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    Rain Water Damage Via Broadband Duct

    We live in a new build (2015) and have recently discovered rainwater has been entering under the floor via the phoneline/broadband duct. The green box is at a higher elevation and the duct didn't have either sufficient drainage or wasn't sealed properly when the property was built meaning it...
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    Rainwater Ingress Via Front Door?

    The Problem I've got an issue whereby water is getting into my house whenever there is moderate-heavy rain. This is a new build from 2015 (maybe that's not so new now...) I suspect it is coming in via the front door, but there is no visual evidence of water ingress anywhere - however, walking...
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    Screw fell out of uPVC butt hinge

    I have a misaligned uPCV external door with butt hinges (not sure which manufacturer, but is 3D adjustment type). The bottom hinge is clearly out of alignment and recently a small screw fell out the bottom - my guess is that it has just worked loose over time. I have tried to push and screw...
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    Water under flooring

    I recently realized I can hear water sloshing around when I put pressure (IE walking) over the flooring near where the front porch meets the main house. House was built in 2015, floor is concrete base with layer of plywood then Amtico (decent quality sealed flooring) glued on top. The house...
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    Downstairs heating turning itself on, upstairs fine?

    Problem: Downstairs radiators keep coming on by themselves, even when thermostat/programmer would indicate CH either shouldn't be on at current temp/time or programmer is deactivated but CH still comes on. Upstairs rads function at the correct time/temp as per the programmer. Tried so far...
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    Best way to adjust butt hinge uPCV door

    My front door has ended up with a small gap at the bottom opposite the hinge side. It appears to be a butt-style hinge from Googling a bit. It looks like the bottom hinge has drifted out of alignment of the middle and top hinges creating this gap. I've mucked about but really have no idea what...
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    Unvented Indirect Tundish Discharge - What Reason?

    Hello knowledgeable folks. I have an issue that occurred about a year ago and has come up again. I have a Santon Premier Indirect Unvented heating cylinder and when the heating system is running there appears to be water discharge from the tundish. This is not a constant discharge, because...
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    LED Light Fixture Has no Ground - Solution?

    I have some LED light fixtures that were bought from China. They are generally all metal with a plastic shroud to cover up the guts of the fitting. Inside they have an LED transformer. I've wired a few up and they work perfectly, but the issue is that they have no attachment for the ground...
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    Taps/Shower Losing Pressure (Sealed System)

    I've just moved into a new build house that has a sealed system installed. Pump broke after two weeks but was replaced (Grundfos, can't remember the model at the moment). Everything was fine initially, but recently the taps and showers in the house have visibly lost throughput - water still...
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    Help needed! How do I put on this pipe reducer?!

    I'm in the middle of replacing a bust TRV with a new one (essentially a like-for-like replacement). The valves are standard 15mm but the house piping is 10mm. I have a 15-10mm reducer and had to saw off the old one (as you can see in the photo below). My question on the new pipe reducer is...
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    Replacing old TRV with a new one

    I have a leaking Myson One-Way TRV on a radiator that is leaking from the pin fairly consistently, so I am planning to replace it. This is probably the most advanced bit of plumbing I will have attempted to just wanted to get some advice from more sage members. 1 - I am replacing it with a...
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    Radiator valves banging/whining

    Hi all, We had a new replacement Grundfos pump (Grundfos 15-90N) installed late last year. Shortly after, the TRVs on all the rads (although only one at a time) started making a really loud banging/whining/clunking sound when starting to reach temperature. The valves are Myson One-Way TRVs...
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    Air keeps getting into CH system?

    I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to all this, so please bear with me :) Recently had the pump replaced in the CH system (Grundfos 15-90N I think) and since then, there is a decent amount of air trapped in the system - you can hear it swooshing through the boiler and especially at the pump...
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    Pattern concrete drive shattered areas - how to fix?

    After last winter, there's several areas on the surface of the driveway that's shattered. About 90% of the rest of the driveway is in perfect nick. I'm a bit stumped as to what to do - I've had some guys say I should have the area where there's been damage replaced (i.e. cut out and...
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