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Thanks all It is a concrete, plastic DPM, screed floor Answers to Dannos questions... 1) Thanks :) 2) Definitely the CW supply to the WC. Not sure which direction the soil pipe goes. The white pipe is the kitchen sink waste pipe - it runds around the boxing and out into an outside...

Should also mention there is a pipe running under the floor up to the toilet - not sure if this would get any worse with rain though ?

Hi - yeah the company that did the injection came back to have a look but wasn't particularly helpful - his view was that the problem was something 'fundamental' - and re-injecting probably wouldn't help (he did offer to reinject) Never investigated the downpipe - what's the best way to do...

Hi Detectives We have a mysterious damp issue in our downstairs WC - any tips or pointers would be most welcome. The most relevant fact may be that it gets worse after heavy rain .... The wall has recently been 'injected' and replastered etc. Its a Victorian house (approx 1900)...

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Hi All, Can I connect an external security light to the ring main ? There is a handy double socket I could run a spur from ? AM thinking a switched, fused spur, cable straight through to external light ? Thanks in advance

Thanks for the help all re. tools I have a jigsaw, an electric plane and a vibrating sander thing. I'd rather not buy any more tools really for a one-off job could I do a rough cut with the jigsaw, smooth off with the plane and finish with the sander thing ?

Hi All I am about to fit a small section of oakblock worktop - approx 90cm long I need to take approx 2cm off the back and cut a curve on part of the front edge Is it feasible to trim this with a jig-saw ? Cheers in advance

If you're tiling the new kitchen floor, having part wood and part concrete can add a complication (he says from bitter experience :( )

ah there is no concrete oversite - its an olde worlde house so just soil under the floor total span is approx 15' with a sleeper wall at each end and in the middle. The joists are still a bit bouncy though - mid-span between the sleeper walls

Thanks for the replies noseall - do you mean you supported the joists on stilts mid-span ? wouldn't the stilts just sink into the soil underneath ? ta

Evening! Could anyone please advise me about the max span for a 4" joist. Its a kitchen floor and will be tiled ta

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Hello all, We recently had a new double socket fitted. As I sanded some rough plastering of the cable chase I discovered that the cable was hardly recessed into the wall (i.e. a very thin skim had been put on top of it - so after sanding the wall flat, the cable is clearly visible)...

Hi All Any suggestions for a coloured oil we could use for our garden furniture? I think it is teak - I tried oiling it with teak oil but it has come out a bit blotchy - and we'd like to get it a bit darker anyway Thanks in advance

or pay a plasterer to skim the walls ?