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I haven’t updated this post as I haven’t been using it so much and was so annoyed with it. Had a power flush of the system, no difference. Some dads had their thermostats and lock shields the wrong way around, ie flow return. I’ve swapped those around to see if that helps. Then been advised to...

Yes standard sized house, upstairs rads are about 1.5m above the boiler but difference distences away.

I did once and not much success but I’ll try again when we’re using the system again..

Unsure, perhaps getting caught somewhere, or some sort of reaction started in the system that generates a gas?

Even when covered with carpet? In my hallway I have tiles, am I causing issue there with no additional DPM? Ie removed thermoplastic and put down ceramic tiles

I’ve returned the hardwood and gone with uc4 incised sleepers. I’m going o set them on bed of gravel so water can drain out the bottom. Backfill with gravel for drainage. Damp proof membrane along the back at the top, above the gravel, with soil on top. Hoping it means less water gets only the...

Dang, I thought hardwood would outlast regardless. Seems like I’ve misjudged some things here..

Hello yet again. Almost at the point of putting in hardwood sleepers to serve as a ‘retaining wall’ against dirt. More cost effective and easier than masonary. I’d like to treat them still with something to prolong life, especially where they are in ground contact. However I’d like to be...

Oh wow, had not considered that. That’s going the extra mile. I’m not at the coast and it’s all relatively sheltered so hopefully wouldn’t need that, but I like the idea for the gate fixings at least. Any risk of them rusting and compromising the concrete?

Thanks. Is it a 9ft post overall? What do you mean by extra concrete and stay bars? The posts have an additional bar diagonally supporting them from the ground? It’s probably one of those things that’s fine in most instance and then a pain in another..! More risk.

I’m hoping to avoid the rebar. Some have holes in the middle already so either I can use those, or the holes hopefully suggest that there is no rebar running at that point in the post..

Hi all. Hopefully my last questions for a while. -concrete fence posts. They’re expensive, but I’m seeing cheap ones on Facebook but some look rough. I assume there is differences in quality and longevity. What are the signs of good posts? Lock timber yard sells ‘dry cast’. Is dry cast...

That’s makes perfect sense.. areas of my floor have no tiles or bitumen and I never see any evidence of damp in those areas at all so I’m sceptical that I need DPM layer but I’d rather have it and not need it than have the reverse issue..

No worries, thanks. This correlates with my instinct on the matter.. it’s not really enough to cause concern.

The current pavers are barely attached and not sealed. Thinking once done properly, and sealed, it might change how much water drains and is absorbed. To phrase another way then - unsealed vs sealed sandstone pavers, would there be much difference in water absorption and runoff?

Pour away waste water. Buckets from mopping floor, bowls of water from cleaning.. just general water. sounds like it’s more hassle than it is worth though!

Had them tested and they came back negative, thanks for flagging this

Hi It would have covering installed over it. Ideally real wood floor, if not a laminate flooring, final option would be carpet and underlay.

Hello yet again. sorry to post so much, I’m WFH full time due to illness and I keep spying more jobs and thinking of more questions. I intend to lay two 3x3 approx patios either side of an extension. this extension’s footings are very shallow - presumably raft foundation. Ahead of the patio is...

Don’t you love houses. Thanks for the advice. Probably best to ‘play it safe’, my only worry is it might bring the level up above a door threshold but I’ll see what I can work out.