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Mother in laws house is suffering with damp and I suspect part of it may be caused by the old open fire in one room that hasn't been used in probably 20 years, as it's been used as a bedroom. Chimney pots are completely open at the top, letting in rain water, birds, draughts and other...

Had an unvented cylinder fitted about 6 months back - there was a long winded thread on here about it as the fitter stuffed it up in numerous ways and didn't issue paperwork. Got the problems sorted by him and received a Gas safe cert for it in the end... Not sure if this makes any difference...

Doing some work in the mother in law's kitchen, and want to pipe the kitchen extractor so it actually extracts to outside, so as to help with the damp issues etc. As you can see in the pic, there's wooden beams in close proximity. They look as though they are probably structural as they look to...

I've been tasked with sorting out the mother in laws house, one of the major problems is the roof. There's various tiles missing, even more slightly chipped/cracked, and the felt has gone through in places which has caused damp issues in places. The guttering was full of crap but I've sorted...

Finally had an unvented HW cylinder fitted today, my mate the plumber was too busy, so got a plumber I saw working in our street to fit one instead. I was at work and left them to it and came back to find it all done. Impressed with the hot water pressure now, but not sure it's been fitted...

I am about to start refitting my ensuite, and the floor is a bit saggy just inside the entrance door. I have had the ceiling down below for some plumbing work and the joint of 2 of the chipboard flooring sheets is just next to a joist and unsupported (see below pic) First thought was to put a...

I'm doing some work in the loft and need to relocate or get rid of the cisterns for hot water and central heating. Hopefully converting the central heating to be a sealed system won't be a problem, the boiler can handle it, and I'll wet pressure test it when I alter some pipework next month to...

I've got a problem with my HRM Wallstar (Sterling 40 burner so I'm told), its locking out first fire in the morning, the problem started with the cold weather just before Christmas. One reset used to be enough to get it going, lately that's become 2, 3 or 4 so I decided to look a bit further...

I'm in the process of moving my cold water tank and F&E tank so I can put a proper sized loft hatch in. I am considering putting a drip tray under the tanks, for a few reasons, I had a leak on the isolation valve on one of them which just dripped to the ceiling (fortunately caught it in time)...

I've just fired up my central heating system after having to re plumb the downstairs due to broken pipes in the concrete floor. It's a Y plan system with a Danfoss HS3 valve. When I turn it on, all is good for around 30 seconds to a minute, then the valve actuator starts clicking and gets hot...

I need to take the ceiling down in my kitchen and utility room, I need to put in new central heating pipes, spot lights in the ceilings, extractor ducts, etc. Upstairs is chipboard floors and the ceilings are artex which I want rid of anyway so it seemed like the best solution. House was built...

At some point (by previous owners) the shower in my ensuite has been changed from an electric heated shower (where it heats its own water) to a pumped power shower (with hot and cold feeds). I suspect it was wired up by the plumber as they've done away with the existing 6mm feed from the CU on...

I've just drained down and flushed my system with the intention of fitting TRVs to 8 out of the 13 rads in the house ready for winter. The existing valves are 'Wasp Ten' wheelheads at both sides of each rad. I managed to get the old valves and tails off without any problem, fitted the new...

Hi, We've got 2 showers, a pumped electric shower (has hot and cold feed) in the en suite, and a mixer tap in the bathroom with shower attachment. Hot water is supplied from a cylinder via open vented Y plan system, there's a cold water storage tank supplying the hot water cylinder and pumped...

I'm planning on doing some stuff to the house I've not long since moved in to, none of the radiators have TRVs so I've got a load of them and new lockshields, and also bought a Magnaclean chemical pack which came with cleaner and inhibitor. While I'm messing about fitting TRVs I intend to take...

Being as us normal folk aren't allowed in the gas section I've posted here... I'm putting a semi buried gas meter box on the side of my porch in preparation for a meter move (long way off in the future) Going to shutter off a section in the screed floor in the porch for the gas pipe to run in...

Hi, Just boarded my loft out and I now plan on removing the old flue to the living room which is now redundant. There is zero chance of it ever being used again, it messed up the walls in the living room and bedroom above, and the gas supply pipe has been cut off. I plan on stuffing the...

I had my house totally re plumbed about a year ago with a new bathroom suite including a P shaped bath, with the overflow on the curved bit on the side for some reason. The overflow that the guy fitted was a standard flat one bulked up with a load of silicone sealant, which has never sealed...

I'm doing a bit of work at the minute in preparation for a new drive, and plan on installing some channel drainage at the front. I have got an existing drain to the front for the canopy's gutter (but in totally the wrong place!) and also one at the side next to the car port's concrete slab...

Hi, i've got a load of spare concrete on a job next week so have started to dig out for a porch (2m x 1.2m) to save it going to waste. My house is built on a raft foundation. I have read up on how deep to dig out for a slab for the porch, there were various answers but as the concrete isn't...