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Too right rubbish. have a read through all of roughcaster's and micilin's posts. you will learn a hell of a lot from them, i can vouch for that.

drainpipe is almost certainly causing a problem. move it so it can drain into a gully ( think thats what its called). lift the floor boards and have a look underneath. you should see damp or wet areas that are worse than others so would give a clue as to where your damp is coming from, ie failed...

would be worth having a look under the floor to see if anything is going wrong. i've got/had water coming into the foundations from multiple places and has been for a very long time. damp patches over various walls etc. maybe water penetration occuring in your house? a few years back i...

hiya micilin thanks a lot for all that information and your time. heres hoping i can do a cracking job but looks like it could be a while now. its likely that the drains are leaking as the foundations at this damp wall of mine are filling with water again after some fairly heavy rain...

as with all handbrake adjustments, you start with adjusting the rear brakes up first THEN make any adjustments to the cable. that way an overadjusted handbrake doesnt interfere with braking efficencies.

hiya micilin floor is timber and removing it isnt a problem. the height of the damp in this wall at its highest is about 5 foot ( where the leaking soil pipe and missing gutter was) more or less tapering down towards the centre of the house to about 1 foot high. pictures would have been handy...

hi micilin. interesting reading there about tanking. i've got a party wall that is partly below the neibours ground floor level and its suffered some serious damp. 2 of 3 causes of this is now sorted( missing guttering and broken soil pipe) and i now need to plaster the wall now thats its almost...

look for bleed screws on the heater matrix pipes and possibly the radiator. let the air out with the engine running and you hopefully will be sorted.

did you replace the p/s alternator etc drive belt? you may have changed the tensioner but if the belt is a little stretched or the ribs are worn it can cause the tensioner to rattle and vibrate giving the noise your getting. try to watch the movement of the tensioner with the engine running...

should be easy enough. i'm an ex mechanic but i was always a bt weak with wiring probs. how large? i used to service a well known break down and recovery company's fleet of transits that used just two side light bulbs in the rear of the van. not exactly dazzling but good enough. if i remember...

try not to dwell on what could happen to that car of yours. every model of car has its list of problems, some more than others. a punto head gasket and clutch is a lot cheaper to do than say a corsa or escort/focus/fiesta so in one way repair costs are cheaper IF and WHEN they occur. best thing...

buy a punto new from a dealer you should get a spare engine included in the deal since head gaskets are a problem and the steel sumps are good for corroding and turning porus. core plug next to the t.belt water pump area is a good'un for leaking as well. don't worry if t.belt snaps though...

hi fellas yeah thats a good name i picked but doesnt make me invincible though. i'll try to explain what i want to do and see what you think of it. i've removed an old gas fire and cleared out the builders opening and intend to fit an ILFE gas fire. A flexible flue liner is already fitted...

is it acceptable to use a flue gather unit to form a lid or top cover of a builders opening ( and so making a flue box)? :?

i want to install 2 showers, 1 into the upstairs bathroom and 1 downstairs bathroom ( my house is a terraced house that used to be a pair of flats). now i've read other posts here and understand that they cannot both be powered by using only 1 electric cable. also it seems that running 2 showers...