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Hi. I live in a 2019 newbuild. Timber frame construction with Posi Joists and Caberdek upstairs flooring. I have a recessed shower cubicle and have noticed the shower pan (plastic/polystyrene) has cracked. I dismantled the shower cubicle and pulled up the failed pan (only siliconed around...

Hello, Looking for a bit of advice before I go to my builder's plumber (still in warranty)... I live in a 2019 new-build property. Detached timber-frame two story house. I have gas central heating with the boiler (Vaillant EcoFIT sustain 830) in a cupboard on the first floor. We have...

Hello, I am fitting a Manrose 1361 humidity/timer controller in our ensuite to control a MF100S inline fan in the loft. Unless I'm missing something, there are no real recommendations in the manual about situating the sensor except that it must not be in in zone 0, 1 or 2. The extraction vent...

Hello, I live in a new-build timber-frame detached house. The construction is fairly simple, timber frame clad with OSB (which then has some kind foil on the outside). On the outside is a brick wall. On the inside there is insulation (some kind of rock wool) with a plastic sheet vapour...

Hi, I have a new build garage with a slight slope from left to right on the concrete floor (about 5mm but not measured). The builder has bunged down some SLC before I moved in, no idea what kind but it's about 7mm in some places, featheredge thin in others. There is no DPM so I have rising...

Hello, I have a new build property with detached garage and tarmac drive (slopes down and away from garage door). I am looking at improving the finish of the tarmac to the slab on the garage. In short, the detached garage has a concrete slab which finishes inline with the brickwork. However...

I live in a new build property. I have a detached garage constructed. It has a single skin brick wall and poured concrete slab. Along the longest walls are piers constructed of block, two on each side. There is a joint of motar between the blocks and the brickwork, I can't see if there is...

Hello, I am going to make a small modification to my new build electrics. In the downstairs hallway I have a 2-gang switch. Gang 1 controls outdoor light, gang 2 controls upstairs and downstairs light (further two switches upstairs do same). Neutrals are at the switch. Downstairs pendant is...

Hello, I've recently moved into a new build property. I have a bath which is enclosed on both ends by bathroom wall and boxed in section where the soil stack is. I tiled the bathroom floor with porcelain planks (first go at this, turned out quite well!) Of course this raised the bathroom...