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Hi all, My husband, my father in law and I built a retaining wall in the garden a year ago. We then had a kitchen extension that due to poor planning on behalf of the architect or builder was too low and so the patio had to be dug down just over 1 foot, going below our foundations. My FIL...

We only realised the wall was still wet after he had already dotted and dabbed(dot a dabbed?) So asked him not to skim. We do actually have a taxt of that. We want him to remove the plasterboard too. Particularly as he would have seen the wet patches but still let the electrician carry on...

Hi all, just a sense check please. Summary: should a builder charge to remove mouldy fresh plaster and redo? We've had a kitchen extension done where we had the builders give us a shell with electrics and plumbing. Costs have been added as we've gone on and we have accepted them as we have...

I would like some advice please as I can't find the answer- who should have realised the extension needed a step up? We get on very well with our builder so don't want to assign blame unnecessarily We are having a side return and back kitchen extension. We had some problems with our architect...

We know we made a mistake in employing him, but my question is about whether or not we owe him more money seeing as he hasn't done anything else in the contract?

Hi all, I'm back for a bit of advice please. We got a builder in to waterproof our basement and have got a real mess on our hands. A bit of a long story.. We have a narrow Victorian basement that is pretty damp that we wanted converting into a dry utility room. We got some surveys and quotes...

thanks all! will give him £100

They said there was something wrong with the BCD or PCD?.. he has offered to knock £60 off. Is £100 fair to pay for moving the pipes from 3 windows in a bay that can facilitate 1 radiator instead?

He said he couldn't come back earlier as the shop wouldn't be open until Monday morning and he had a job booked on Monday so would come after

He didn't know what had gone wrong. He suspected it was the board but he didn't know so his solution was to try and replace it and see what happened. We didn't tell him as in the initial shock we said we'd wait until Monday evening but once he left we realised we were in the middle of insulating...

Hi, I got a plumber round to change the pipes for 3 radiators to one. They aren't quite in the right place but luckily there is some give so at a stretch we can make it work when we install the radiator. He quoted to do this and install Hive for £160. Seemed like a nice guy until he broke the...

@sxturbo how would I be able to tell the difference?..

Hi all, We have a Victorian terrace where we have 2 damp walls around a chimney breast that has been opened (we planned on using it for storage). We thought the bathroom behind iy was leaking but we ahave since ripped that out and can't find a culprit. When there is heavy rain, we do get some...

So guys, I hoped to have a video of the toilet pan perfectly glued to the floor and the cistern working for you all but alas.. We got a brass float valve and end connector like you suggested, but those wedges are the only way we can stop it leaking! Think it might be because the pipe line isn't...

Thank you guys- we have sorted the plumbing! Next problem is how to fix the pan to the floor.. The standard fixing kit os not the right shape and the fixing holes on the oan are angled, so we can't just screw it straight into the floor! Any ideas? @Madrab @JohnD @terryplumb

Thank you both! @JohnD I have attached the current valve which looks a bit like the first pic do you think? @terryplumb that is exactly what we were looking for- the olive was a bad idea! Thanks for spotting the valve- luckily it's working!

We have installed a high level cistern with copper pipe water supply (we prefer the look of this to a flexible connector) but the compression nut wont screw onto the male plastic inlet and is ruining the thread. When the water supply is turned on, we get a leak! What do we need to do...