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Just dry sand brushed in, yes

We've laid a brick and sand floor in our new build. Still waiting for it to fully settle. Laid on concrete above full damp proof, so don't worry. So. The question is, we're going to seal it, but are trying to find a seal that won't make the bricks look wet. Anybody got any ideas, please?

Hi. I need to make a step. We have an interior brick floor, laid, not yet finished. In front of the door there's a concrete area which I want to cover in a wooden step. The area is 1680*360*25mm Initially I was thinking of ply, but really I guess the answer is hardwood. Am I likely to get a...

Hi. Yes, I have standard add-on bases, with 3 core and earth connectors, for the alarms mounted on beams on the vaulted roof. With them, you terminate the 3+E cables into a block, screw the base on the beam, and the alarm clicks into place, with three pins. (Which adds a lot to the bill, and...

Hi. Wiring in a series of Fireangel smoke alarms using 3 core plus earth. The system wiring diagram says I connect L,N,I (grey wire to comminucate between different units), and Earth. There is a three wired connector cable which connects into the unit itself. By my logic, there's no issue with...

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Ahem? Any commengs/objections/advice?

We're at the tail end of a self build, and in the last room to be completed are considering a smallish platform/mezzanine across half the room. The size of the platform will be 3220 across the centre of the room by 2200 deep. I have a 170x77 beam which I'm thinking of putting across the room...

OK. Here goes.... We have a newbuild, which has glulam beams along the ridges of the roof. Our builder, or rather our roof builder, decided that the 'best', (I suspect easiest) way to attach beams to the ridge was to cut them and join them to the SIDES of the ridge, like this. When the dry...

Other basins, toilets, showers run into the main foul water drain. I'll check it out. It's a self build, so the house builder is me.....

A number of other basins/toilets/showers flow into the main drain. I'll have a go at rodding the waste through. Fingers crossed..... Ah, well, yes. I'ts a self build, so that's basically on me......

Other basins do flow into the main drain. No soak away, but I'll check the main drains. Nice thought, but I'm the one building the house, so it's effectively on me

It does have an overflow and it isn't blocked OK. So. It looks like it's in the drain. I didn't remove the pie out of the push fit, but I checked where the drain goes into a manhole in the garden. It is presumably blocked, as it doesn't seem to be running into the main drain. If I have the...

I'll give that a try. But if the aav is completely removed (and left open) it drains really well. That said, I'll give it a go.

OK. So. Done that. But. No success. Photos enclosed. Still slow, unless I prop open the tab under the air inlet. Still unsure what's going on.

It's the only pipe draining into that waste. Sink outlet (and dishwasher outlet) go to u bend, the pipe (which is actually vented) runs down to t join, bottom going to 110mm bung type reducer, top to vent pipe. Pipe goes behind dishwasher, but no blockages anywhere in the system.

I'm in a new build. We have a sink and dishwasher venting into a 110 pipe. I have a reducer on the pipe to 40mm and am having trouble with a vacuum causing the sink to drain very slowly. So I've put in a vent pipe with a macalpine vp2w venta pipe on top of it. It's near as dammit vertical, but I...

Heat the room, basically. We have water based ufh on most of our new build but rushed into the first section and didn't heat it. So we have a suitably sized heating mat, and are just trying to work out which layer goes where.

Hi. Simple enough question. I have to put an electric underfloor mat in under a laminate floor. Question is, does it go under or over the underlay which goes under the laminate? Thanks

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