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Hi could I have some help please. Just discovered a section of our hall wall about 1 meter by 1 meter from skirting board up and from the door frame across has the plaster blown. So it's quite a large section of wall. Door was fitted a year ago. the wall is at 90 degrees to the frame if that...

Hi all originally put long rambling post in building forum and realized that's wrong place. Early 70's 4 bed detached with black bitumen felt under tiles and no ventilation. Never been prob before but we had bathroom renovation in summer (horrendous) with downlights and fan in loft ducting...

Hi all Last weekend (Sunday) we had a frost. Wnet in the loft that morning and found the tiling underfelt (early 70's house, so bitumen based and not breathable) wet with small drops of moisture on the underfelt across the north facing slope of the roof - the coldest surface. This is a...

Just a bit worried about how mixer taps have been installed by plumber in bathroom refurb. How would I know if I have a back-flow problem? My understanding from reading some other posts is that this would cause cold water to get into the hot system, to the hot water cylinder and thence from...

When we had our bathroom remodelled one wall about a metre wide had more channels taken out of it. Internal non supporting wall built with thermalite blocks. It already had on the bathroom side chanelling out for a shaver socket (socket now removed) and on the other side a bedroom light...

After having our bathroom refurbished, which involved: a) knocking off all tiles and render back to blockwork on internal non-supporting walls, as they found they couldn't fit in the bath! b) kocking out some of the blockwork on an external wall beneath a window for burying pipes for wall hung...

Recently had bathroom renovation by the pros. Involved moving bath to other end of room. Plumber has used one of those shallow seal traps and no room under bath for deeper seal. Waste goes to stack so this isn't right. Basin waste also tees into it. Bath trap now getting siphoned. Need...

Had some work done with our patio this year to try and prevent flooding. This included laying a land drain in front of the patio in a lined trench. at the end of the patio this then goes beneath it and joins onto a new plastic gully at the foot of gutter downpipe. The installer removed the...

Apologies, this is a re-post from the Plumbing & Hating Forum. Hello am new to the forum and at my wits end with problems we have following a bathroom refurb. Basically moved bath to other end of room, swapping with basin. All new kit, loo in same position as previously. Used local showroom...

Hello am new to the forum and at my wits end with problems we have following a bathroom refurb. Basically moved bath to other end of room, swapping with basin. All new kit, loo in same position as previously. Used local showroom and their contract fitter (been with them for years). All...