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There are high/low spots on the grey areas- I laid a board edge on it just now. The cream areas are still slick. To my untrained eye it looks like the grey areas are too thick and it’s just sat like porridge as it’s set rather than self-levelling.

They’re back tomorrow anyway, I just want to be prepared and informed in advance.

Hi, I’ve recently outsourced the rip-out and refinish of my lounge diner to a builder as after five years of working in my house I’m frankly getting tired. Part of this was the re-screeing of the concrete floor owing to it being uneven and a parquet (spl?) floor going in. I’ve never done such...

Hello. My tiny ex council bathroom came with a walk in shower unit but no bath. the previous owner was elderly and I assume the bath was swapped out for ease of access. ive managed to get hold of a bath of exact proportions as my bathroom that will fit wall to wall against one wall in place of...

I live in an 1950s ex local authority house with walls that are made of what appears to be aggregate mixed with concrete and I need advice on drilling. It’s not smooth pebblecrete as I would call it as it is lumpy stones of approx 20mm+ across loosely glued together with a sheen on concrete...

Hello, I have had a boiler fitted that came with an RT510TX programmable thermostat. I was given a fold out booklet to accompany this which contains details as to how to set the time and pair it with the boiler. Unfortunately it does not come with any kind of clear instructions as to how to...

Just tried it with the bathroom tap, yes the problem is present in the taps too. It got very hot (hotter than usual) then cooled down again then started to rise.

Thanks. Shower kept alternating hot then cold. It’s a thermostatic mixer shower running off the combi boiler feed. Shower was installed two months ago. Central heating appears to be running ok. Pressure now sits at 1.5, pressure loop is now closed. Yes I believe this was the initial cause of...

i have just moved into a new house in need of renovation. I removed a radiator yesterday and represurised the system afterwards. I woke up this morning to find the pressure dial at over 3.5 and the pressure release pipe outside dripping. I shut the water off and the boiler down and bled a...

No permanent structure fixings permitted I'm afraid as the watercourse for the street runs underneath. I forgot to add that bit, apologies. I've coated the external faces and edges of the wood with tar paint but I'm not looking for it to last forever as I'll be selling the house at some point...

i have built a metal shed to be used as a workshop with a foundation of edge mounted 8x2 joists for it to sit on. It is sat on a concrete patio that has proved to be uneven with rain water run off ingress under the joists through a number of gaps where the ground dips away. I'm looking for a...

Yep that's the one. Doesn't seem to want to turn much more. I'm turning the spanner from right to left, is that the correct way? -stupid question, but I genuinely have no idea about this.

Fully tightened as far as I can tell. There's a tightening nut on it but I thought that was just for securing it on. I'll have a play.

Pic now uploaded, valve evident in mid drop

IMG_7644 by MPEJ posted 10 Jun 2017 at 1:56 PMI'm replacing the Alpha CB28 in my house in the near future c.o a re-mortgage. But I need to temporarily stop the four buckets a day's worth of water that is dropping out of a valve on the base. Can someone advise on what this valve is and if/how it...

Pics of leaking valve

My patio is made of the yellow tinged cheap stone effect concrete slabs. They've been getting a bit grim and mud tinged recently due to run off and foot traffic. Today the other half with the best of intentions borrowed a Karcher and has 'cleaned' the slabs. They now are uniformly concrete grey...

I've been painstakingly decorating our dining room for two weekends now. Having carefully laid lining paper adjacent all the way round I added a light coating of watered down eggshell emulsion with a roller yesterday having left the edges well alone. I come in today to find my wife helpfully...