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There's a 2" gap between the joist and wall. Would be difficult to get a joist properly fitted in there

A large mass of cables comes through the brick next to the joist. It'd be a lot of work to reroute them.

Thanks for that. Flush cut blade looks interesting. Am I right in thinking that the intention is that the blade protrudes forward of the front guard on the jigsaw such that it can cut right up to the floor boards?

I have a badly rotten floor joist. I've decided to cut out the rotten section and replace it with some new 3x9. The floor above is a tiled bathroom which I really cannot afford to rip out and re-tile. As such, I can't lift the floor boards above. The joist is parallel to an external wall with...

Readings taken on the outside tap using a bsp pressure gauge and a slightly less technical filling a bucket and timing with a stopwatch. Supplier is severn trent. Neighbours are fine so I assume it's the underground stop cock causing restrictions given that it's the only thing not replaced...

Static pressure is 3.8 bar whilst flow rate is around 5.8l/min. What is an expected mains flow rate, on a 15 mm copper supply?

The hot water cylinder also fills from the same tank, if that makes a difference. When I had the issue, it was usually when I'd take a 10-15 minute shower and then the mrs would take a similar length one fairly soon after. This didn't happen all too often as she works unusual shifts but...

Thanks, I'll look into that. I believe that's the case, though I didn't install it. However, the shower has a thermostatic mixer so when the cold runs out, the hot is stopped.

Yeh, afraid not. There's a shared tap outside the property but the one I think is the issue is in the garden. I think it's the issue because when it's turned off it ****es water out. I'll test static pressure later and let you know.

Thanks. I will do a pressure test today. I have a feeling the outside stop tap is the problem here in such that it's limiting the flow. It's a split supply with next door and they say pressure/flow is fine. If it is the outside stop tap, that'll be a bit of a pain as it's circa 1m under ground.

It's not the fill for the tank - it doesn't flow any slower than the kitchen tap. The flow is just generally bad. Is something like this an option? http://www.plastomatic.com/venting-valves.html

It's a 50 gal tank at present. The flow rate in the whole house is terrible, even to the kitchen tap which runs directly off the 15mm supply. I've changed the internal stop cock and kitchen tap, which hasn't made a difference so I can only assume it's the supply. Severn Trent seemed less than...

I have a power shower in the bathroom which is supplied cold water from a tank in the loft. The shower empties the tank faster than it is filled from the mains, thus meaning that air gets into the shower system when the tank becomes empty. The remedy, for the past 5 years, has been to take...

Thanks, no luck with that. I may have to get an electrician in but it looks to be a difficult job as the problem is probably under a floor

It was working a few days ago and no work has been done for a while. On further inspection, one of the light'a supply is at 0v. Again, it used to work

All of the lights on a circuit do not work. There is a live supply to the fittings but the voltage between live and neutral is only 200v. The supply at the box is 240v on that circuit. What might be the issue?

Seemed to do the trick, thanks

Interesting - thanks for the info. I'll take the cap off and see what the deal is with it. My boiler is set at maximum because each room has a TRV and this is what the guidelines I found suggested. I'll tweak the stat and turn the boiler down to see if I can get some heat under the floor.

Will do - thanks.

Thanks - what's considered a reasonable temperature?