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Recently moved house and found that the downstairs toilet water becomes dirty (DISCOLOURED) - not through use! The water looks as though a piece of waste has slowly "dissolved". We have two toilets (upstairs and downstairs) which are connected to the same 5inch(?) soil pipe. The downstairs...

Hi, The original doorway (measuring 5.1m wide x 2.1m tall has been bricked up to form an external door and window. The floor level seems pretty much the same inside and outside of doorway - nothing that can not be easily be overcome. As previously stated it is potentially putting things back...

Concrete (the original garage floor) albeit now carpeted, etc. Ps, thank you

Considering converting a room into a garage and looking for guidance. The room was originally a garage but was converted approx. 15 years ago. The physical size of the "building/room" does not change only its purpose (reverting back to former use!) The intention is to create a double garage...

So two inlet vents, one loft mounted fan and one outlet vent?

We have a 3.5m x 2.5m bathroom. Door and shower unit at one end (2.5m) and bath and large window at other (again 2.5m wall). Where is the best position to mount an extractor fan? I have repeatedly read cut furthest point from door but in my case this is the furthest point from the shower. I...

Looking for advice.... We have an upstairs concrete floor which needs raising/levelling to match the adjoining timber floor (floor boards). The "raised" floor will then be floor tiled. The floor area is 3m x 2.5m 3m x 1.5m area has a depth of 10mm 3m x 1m area has a depth of 40mm I have...

Thanks for that. I had misunderstood - interpreting it has the condensation was forming on the secondry glazing! (Your logic makes far more sense)

Ours is not a listed property but it is located in the local conservation area. Several of the non-road facing windows are UPVC and we are looking into replacing the most noticeable one with a sash equivalent. Regarding, secondary sash. I have heard there are potential condensation...

The front of our home has four bay windows. These in turn consist of (what should be!!) opening single-glazed sash windows and small 'fake' sash windows. We are in the process of restoring these. Once the numerous layers of paint are removed, the timber appears general good and the mechanism...

Hello Charlie, No I did not power it up (I could not hence the need to hand crank). The plate surrounding the crank hole had writing on it. This showed the direction to turn (this photo is probably in my original post) and there was something about an isolation snitch (located to the right...

Turns out the knob was incorrectly positioned. Knob corrected and shower properly commissioned. Now get a lot more movement of knob and it moves equal distance in both directions. Pleased to report we seem to get our missing hot water. Will test over next few days and report back if wrong...

HERTSDRAINAGE2010 You may have solved this one! The knob is marked hot and cold (no '1'). When I position the knob in the central position (so text can be read) the knob turns -45 degs to cold and 135 degs to hot - basically the movement is not even. When I turn it to the max hot position...

Boss white - plan to try shower again tonight/tomoro. Will check out time to warm up, etc and let you know.

Tried ringing my plumber but no reply. Notice commissioning procedure says its for flushing AND 'to make sure the heater unit contains water'. Could this be the cause of the problem? Can the procedure be repeated or will major meltdown have already occurred??

Yes - noticed their small print discussed charging. I previously read the fault finding. Can only see it is 3.4 (electrical malfunction) or 3.5 (safety cut-out operated). Again, reading the manual suggests the safety cut-out is triggered by an abnormal operation. Is there a way of...

Hi, Looking for advice as to whether I need to call out my plumber or go straight to Triton. We had a new shower fitted last week (yes - by a plumber and not me!) - it is a Triton Aspirante (9.5kW). We have tried to use it for the first time today and we're very disappointed by the...

Wrong answer. Sent 5 more minutes on Google and found a shop whose prices are 30% off - saved nearly £100!!

Looking to purchase Heritage bathroom suites for our new home. Tried a three local stockists and a quick Google search, they all quote prices at list less 20%. Am I wasting my time looking for better prices - seems a little too coincidental that they quote the same prices.

Can anyone advises to where I an buy duroolymer coving in 3 metre lengths? We're Stoke area (Staffs) Tried a search of the web and the dreaded chain DIY stores and they seem to only offer 2 metre lengths. I have two rooms to tackle and six of the walls measure 2.4-3 metres. Have read...