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Hi, I have Danfoss RAS C2 TRV valves. On one radiator a leak has appeared around the pin which pushes the valve closed. Its seeping out through the gland, enough to soak a paper towel overnight. It doesn't seem to happen when the TRV head is removed, only when the valve pin is being...

Hi all, My garden is a narrow rectangle. Around 5.5m wide and 25m long. Immediately out of the back door of the house there is a patio which is full width (5.5m) and about 4-5m in length. We go down some inset steps about 1.2m in height to the lawn area, which is about 3.5m wide by 9m long...

Hi all, Ive known about this need for a year or so now. Most of the ridge and hip tiles have mortar missing and there are some new gaps forming all the time. I think Im going to need to bite the bullet and get it all done. I wish it was a job I could try myself, Im sure I could mix up some...

Hi all, so this is a speculation question at the moment. I have a 3 bed semi currently on combi boiler and radiators. Solid wall 1930s. Loft well insulated and newish double glazed windows. Downstairs is suspended timber floors, uninsulated, drafty with some gaps. Rooms are hallway, kitchen...

Doing this job today so hoping for quick response. I have several 6x2 joists to fit so I bought nominally 6x2 hangers. But the joists are closer to 140mm height and the hangers are more like 147mm, so the top of the hanger sticks above the top of the joist. I need the tops level/flush for...

Hi all, This is a bit of a thread duplication as Ive posted the same question in my thread on the floors & loft subsection. However its more of a building issue and there might be people here who don't look in the other forum. The overall project is that Im boarding out my loft by installing...

There is a rip in the bitumen felt covering on my roof. Ive tried Bostik Flashband tape - would not stick at all. Ive tried Gorilla waterproof repair tape - very sticky to itself but still wouldn't stick to the felt and has just peeled off. I cant apply any pressure to it because there's no...

Hi. I am boarding my loft for storage. The existing ceiling joists are small and only able to support ceiling load. I therefore need to build a new timber floor over the top of the existing ceiling. I have already completed two sections, where I was able to utilize existing brick internal...

I need to remove a faulty gas oven and intend to replace it with an electric one so the gas fitting will not be used. Eventually will have the pipe removed properly when I redo the kitchen but for now can I either leave the bayonet fitting just unconnected to anything or shall I fit one of...

Last year I repointed some brickwork sections that were badly deteriorated. The brick joints are wide and uneven. I used a curved tool to create a concave finish. I used standard building sand and cement in a 5:1 ratio with a little plasticiser, which has come out rather grey. I attach a...

Hi all, I asked about this in the building forum as it is more wide ranging than just the gas service, but was advised to ask here too. My gas meter (and electric meter) is currently inside the house inside a kitchen cupboard. I am thinking of getting it moved externally, literally to the...

Hi all, Just thinking about the feasibility of this at this stage. I wasn't sure where best to post this as its electric, gas and potentially brickwork/lintel work all in one. My electric and gas meters, and consumer unit are in a kitchen cupboard, awkward to access and in the way of a future...

I know this has come up before and Ive read some of the previous threads on the matter. My 1930s house has 3x2 ceiling joists. But, there are also lots of internal brick supporting walls which stretch all the way up to the loft space that I can use as well if I wanted to sit on some new 6x2s...

Hi, I recently replaced some airbricks as part of an exterior wall tidy up and repointing job. When the old airbricks were out I poked my camera through and had a look at the subfloor. This is from the back of the house looking into the airbricks which would be looking under my dining room...

Hi, My house has suspended floors, so all the heating pipework has been done subfloor downstairs, with rising pipework to each radiator. At the back of the house a drain valve has been installed which has been put through an outdoor airbrick. See picture. Obviously the fact it's outside means...

I have some render on a small section of wall around some french doors as per picture below. Its been painted with a horrible thick paint over many layers and years. Its also rendered over DPC nearly to ground level, actually it was below the level of the paving that was there that Ive started...

Hi, Been doing some more work on the exterior of my house. Ive had areas of water damaged brickwork replaced, stripped horrible thick paint from large sections of wall, had a section of wall professionally repointed, and Ive repointed a section of a wall myself too. Im now lifting pretty old...

Hi, Lots of conflicting information online on this topic. I have a mid 1930s house with solid brick walls and I need to repoint. I am doing one area currently but eventually the whole house needs doing. Sections have been done in the past (before I owned it) and it looks like they've used a...

Hi, I have water pooling in the area shown on the plan below. This is what caused my brickwork damage in this thread which Ive now had repaired and repointed. But I need to sort the drainage somehow. Does anyone have any advice please? Water pools in the area shown in blue. The existing...

Hi, I am considering getting roof ridge tiles replaced as the bedding mortar is coming out in places. Have been advised to go for dry ridge system. Also there is a small bay window flat roof to re felt due to deterioration. 2 sq m that's all. The house has a lot of ridge tiles as the roof is...