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    A couple of queries about an overflow pipe…

    Hi all, I noticed that the bricks around the overflow pipe that come down from the loft have been going white which shows me they’ve been getting damp. i think I have found out what’s happening. I think that when the Bath is running upstairs with both the hot and the cold on the over flow...
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    New tap for kitchen

    Hello, I bought a cheap tap last year to put in my kitchen (I know buy cheap buy twice). The tap started leaking and despite putting on ptfe tape and washers it is still spraying out water when the cold tap is running too fast. My system is a gravity fed system but the kitchen tap is mains...
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    White bricks around overflow pipe

    Hi all, I moved into a new house last year and I’ve just noticed that around the overflow pipe from the upstairs boiler that a lot of the bricks have got like a white frost over them. I haven’t noticed the overflow pipe leaking water but I’m concerned about the state of the bricks around the...
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    Consumer Unit installed May 2015

    Hello, I'm just selling my house and am completing the sellers form. I had a new consumer unit installed in May 2015 and some new wiring installed in the kitchen for a new cooker and induction hob etc... I don't recall receiving a certificate at the end of this work and I haven't got one in my...
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    Porch roof help

    Hi, I've discovered that I have a leak coming through my porch. On further inspection I have found that the felt appears to be torn and is breaking up. I've attached a few pics. Is the best solution to rip the felt off and renew or is there another way? Like a way of patching up or filling...
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    Fireplace opening and lintel - help

    Hi, I am after a little advice. We had a gas fireplace removed a couple of years ago (one of those old ones fitted as a mantel piece all in one kind of thing). Since then we haven't been able to afford to do anything with the opening and it has been boarded up with some hardboard. The house was...
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    New or rennovate stair parts

    Hi, I'm in a bit of a quandary as to what to do with my staircase. Funds are tight at the moment but whilst I am renovating the hallway, landing and stairwell I'd rather get it right now unless I can postpone some aspects... I've attached photos of the existing stairs so you can see what I...
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    Extending a radial circuit

    Hi All, I am looking for some advice in extending the radial circuit in a room in my house. I've never extended a radial circuit before so I'd just like to check a few things. I have done a diagram of the existing and proposed extension. I'd like to add 3 double sockets into a...
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    Damp on walls inside windows

    Hi, I have a problem with damp on all the upstairs walls next to double glazed windows, as you can see below. //media.diynot.com/191000_190805_62250_16649073_thumb.jpg //media.diynot.com/191000_190805_62252_13716672_thumb.jpg...
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    Cistern lid doesn't fit, warped?

    Hi, I have just tackled replacing the soil pipe to the stack successfully and fitted a new Armitage shanks Sandringham 21 toilet. However the cistern lid seems to be warped, is this common? It just doesn't sit on top of the cistern properly and wobbles. I'm a bit gutted to be honest, all...
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    Drain down sealed system

    Hello, I am hoping you kind people can help me yet again. The problem I have now is that whilst I have been redecorating the bathroom I had to remove a radiator in there. The valves on the radiator are very old but I was able to remove the radiator. Anyway the Pegler valve at one end wouldn't...
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    soil pipe to stack questions

    Hi, I have received some excellent advice on here so far, and with that encouragement I have decided to have a go at replacing the soil pipe that joins the cast iron soil stack. I just wanted to check everything I have picked up on so far. I intend to first Remove the existing lead...
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    Replace soil pipe

    Hi, I have decided to replace the the soil pipe coming in to my bathroom so that I can fit a new Armitage shanks Sandringham 21 toilet I have purchased. I am looking for a bit of advice and guidance. The soil pipe in the bathroom is 82mm 3.25, it is very low to the floor the cent...
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    New toilet advice

    Hi I am hoping someone can give me a bit of advice. I've just got a new Sandringham close coupled toilet with a horizontal pan outlet. The outlet to the soil pipe on the new toilet is approximately 5 inches. The problem I have is that the existing soil pipe seems very low to the floor...
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    Replacing Consumer unit advice

    Hi there, I am hoping some one can give me some advice I have just moved into a house built 1965/66 and it has an old fusebox. I have had two quotes for updating the fusebox to a 10 way Consumer Unit. The existing fusebox is next to the kitchen under the stairs, it is very old fashioned...
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    New boiler?

    Hi, I have just moved into a new house which has a back boiler fitted it is a boiler by Thorn heating and it was fitted in 1982 so it makes it 30 years old. The whole house needs redecorating so I am planning on getting any major work done early before decorating. I intend to stay in the...
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