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I've spoken to the previous owner of my house, apparently I have 2 off 2 port valves rather than a 3 port valve. am going to take the afternoon off tomorrow and pull up the floor to check it out, but any advice would be greatly appreciated. Is there a way for me to test the valve or valves?

Please help, I've been through the wiki and found some good ideas, but nothing really helps. Problem 1 - upstairs radiators full of air. I've bled the rads with the heating switched off, got loads of air out and the rads are now full of water again. Thought I'd cured the problem, so I...

The new kitchen isn't notifiable. Any electrical work more than likely will be.

Are there roofing tiles on top of the bay window? Just picking up on you saying heavy rain and wind... Could the rain be getting blown up the bay window roof and under the tiles? Would removing the tiles and putting a waterproof membrane under the tiles help. This was happening on a...

Possibly. Does the key open any other appartments? Or can any of the other appartment owners open her door with their key?

I would try turning all the rads off. Fire up the heating, bleed the pump by undoing the chrome screw. When water starts to come out tighten the screw up again. Then hopefully the main circuit should all be hot. Turn on a radiator at a time and bleed the air out, once water come out close the...

I'm not sure if using the electrical socket is a good idea either....

Are the pipes hot at the pump? Have you tried bleeding the pump?

Put some coving up?

Could you post a picture?

Hi all, Hoping I may be able to get some help on this.... I've had an extra bedroom put on the side of my house. The plumber who installed the radiator for me did the radiator and went home. Problem is, that I think the radiator has been connected on the wrong side of the motorised...

I though about doing this Red, but I need to have 30 minutes fire protection or it would probably invalidate my buildings cover should the worst happen....

Thanks Woody. This is the last thing I need to complete before sign off. I did think about just sticking some PVC type board to it and blagging it about the 30 minutes fire protection, but I've done everything by the book and in most cases exceeded regulations just for peace of mind. I...

Thanks Hotrod, very helpful. I spoke to a company and they asked if the lintles had holes in, they do, in the area where the cavity is, but 2 of the lintles also have polystyrene in that is only glued into place. So I've got to fill the holes with something first now. I was thinking...

Wow! What a story! :shock: Well done for keeping the dream alive and taking the time to update everyone on the outcome. I hope you're very happy in your new house.

Thank you for showing interest. The wall is standard construction, outer face is normal brick, to match the rest of the house, 100mm insulated cavity, then block work on the inside face of the wall. Lintles are galvanised steel. Link to my plans...

Hi all, I'm after some advice, I have 4 steel cavity lintles that I need to protect from the weather, but more importantly I need to give them 30 minutes fire protection. On my plans, it says to use fireboard and a skim finish. I am going to bond the fire board to the lintle, no...

Hi all, I should point out that the handle on the outside works to lock the door, i.e. when you pull it up to lock the door, it just doesn't work when you push it down. Am I looking at an internal mechanism / gearbox problem?

Thanks :D I wasn't too sure about removing the assembly as I've never done it before and I wasn't sure if I might knock some of the levers out of position and make things worse. I'm good at fiddly things and generally a good alround DIY'er (Having just build my own extension), so do you...

Hi all, Hoping for a speedy response if possible... My front door handle on the outside has stopped working. The inside handle opens the door if you push it down, the outside handle used to also open the door if you pushed it down. However one of my kids slammed the door, now you can...