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The wall was prepared, all sockets removed since we redid the electrics, no skirting board either. He parked on my drive for free. Learned my lesson, sounds like I got taken for a ride...

Hey all! I was wondering what I should have expected when a decorator came to wallpaper a single (prepared) wall. 7 x 2.4m . I fully expected him to put down the lining paper, let it dry and come back the next day to put in the wallpaper. He came in at 8am and left by 2pm (with an hour...

This was my plan given your comments. Undercut the concrete a little bit and then join it the same way you would if the DPC was above the concrete, The DPM going over the DPC level. Do you think this is likely to cause any bridging?

I was planning to use Ardex Liquid DPM 1C above the self-leveling compound. Given that I already already own the liquid dpm do you think I just just apply it to the chipped away floor, then add the PIR Bridge (I have some 25mm)?

Hey! I'm pouring a new concrete screed in my garage and discovered the old slate DPC level is below the garage floor. I'm guessing this would cause moisture bridging in the future. I was planning to chip away a bit at the concrete slab around the edges, put down a liquid DPM and prevent the...

Thank you for the response, this is very helpful. Is it worth getting a 100mm thick lintel for any reason, am I likely to regret going with a 65mm one? (I've found a 100mm*215mm, I could order online). I can fit a 100mm lintel with no problems. As a follow-up question, how many acrows +...

The proposed lintel will start at the edge of the steel in the concrete cieling, just under where the ducting goes into the wall. There is a concrete garage cieling it's supporting and a single brick wall upstairs. There is a huge 400x400mm pillar that the steel in the concrete cieling is...

I'd like to install an internal door to an internal garage. The wall is an external 215mm wall and it is load bearing. I'm wondering what lintel to install above it. The LABC lady advised against a prestressed lintel since there is already weight on the solid brick wall from above. She...

Hi! I live in a 1930s house and am trying to figure out how the DPC/render works. Since the house is fairly old I don't expect it has a plastic DPC, but I can't find any sign of any DPC. The render applied to the house is very hard (you can't nail cable clips into it) but it also is flush all...

I'm looking to set up a small workshop/gym in my garage. The garage is part of a 1930s house and has a concrete floor. There doesn't seem to be a DPC (or perhaps it's been broken) between the concrete and the dirt since the concrete is constantly slightly damp in some areas (towards the center...

Hey! I was wondering why dormer roof extensions seem to be so common in the UK, especially in suburban areas where most houses have pitched roofs. We'll be looking to replace our roof in about a decade and I was wondering if it's possible to convert a pitched to a flat roof to provide...

I'm currently re-doing the room below the section of loft in question and wanted to re-do the insulation with PIR. However, I realised this would be a waste if there will be a loft conversion in the future since the PIR would be ripped out since the floor will need proper joists. That being...

Would it be reasonable to support the ceiling underneath the binder from the room below, notch the ceiling binder from underneath and then screw the ceiling binder into the new floor joists? My understanding is that the binder supports the ceiling joists from sagging.

I'm looking to install new floor joists in my loft between the existing ceiling joists. There's a beam running the whole length on the loft over the top of all the ceiling joists. It's nailed to every ceiling joist. The floor joists will be 175mm tall (mounted on 18mm ply) compared to the...

Twisting the knob moves the whole assembly of the piston in or out (its on a thread). There is a piston in the threaded head that pushes down on the spring the hotter it gets and comes up when it gets cold.

TLDR; take the plastic cap off and manually adjust clockwise. Thanks for all of the help throughout. I took the plunge today, emptied the CH and took apart the valve, wiped it clean with kitchen towel, reapplied some silicone WD-40 as suggested by the manual, put it back together and it works...

It's a valiant 618 plus (18kw). There's a "always on" radiator in the loop and a bypass between the flow and return directly under the radiator. I did notice I had some cold radiators after the change so I've opened them up fully in the meantime. All the radiators are on Tado thermostats...

The delta is roughly the same no matter the flow rate, (2 v 2.5L/min) it seems to be dependent more on the flow temp (the higher it is the bigger the delta). The numbers are fluctuating depending on whether the boiler is on or off. I did notice that as soon as you bump the pump speed up, the...

The pump won't do more than 2L/m on setting 1 and on setting 3 it does 2.5L/min. Perhaps the reason is that it's 12mm tubing which is on the thinner end for ufh. I still don't understand why the blending valve doesn't turn the supply from the CH off if both the return from the UFH and the CH...

The flow meter is reading 1.5l/m The pump at full tilt can do 2.5l/m but I'm running it at it's lowest setting with some restriction at the flow adjuster. There's a diagram of the blending valve in the manual. But I don't want to drain my CH system only to need to do it again to replace the...