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    Bosch dishwasher: What is this for?

    10+ year old Bosch dishwasher. Have a leak coming from here when the dishwasher fills. Have cleaned but has not resolved the leak. Suspect O-rings need replacing as they seem a bit loose when I removed this part to clean it. To get the right size I could do with identifying what this...
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    Fitting bathroom tile backing board in cavity

    Water has gotten behind a few of our bathroom tiles, and any tiles I can remove have been taken off. See photo. I found some mouldy plasterboard behind, so I've cut the mouldy section away and intend to replace with a small section of Abacus Elements board ahead of a proper bathroom refurb down...
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    20% moisture content on plasterboard behind tile!?

    Some advice please on whether my logic makes sense! I found a crack in the grout and a loose tile behind the shower bath tap recently, and have taken the loose tiles off (the bottom row of tiles above the bath - see photo). The rest are stuck very securely so have left them be. I've ran a...
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    Rectifying mould behind tiles

    I found some cracks in our bathroom tile grout behind the bath tap & there's mould behind the few tiles I've removed already. I've never done any tiling before so am a total novice at this and would value comments/corrections. My plan so far is to keep removing tiles until there's no more...
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    Leaking CH drain

    Opened our CH drain to drain the system and now it won't fully close. I've fitted a new drain elsewhere on system so happy to bung this old one up, any tips? Photo from before I opened it.
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    Drain a CH system without a drain valve

    I've found a small leak on an isolator for our CH system (sealed system, no drain valve), so need to drain it ideally (I'll replace the fitting with a new compression isolator). Any tips on how to do this with the least mess? Needed to get to this job at some point so now is as good a time as...
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    Possible upgrades to existing subfloor

    Replacing 18mm plywood sub-floor in kitchen due to a leak (was a slow one so went mouldy before it was noticeable). Whilst it is up, are there any worthwhile upgrades I can make to the existing sub-floor (without pulling up the T&G layer on top of the joists)? Current structure is as follows...
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    Insulate (thermal/acoustic) kitchen floor under washing machine & tumble dryer: Can wooden board be replaced with rigid insulation?

    Our 1970s kitchen has a suspended floor, gets cold in winter and supports a washing machine and tumble dryer that I want to use at night on our cheap rate. It has a very deep cavity with a lot of builder's rubble at the bottom, so access from underneath is a last resort. Floor make-up is as...
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    Loft: Random plasterboard between rafters - why?

    I have come across some random plasterboard in-between a few of our loft rafters. The previous owners had a two-storey extension built 10 years ago with some new roofing that joined onto the existing roof. There is some overlap between new roof felt (beathable) and the old existing felt (the...
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    Work out if dot & dab or studwork behind my plasterboard?

    I want to secure some brackets to an internal wall hold some heavy things. I'm looking to get some strong fixings for this (I know which ones I want to get How do you work out whether it is dot & dab or studwork (with cavities) behind plasterboard on the internal side of an external wall?
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    Insulating both joists and rafters?

    Given the massive rise in energy bills coming, insulation is going to lead to much bigger savings on energy bills. Yet our loft is low and so I have a rather unusual issue - I can't insulate it to 270mm. I have just a 100mm cavity between the joists in our loft and insufficient height to raise...
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