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Turns out the EV is kaput and also the new PRV was dodgy. The top mounting for the EV is accessible which meant I could loosen it and rotate it to be able to get to the schrader, and that leaked water. I fitted a new PRV of the same part number, and that has been in a few days now, and my jug on...

What should I use to build back out to level? Presumably it's the gypsum that's the issue? Could I scrape back to hardwall, prime and tank it before tiling, or is that going to still cause problems?

What's the best way to prep a plastered breezeblock wall for tiling in a shower enclosure? One of the walls of this enclosure will be a new false wall for various reasons, but the other is part of a large external cavity wall which is already plastered, though I've scraped off a lot of the...

It has an internal one, but the schrader is accessible - it pokes out of the top of the boiler on this model. Unfortunately whoever installed it ran the return pipe immediately above it so you can't get anything on it! (the same installer who mounted the magnaclean so close to the ceiling that...

Possibly - the pressure difference between hot and cold is quite a jump. But I still wouldn't expect the PRV to vent when the gauge is reading only 2 bar so I think there might be another problem

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice. Our boiler began losing pressure recently and it turned out it was venting through the PRV. Brand new PRV was fitted but we're still losing pressure. I noticed it was still venting from the PRV again even though the boiler was only showing 2 bar of...

I'll definitely make sure its toughened glass when I order the door. I was planning to DIY the install if I didn't need any sort of sign off. If I did, I was going to get quotes from FENSA installers to save myself the hassle. Looking at...

I've tried researching this, but I'm struggling to understand what bits of regs are relevant to this particular case. Our house has an open vestibule in front of the main front door (see pic of similar property). I want to put a UPVC door in the opening to make more of a porch from it. The door...

Final update on this. Shortly after the last post, he said he was currently on a big job and couldn't attend for 3 to 4 weeks to do the repairs. I begrudgingly accepted. 4 weeks came and went without contact, so I complained to Checkatrade. They sent over a surveyor who agreed it was substandard...

Hi all, About to start a bathroom and it occurred to me that anything that might need to run under the floor for future projects is best done now before it's all tiled. We don't have an EV yet but it's inevitable we will do at some point. We have an attached garage at the other side of the...

Just an update on this. He did come back at the weekend without his workers to do the repairs himself. He got on the roof this time (didn't touch a ladder himself last time he was here with his workers) and admitted it needed redoing top to bottom. I think he was just expecting a little tidying...

All ladder work. What annoys me is that I'm not half bad at a bit of DIY, including basic roofing. I repointed all of the verges on our old property and they were smooth as butter and still spot on years later when we sold. Since valleys are essentially rainwater channels though, I thought best...

£1450 :cry:

To be fair, his reviews were really good. I don't know how he's managed it. Probably people not actually seeing the quality of the work. What's the best route to finding a good tradesman these days?

Yes I think he thought I wouldn't bother to check, which is odd since I sent him photos of the valleys from up a ladder originally. Seems logical I'm going to go back up and check again afterwards. Yes, he's with Checkatrade. I haven't done a review yet. This is my worry. I'm really not...

Hi all, We had a company around to repoint 6 valleys on our roof. I went up the ladders to inspect it 3 days later and it is really shoddy work - gutters full of mortar, pointing missing in some places, already breaking away in others, slipped tiles that have been pointed in without reseating...

Thanks guys. The Stuart Turner ones looks pretty reasonably priced too - I'll probably get one of those. Thanks again!

Hi, I'm looking for a recommendation for a whole house mains pump. It looks like Salamander are the leading brand but I've also read quite a lot of reviews of them failing early or becoming noisy. Does anyone have a recommended make/model that they tend to use? Many Thanks

Usually this is because water has gotten in the connector in the past, corroding the contacts. It will work fine if its left un-disturbed, but if you are to unplug it, then replug it, you can have problems as the terminals in to connector arn't making a good connection. Sounds like the earth pin...

Hi, I've just done the first coat on a rendered wall with Sandtext textured masonry paint. The colour is perfect - exactly the shade i was looking for, but the texture is really really fine. Is there anything i can add to the paint for the second coat to give it a coarser texture? I don't...