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Hi, I have a need to install a tile vent. Tiles are interlocking Forticrete Gemini. I removed two tiles in different rows last night to find that the rafter is either right in the middle of the tile or impedes fitting by about 1/4-1/2 inch (the connector on the back of the vent for extractor...

Hi, Pretty sure I know the answer, but I presume this means the cylinder is done with and needs replacing? There is a small amount of water coming out when the hot water is on (it's system water not the hot water). The dent was there when we moved in and appears to have been done before or...

Hi, Sorry another loft floor question! I'm looking at putting down 18 or 22 mm P5 flooring in my loft, done the job in previous houses but in this one the roof height is a bit lower so no cross battening. The setup of the loft would easily take the T&G screwed down onto the joists but I would...

Hi, Where a central heating system has a manual bypass it's a simple job to swap to an auto bypass valve, but.. The pipework is all 22mm but is stepped down to 15mm to run through manual bypass and then stepped back up to 22mm to re-join the system pipework. Why would this have been done...

Hi, I'm currently adding network/media cabling to our property. It's been a while since I last did it and satellite/tv distribution has moved on but there seems to be a few different ways to do it. I have 6 rooms with a TV point, probably 3 will need satellite, so 2 feeds for the living room...

Hi, We have a soil stack that smells and I just wanted to run my suspicion as to the cause by everyone here before I punch holes in ceilings! The toilet in question has a soil stack in the wall that goes into the roof space. In the adjoining room (same wall run) I took out some of the...

Hi, We have a Glowworm boiler that's behaving a bit odd tonight. We have underfloor heating downstairs and radiators upstairs (zone valves on each). It's always cycled and not behaved very well with the UFH - it'll surge up to 65deg then switch off and then wait until temp gets down to 40 and...

Evening All, I'm after an electrical junction box/pit that can be buried with a cover at ground level, similar to a drain inspection/rodding point. I have a need to properly enclose come control cables (low voltage) correctly. They were buried by contractors before we bought our property but...

Happy New Year all. I was wondering if anyone could help with a query? We have underfloor heating for the entire downstairs, 4 controlled zones, 6 loops (2 rooms have 2 loops). It's been working fine since we moved in, however with the drop in temperatures outside the rooms have been on the...

Hi All, I've recently acquired a property that has an installed alarm system. I have no contract with the company who last touched it and there is no contract in place with the previous owners (based on the last data label inside the control panel). There are some minor tweaks I would like to...

Hi, I've posted before about a similar problem. When we moved in the boiler was kettling a lot. Turns out the radiators were not balanced properly and closed down too much. We have TRVs fitted where appropriate and a honeywell autobypass. The boiler is a Baxi Solo2 PF60 with the output set...

Hi, I fitted a Texecom Premier to our 2 storey house years ago and it was straight forward to do however a family member has asked me to fit an alarm in a bungalow. Aside from bedroom etc there would be a front door sensor and hallway PIR. The question I have relates to a shift pattern...

Hi, I'm new to the forum but I've been a long time lurker and learned a great deal from this forum. I'm a keen and competant DIYer but on this one I've had to admit defeat so here I am after a little advice :) Apologies it's a long post but I've tried to include as much information as I can...