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Was able to here, because there should only ever really be a negative pressure on our property. Its located at the very end of the soil pipe run outside, and every other house on the run has their vent pipe still. but because ours is on the end, any water flowing along the drain will only...

No it won't, that's what an air admittance valve is for! When you flush the toilet it creates a negative pressure which opens the valve allowing air in, then after it closes again so no nasty smells. That's wha they are designed for, some properties now don't even have a conventional vent...

We did the same thing, because the old soil stack was running up the wall of the bathroom and it looks a little unsightly outside sticking out of the roof. So cut it off and removed it, replacing with air admittance valve. Dont know about in your circumstances, but in ours we removed the...

Getting BT to change the master socket above for one of the newer NTE5 boxes is said to give a very slight improvement. The newer boxes with the bell wire filter have the BT openreach logo, rather than the old BT logo.

Better to not fit trickle vents, and solve the ventilation problem with an alternative solution if possible as I remember reading something about trickle vents essentially being outlawed under EU rules in or around 2016. Because of the amount of heat that can be lost through them... the more...

couple of possibilities, assuming its had 4 new disks/drums and new pads all round. cheap pads, cheap pads are known to squeak. haven't used something like ceratec on the reverse of the pad.. copper grease is an alternative but some people frown upon it... ceratec is designed for that...

usual consensus is any signs of leaking pitch should be reported as an emergency repair required.

there is 2 substations down this road within 300 meters of one another, both just fenced off and completely open and within a few meters of housing.

yep, its also notifiable to building control :)

Server should be on a UPS and the circuits can be surge protected by a surge protector in the consumer unit, Hager do a kit for their consumer units.

could be wrong, but no condensation shouldnt form in the loft as far as I know. that is why you insulate the floor of the loft to keep the heat down inside the house, use breathable membranes and make sure the loft has adeqaute ventilation in the eves so airflow flows through the loft and it...

they dont sound gas safe registered....

If you propose to change your own consumer unit, you will need to notify it and hire the appropriate test equipment to test the installation before applying any power to it. http://www.instruments4hire.co.uk/test-equipment/category-29-Combined-17th-Edition-Testers/ DO NOT POWER UP ANY...

if he did your windows as well... just out of interest did he notify it to building control and was you issued with a completion certificate? unless fensa certified... which I doubt with that level of work. certificate is important should you ever come to sell your house.

lol, I see the problem. It says "Proteus"

MK are ok, but quality has gone down. I find them ok to work with, a reasonable amount of space inside and look nice on the outside. quality wise though, they have gone down though, one time I was tightening up an MCB terminal, on top, and because once you get to a certain tightness the...

http://makeitright.ca/Mike_Holmes_Online/contact_us.php Think that would be your best bet.

maybe im just using expensive alarms, but all this talk about owners not knowing if power fails to their alarms I cant understand as the ones ive always fitted... when the backup battery starts to go flat they produce an annoying bleeping sound intermittently until power is restored to recharge...

Was thinking more along the lines of the risk of lead poisoning from the vapour given off, or molten lead getting in contact with skin as its melting point is higher than 100 degrees and it can become a little volatile and splash.

Being a Victorian house.. easier said than done if the valve has a lead pipe sweated straight onto the stop cock. DIYers shouldn't really be trying to melt the lead if they have no experience because lead poisoning is a big risk.