storm dry and it's made no difference, so presumably, this has nothing to do with water ingress through that wall. As...

I'm toying with the idea of designing an outdoor kitchen and was after some advice on a fireplace. I have a space of about 3 x 5.5m to play with and it will run alongside my fence. I was thinking about building four brick pillars and sitting a tiled roof on top (pavilion style) with cladded...

In what way? there's nothing in there apart from a few mm of water.

Bit of an update. I managed to lift the other drain, which is about 3m away. There isn't a feed into it, so I can only assume it's an overflow from the other drain. I'll speak to my neighbours tomorrow to see if they know how their drains work. If I can't break into the foul water drain, I'm...

Thanks everyone, very helpful as always. I will find out where the downpipe goes at the other end of the house and run the hose pipe down there. With any luck I'll see some water coming out of the flapped pipe. If not, I'll keep exploring. There is another drain cover under my decking. If...

I took the drain cover off and flushed the toilet and it's definitely connected to the house waste system. It also looked to be about 4 feet deep. One feeding pipe into the chamber seemed to have a flap on it. This wasn't the one that was fed from my house flushing the toilet. I wonder what that...

Guess my next question should be if I can use it, how easy is it to connect? DIY job or getting in a pro?

Thanks, that's sound advice..... Wish I'd thought of that before posting :D

Hoping somebody can help. Currently, the main drain pipe from my house is diverted off onto my carport roof and then sent to carport guttering, and then down a drainpipe to an old water barrel. This then overflows into my garden, which will eventually flow to my neighbour's garden. Not ideal...

Anybody else got any theories as to what's causing my damp problems?

Yes, I had it in my old house and never had an issue. Nowadays though, all I hear is horror stories..... If I were to consider it, I'd have to do a load of research. The limited research I've done leads me to believe spray foam could be a more modern and higher performing solution...

Just read about 'Stormdry Masonry Water Repellent', which seems to get rave reviews. I wonder if I should just get on with painting the brick with this. Unfortunately, I can't do the white solid wall as it's painted, but I suppose the paint should provide a water seal anyway.