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I live in a first floor flat, converted from a 1900 house. I have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar bolier (approx 4 years old) in the kitchen and an airing cupboard in my hallway which houses a hot water cylinder with a Harcopak tank located on a frame above. The Harcopak tank is divided into 2...

That's really helpful, thank you. 1) The pump is Stuart Turner Monsoon Universal 2.0 Bar Twin. I can't see anything else on the pump other than a serial no. (1011023-049). 2) I am fairly sure no taps are dripping, but I will double check by leaving a tissue in each sink. 3) Please can you...

I have recently moved into a first floor flat which has a Stuart Turner Monsoon pump fitted to supply hot and cold water throughout the flat (3 sinks, 2 baths, 2 showers, 2 toilets). The pump activates when we open any of the taps, run the showers and flush the loos. After we have run the water...

Our Hotpoint integrated fridge freezer has started to get a large build up of ice on the one side only of the back wall. I have to chip off the lump of ice every week or so. The ice builds up just above the right hand channel where excess water drains along. I have made sure that the drain hole...

Thanks. How long do you suggest I leave the sand and cement to dry once applied, before tiling.....a few days?

I am refitting my kitchen in an old property and when I removed the tiles, in one area the plaster and/or rendering has come away, covering an area about 2 feet square, leaving about a depth of 2 or 3 inches exposing brick. What is the best and simplest ways for a DIY repair job before...

OK thanks. Annoying though because when someone closes the hot tap (downstairs) you can hear the "clonk" around the rest of the house. Definitely doesn't do it on the cold side or mid way between the hot and cold. Didn't realise that majority of lever style taps do this, so guess I will just...

Thanks. Yes, if I close the tap on the hot side slowly it does not "clonk". Does this suggest it is a feature of the tap design or do you think I could resolve by changing the flexible hoses? Or is there anything else I could do to stop the annoying "clonk"? If I set the tap lever to mid way...

I have an annoying "clonk" noise when I use the hot water from my basin mixer tap. I don't get the noise when using cold water. The mixer tap has 2 fairly long flexible hoses supplying the hot and cold water to the tap. When the tap is turned to the left for hot water and it is then closed...

Thanks again. Just looking up trowel mastic, not seen that before. I don't think I can trim the masonry to be more square due to the poor quality of the bricks and also lack of suitable tools. diy_fun_UK: You are absolutely right, it is just an outside brick shed really, but I am always keen to...

Many thanks guys for all your ideas and suggestions. So fundamentally, the correct way to do this is to pack between the frame and out of true brickwork....thank you. The gap at the top left is about approximately 2 to 3cm and the same at the top right. I like the idea of trying to cut a...

I am trying to fit an external door in an old outbuilding where the brick walls each side are out of square. What is the best way to do this please? a) Make the frame side batons square then fill in the gaps between the batons and the wall or b) Fix the frame side batons to the out of square...

Thanks again. Do you think there any other possibilities for water to get in the cavity to such a degree, other than via the eaves or an overflow pipe? A bath runs above and along the window wall which is showing most of the damp. The side of the bath panel has been removed and no leaks are...

Thanks for the quick reply. So do you think water is getting into the cavity, from above (possibly from a overflow pipe or from the eaves), which is then causing the dampness to rise up the wall?

Hoping to get some suggestions for a friend of mine. He has sent me some photos of the exterior of his house where there is a large wet patch visible on the bricks. He has recently had the soffits and gutters replaced along, also the loft insulated. However, although the wet patch is...

We have a Feature Flame coal effect gas fire with loose ceramic coals. The back of the fire place is painted black and is starting to peel so I need to repaint. The surface seems to be made of a cement type of material. When lit, the back of the fire place is in contact with the flames...

Thanks. I am thinking I may just try and mix up some sand and cement mortar to try and fill the gap. The depth of the door frame is about 45 cm so hopefully I can push the mortar in as far as possible and taper it off as I go down the frame. Just hoping the cement will hold firm between the...

I am fitting an new external wooden door frame in an old brick outhouse. Both walls of the outhouse are quite out of true, so my new door frame has a gap of about 2cm at the top on both sides. It fits fine at the bottom on both sides. What is the best way to fill the tapered gaps? I have put...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have posted the correct size. I have just checked the T hinge size and see that the part that attaches to edge of the post is 30 mm so can see now that the frame I am intending is at least 10 mm to narrow if I use T hinges on the edge. I guess my only options are...

Hi, I need to fit an external door to an outbuilding. The outbuilding is brick and the gap between the side brick walls vary between 750 mm (top) and 730 mm (bottom). I am hoping to fit a ledger and braced door weighing approx 15 kg. 2 widths of door are available, 686 mm or 610 mm. I am...