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Have you got a pressure gauge on the manifold? if so the pressure will be less if it was leaking from the pipe loops. Hope it's not a pipe leak. Presuming it was pressure tested before screeding?

Some thin PVCU trim (pencil round architrave, possibly), glued onto brick and overlapping the white frame. Puraflex adhesive will stick it to brick/plastic. Good luck

The garden won't affect the houses foundations, so please try to stop worrying about it. Might be an idea to build something to retain the soil hardcore under the path (a small wall or sleepers etc). Do these pipes go anywhere? soakaway/drain? If the pipe in your pictures are perforated, they...

If looking at the first image (and I've got the correct orientation) there appears to be a black pipe/conduit running through the floor... looks large-ish diameter... do you know what it's for? water or electric?

I've been using Timabuild resin system for repairing windows. Also mentioned on this forum is Oxera resin (similar to timbabuild, but cheaper) both do a good job of repairing rotten windows, there is hardener to start with first, then you can splice wood or just fill, depending on how bad the...

You don't have to screed on top, but it is normal practice to do so. Rarely are concrete slabs flat enough to take your floor covering. I have option 2, the UFH pipes are in the screed, probably no use to you. You could do option 1, and then either thinner screed or self levelling compound...

Are you having UFH? If not you could put the insulation under the concrete. You won't be able to lap DPM into a bitumen DPC. Just re-read, is there a slab down already, or have you removed and just have earth?

I have similar property build and installed wet UFH, in my kitchen... it's brilliant. Wish I did the entire ground floor. After laying concrete slab, I did 100mm kingspan, followed by 75mm liquid screed. This time of year, my floor is on low 24/7. That said never noticed a big increase in the...

Sounds like an excuse to me. I'm sure the plasterer can make it straight. Just get a spirit level out and draw a line close to the joint all the way along, to see how much the run out is, if you are using large tiles? might not be noticeable anyway.

I'd go option 1 out of your options. Out of curiosity, why are you leaving and area under the window, not tiled? is there going to be a boxed in area/shelf. Personally think I'd run the tiles on all the 'green' plasterboard.

Until/if you get a better response, I would glue it down with something like Puraflex So far, it seems to stick everything to everything. Good luck (y)

I use plastic packers, and if the gaps are big, plastic fascia boards cut down to make DIY packers, 90° to the battens. I concrete screw the batten to wall through all the packers. I then get the foam gun out and back fill the gaps from the batten to wall. Once cured it's rock solid, you can...

I've clad before, with rough sawn larch, a 16 gauge brad wouldn't go through it, but they were thick around 20/25mm also they are galvanised and will rust... you really need stainless steel nails to do the job properly. You might be able to do it with porta nailer, (T&G flooring) but again the...

Looks like the guttering has also come away from the union, hence the leaks at the joints. I suffered similar issue at last house, and quickly made a temporary flue cover from a cut down section of 110mm soil pipe (block) After cutting the pipe in half, down it's length (1ft long), I used a hot...

Think the DeWalt Pinner 16 gauge, will do 32mm brads, you can get these from Toolstation. I used the tacwise ones, seem reliable., no jams. (y)

Probably cheaper to use self levelling compound first, if it's quite out. How big is the area you are covering? I've used this before on plywood for 10mm+ Mapei Self Levelling

Think I used a 6mm, you can use smaller.

I used mapei primer G (a few coats) for my liquid screed floor, I then used flexible semi rapid tile adhesive to stick the mat (Dural CI++ crack mat) to the floor. Used a small notched trowel. This is the tile adhesive I used: Rocatex I used the same tile adhesive for the tiles to the mat...

Beyond my knowledge, best wait for the plumbers to come along to advise more. (y)

If you have two zone valves you can run the systems independently, (need two thermostats) I find this useful this time of year I leave my floor on 24/7 (low) the house rads programmed to come on and off as needed.