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Hi guys, A common topic it seems - hot water runs hot, cold, hot cold... General advise seems to be sludged up heat exchanger or faulty diverter valve... Turning the DHW down has stopped the cutting out, chuntering and pressure bouncing, but I'd like the issue fixed on a more permanent basis...

Hello gents, I had a meeting with my building inspector yesterday in the hope I'd achieve sign-off on my self-build extension and knock-through, but I have a couple of things to do to please him. I wrongly thought I could get away with not having an extractor in our under stairs cloakroom...

Hi guys, I really need to find an interim solution to hold back the damp from coming straight through the 4" block wall when we have any rain from that direction. The wall will be rendered in the new year, but I'm desperate to move stuff back into the garage and out of the kitchen before I...

Hi guys, My parents have an old place that was partially rebuilt a decade or two ago, and some of the original walls don't have a proper DPC. It is one of these internal rubble-filled stone walls that has a 3m wide damp patch up to 200mm above the skirting creating a 'tide mark' that is an...

Just had a price for the double roman Bridgwater tile from the local merchants, and, although it might not be great price (just ringing around) at at £4.90/tile it is nearly 4x the price of the equivalent modula from the same yard!! A - why are they so expensive guys - surely the taper can't...

Hi chaps, I'm building an extension on a notice, with no pro drawings or builder, but each inspection from LBCO has been signed off with no snags. I'm hoping to get the roof carcass signed off on Monday, then it is on with the box gutter while I wait for the brickies (had to employ them!)...

Hi all, Why can't I find an assembled (with a hardwood sill) softwood FD30 door casting that I need to for the door from the house into the garage? Howdens don't stock them, and nor to Travis it seems - but why? Cheers Tom

While ordering our blocks and cavity insulation in the local builders merchant on Saturday morning I get in, what I think is the most ridiculous debate as to what is deemed 'full-fill' cavity wall insulation... The guy on the counter, who has been selling to the trade for 30 years, was...

Hi folks, Our extension is moving along, and the dpm was passed this morning, but my BCO told me I need to fit a sealed man hole cover in the integrated garage. At present, I have a cast iron heavy-duty item in place ready for the concrete due tomorrow morning, and searching the...

Do you know whether the garage can be the same height as the utility room (door connecting the two) as long as the garage floor slab slopes away to the drive? I was offered a raised cill, or advised of a min of a 4" step down into the garage from the house, but he didn't know whether what I'd...

Hello, We're building an extension on a building notice, and expect to get to dpc on Tuesday after pouring the foundations this morning and planning to take the weekend off. Everything is going so well despite the rain while excavating! Part of the extension comprises of a single-skin...

Chaps, I wonder if you can help please.. I visited a friend last weekend and topped up his combi after he bled the system to the extent the boiler lost all pressure. This came about when he tried to get some heat in a towel rail that previously had only ever got warm around its base...

Hi chaps, Go easy please, this is my first post! The load-bearing wall in question is rubble filled 450mm thick and made of blue lias n lime mortar, and approx 120 yrs old. It is the making good either side of the opening I am particularly interested in, as the wall, even when stitched...