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We have a small kitchen and bathroom extension, with a flat roof, butting up to a 2 storey building. It's been leaking, so we plan to strip off the felt, replace any soft OSB, and re-cover with EPDM. There's been no condensation on the ceilings of the rooms underneath, so I presume there's some...

I need to run a dehumidifier a couple of hours a day for a few weeks. It's in an unheated sitting room, which has a large south facing single glazed window. The opposite (north facing) wall is showing signs of damp. I'll likely run a fan heater for a couple of hours 2 till 4am ish. I'm...

Different engineers have been clear that only one of these two dials on our boiler does something, and the other one doesn't. Can you remind me which it will be? Many thanks, Stephen I'm looking to reduce the temp to maximise efficiency, whilst still having the heating and hot water hot...

In the past, the immersion heater would heat the water hotter than the gas boiler. In recent months, when I put the immersion heater on, it consistently stays on for about a minute or two then switches off. This happens whether or not the solar electric diverter is set to on or to bypass. If the...

One of our fence panels has been on its way out for some time, and Bert administered the coup de grace. The fence gets a lot of wind rock, so I'm inclined to replace with DIY vertical hit and miss. I could spend weeks dithering about what dimension wood to use for the verticals, so would be...

Hi all, I've recently inherited some hybrid polymer - most recently the soudal high tack. It seems to be great, and I could see myself starting to use it for pretty much everything. ...but before I get too far down that road, I though I'd check with wiser heads here- Are there any downsides...

Hi all, We've just had scaffolding put up, and about to have the house painted. There's a (roughly 6' by 6') patch of blown render on a wall with a tyrolean finish. So we'll take the render off, re-render and finish with a tyrolean flicker - Not so easy to get hold of, but possible with a bit...

Hi there, I'd be grateful if someone could direct me to an easy way to rejoin 8mm LED strip lighting? Do I just use one of these...

We're having a work surface installed in front of pipework below the boiler in the kitchen. It'll need to be removable in case we need access to pipework etc. One side and the back of it will be curved to go around pipes, and the water tank. We'd like a small (inch or so perhaps) upstand at the...

This is the corner of our kitchen. The wall itself is underground and damp, but we're currently focusing on what to do with the 2 trickles of water coming out of the wall in the corner at the bottom. We're thinking to collect it and put in a drain to take it out of the room - how best to...

Hi all, We're having a new kitchen extractor fan installed - it'll be just above and to the side of the cooker, venting directly through a wall, approx half a metre thick, to the outside. We want something really quiet, that looks simple, so are thinking of buying this: Envirovent Silent Design...

We're having a new kitchen installed, partly because stud and board lining is trapping damp air and causing smelly condensation. Prev post: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/underground-damp-kitchen-wall-membrane-and-stud-tanking-or-just-tile.615262/ We need to get the walls flat enough to fix...

Hi all, We've a smelly kitchen, tiles starting to fall off. Walls are rubblestone, uneven, plastered (some tiled) We don't currently have an extractor -One underground wall is studded out to halfway along it, boarded and tiled - we've not yet had the units off to see behind, but suspect damp...

My maths brain is failing this evening! Hardiebacker onto stud frame -max 600mm centres -200mm screw spacing 7 boards, each 800mm by 1200mm Can anyone estimate how many hardiebacker screws I need? Many many thanks (one for each screw!)

Hi all, I've a Bristan shower mixer which I want to reuse - it works fine, but I'm wondering if the slots - in the circle in the middle of the back - indicate that there's a piece missing to fix it into - a backplate? I can't see anything on the body where a grubscrew would go. If so - any ideas...

Hi there, I just wanted to check it's not something I can check before I get an engineer out... Basically the system boiler isn't heating the water for the hot water tank as hot as it used to. Details: Worcester Bosch Greenstar 35 CDi Classic, about 4 years old, serviced annually by the local...

I have an acrylic bath that I really don't want to drill a hole in, so I'm thinking to attach a flexible waste, run that though and under the floorboard, back up the other side, and join into the T connection. I'd welcome any thoughts, particularly: -Can I use the flexible loop under the...

Hi all, The handle on the Woodwarm woodburner door has become very stiff - it's the handle and catch itself - it's stiff whether it's open or closed, so it's not a problem with the door or seal. Ordinarily I'd clean and lubricate something like this with WD40, but I'm thinking that may be a...

Hi all, I've splashed out on a new bath like this one: https://victoriaplum.com/product/mode-tate-freestanding-bath-black-1500-x-700 Twin skinned freestanding bath Outer black colour Reinforced with fibreglass for rigidity Made from high quality acrylic I need to make a 40mm hole in the outer...

Hi all, I've a pumped loop for hot water (long distance from tank to shower) - it's currently controlled by a traditional Drayton timer like this: https://www.draytoncontrols.co.uk/products/time-controls/lifestyle/lp111 Is there an easy way to have a switch that I could use remotely from...