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Hi all, I have a Worcester Greenstar 25i with a Drayton LP20RF control panel. The timer is set so that the heating will come on three times a day Mon-Fri: 0630-0930, 1230-1430, 1730-2000 On Saturday-Sunday I only want it to come on for two blocks: 0630-0900, 1730-2000 This leaves a...

Hi all, The front garden and the land down one side of my house gets water logged. Heavy soils and slightly lower ground to surrounding land. Planning to install three French drains through the front garden connecting to the storm drain. Along the side of the house, planning to replace the two...

Hi all. I've had laminate flooring installed. Where the laminate stops at certain rooms which still need the floors doing, like bathroom and kitchen, the laminate floor has an exposed edge (sides of planks) and it is not possible to put down a threshold bar yet. I am concerned about moisture...

Hi all, I've had rooms in my house replastered, as in skimmed. Some of the rooms are practically all dry, as in, consistent faint pink colour. However, one of the rooms - the one that was done first 7-8 weeks ago - is still quite patchy. I think some of the reasons might be that it is an...

Hello, There is a gap between the concrete base and the walls in my rooms where skirting baked have been removed. DPC is a bit below the floor level and there is no DPM in the floor. I want something to fill the gap between the base and the wall so that it isn't a haven for creepy crawlies...

Hi all, I know there have been other threads about this and I've read them but couldn't find the answer I need. I've done a mist coat on new, dry plaster. I've used Crown brilliant white matt emulsion and diluted to the amount recommended on the can. Having applied the mist coat, after 24...

Hi all, I have a bungalow with concrete subfloors. They've recently been primed and leveled using latex screed. There is no DPM in the floor, the house was built in the early 60s. Previous tests before self leveling showed humidity levels higher than ideal. My question is: for a Laminate...

Hi all, I am getting the scuffed old concrete floor in my lounge levelled with screed. There is a gap between the floor base and the walls. You can see, in the photo I've attached, the DPC running through the wall an inch or so below the existing finished floor level. If the self leveling...