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metal, no plastic pipes in this house, pass if lead or copper those pipes are before 2000 easily... i guess could scratch them to see material... no plumbing anywhere at all near this on inside (not drain offs makes no sense either).. as reminder by coincidence one rad other side of the wall...

Hi there, cant surely be suspended floor on the ground, just not possible.... the internal garage we converted was 160mm below this level, and met solid walls internal facing walls. endoscope might be fun actually if has a torch... Only left of field thing i can think of is going back say 200...

Hi all, see photo :) Solid wall, 1780 house, this side of house is c33cm deep, solid of course, then inside battons and plasterboard. After uncovering this air brick which was covered with earth for at least 17 years! (the only one in property as fyi), which goes below DPC, and its two courses...

Ok thanks just ordered some new hinges from Screwfix 2.7mm -> 1.7mm thick, and I'll try 76mm width to 71nm. Friggin cold to change them (have flu right now), but I'll see what I can do this week

Hi, sorry if this is obvious to everyone else :) I took off the three hinges from the front door and replaced them with what appeared same height width, screw hole hinges. The new ones are c102x76 ball bearing hinges. In moment of stupidity I threw away the old hinges and I think they were...

I don't think so, I think best bet is I have some spare plasterboard spray foam, will go round it with that, 20mins later won't ever come out without a utility knife. Ugly yes, but it's hidden under a floor board. (Will do this after the silicon adhesive on the boss fitting.)

Ok thanks. You probably think I am being too nervous, but asked a plumber to come round Friday as directly below that hole is where we keep normally family photo albums (moved now), saved the carpet as the bath of water luckily went down outside of soil pipe and down.

Hello Had a leak in the bathroom, first time in 17 years. Was the waste from bath (40mm pipe with boss type connector thing on it) had popped out. No idea why but I have pushed it back in, however how far should it go into the soil pipe? I had to pull down the ceiling to do this, and now...

Hello A very heavy wooden door, must weight more than me easily, so say 130kg minimum , anyway has three hinges on it. Door I'd guess c50 plus years old. I changed the hinges for ones with same what looked like size, same holes, all fine, but door is now c2mm closer to the lock side, so...

OK tried yes switching all off, trvs to off, hw off, no change. Should of said did that too. Also tried large magnet moving about next to bottom of 3rd and 4th bar thing in case blocked, but really makes no sense, if hot both sides. I'll retry what you said a few more times, over next day...

Hello New radiotor fitted last August, worked fine. Turned on heating today, bled all rads in house and this one, and this one only the front 3 left bars get hot. Hot at trv and lock shield. Removed trv to see if changed anything nope. Noted lock shield settings , opened full, no change, put...

Ok thanks, I'll guess it's celotex over plasterboard time then which is good as bought it already, thanks.

If helps this extension was done in 1970.

Hi was going to see if the single storey extension had a batten wall, and turns out behind the plaster wall is c70mm of this crumbly stuff ,black weird stuff, any ideas? Kf it does insulation purpose I'll leave and save me replacing all with celetox. Else put 50mm celetox on top of plaster, then...

ha :) Actually solid wall 1780's place with 33-36cm thick walls outside, no insulation on them, and 17 rads and lots of heat loss, so kindof just about copes mid winter.. been slowly pulling back internal walls to add in 50mm insulation, so hopefully yes in a year or so when its time to replace...

Ok narrowed it down...I replaced as said a few weeks back the motorised value, danfoss hpa2, but not the bit behind you also get in the pack, metal bracket on the pipe... I removed the motorised value, it's closed, so all good, but metal bracket is in closed position but heat gets though, must...

Ok, well I did first notice all this as one rad upstairs was like warm, then saw boiler on in first place...I had already replaced that motorised value, but maybe the timescale stuff I have not scraped enough off and it's sticking so no closing fully.. Ok I'll check that :) didn't think that...

Hi there This a job I need gas engineer for? It's a 40cdi system boiler, 10 years old, all works fine but last two weeks started firing on for a few mins, hits 60c usual temp, then stops, and repeats this maybe every 45mins of the day. Pump fine and all works when meant to work bar this... I...

ok lots of different suggestions, thanks all, ill try to remember to upload a photo of how it looks in about 2 weeks .

OK hisense dish washing machine I foundhas big gap bottom 15cm at front, I guess can add wood behind the plinth to secure the side panels and avoid floor fixings. Not likely to service tye machine that often.