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I think I have found a better approach: Use KA Tanking Slurry on the existing concrete substrate Key with an SBR bonding agent When SBR bonding agent is tacky – use a rapid flex adhesive and lay 10mm warm-up boards Over warm-up boards lay electric heating element Then screed with latex to...

Hello all – some advice welcome. I have an existing kitchen floor – concrete slab, no DPM or insulation. I need to bring it up to a new level which is 18mm higher than its current level. Within that 18mm I would like to: Install a Liquid DPM (as per instruction on forum) Lay a foil to reflect...

Thanks all for the help. Appreciate your view Joe-90, I'm in two minds myself - the issue is that the main bathroom is quite small - so by the time you've tiled the bath/shower and the sink area and taken in to account the wall with the window in it then the one with the door there really...

Hello all - some welcome advice needed. I'm in the process of a reasonably extensive renovation - I've moved my existing bathroom and have created a new en-suite so have a blank canvass. I'd like to get some quotes from some local plasterers but would like to clarify a couple of questions that...

Hi, I’m in the process of extending the rear of my house and am fitting a wet under floor heating system which will be insulated and covered by 75mm of screed The house is a 1930’s house and the extension is to the existing kitchen which sits on a concrete slab Having done the...

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Hi – I’m looking to lay a limestone floor in my house – most of it will be on concrete, but the hallway is a suspended floor. I’m getting contradicting advice about preparing the substructure for the hallway – the two pieces of advice I’m getting are: Option 1: To remove the existing...

Thanks Adam With regard the mortar bed - that's what I had heard, the external bricks are those red shiny bricks- it's a 1930'3 house - so I know that when they come back they will be drilling in to the mortar bed, but the builder tells me that the inside cavity wall will not be such an...

Hi – I posted a previous message about some dodgy damp proofing, but it was a bit garbled and things have moved on.... The builder I contracted to perform the work required for my mortgage retention came round yesterday and confirmed that all of the outside walls had either not been damp...

Hi- Having read some of the posts on this site I am starting to worry – I hope someone can help me. I bought a house in November and my mortgage company put a retention on the mortgage until the damp that was identified during the survey was treated. I hired a building company to complete...

Done - all working - cheers fellas Phil

One more question... There's no mention of 'earth' in the installation instructions from Honeywell - my current programmer has an earth with two wires connected - one from the main power supply and the other from the wiring that connects programmer to the boiler's circuit board - what should...

Thanks Mathew - that makes perfect sense, cheers Phil

Hi, I've just bought a Honeywell CM927 wireless programmable thermostat and need some advice on how to wire it up to my boiler. Connection to power seems straight forward, but I could use some advice for the thermostat connection to the boiler. The instructions tell me to connect the...

Dan, If you're around I could use your help one more time... I took your advice and have a shiny new Honeywell CM927 infront of me. Connection to power seems straight forward, but I could use some advice for the thermostat connection to the boiler. The instructions tell me to connect the...

more testing tomorrow then - thanks again Dan

To be fair the flow is pretty good - no complaints really, so I guess that's a job for tomorrow then!... No doubt be back on tomorrow evening. The problem that I'm having is that I've fitted a new thermostatic shower valve and it seems to be reacting severley to the hot water - basically as...

Okay - cheers Dan, I'll have a look around - but take your advice on the Honeywell range Phil

Ouch - a little more than I wanted to spend... new house and all! Is there anything on the market that will work in conjunction with the current timer (non-wireless) that fits directly to the boiler - or is that just wishful thinking?! :) Phil

Thanks Dan - is there a way to reduce the temperature of the hot water output?