Search results

Hello. Having mentioned in another thread that our condensing boiler (Potterton Gold) has just been condemned, it's got me wondering. We moved in last summer and got the boiler checked (and I thought, serviced, although we've since been issued a service reminder) then under a British Gas...

Discovered, on getting an engineer in to fix what I'd thought was probably a minor fault preventing the boiler from working, that it has had to be condemned (and yes, justifiably - you should see the insides! Ye gods ...). The house (probably 1000-odd sq. ft.) is a fairly typical 3-bed layout...

In view of the problems we've already had with the bathroom in the house we moved into last year, we're considering a partial re-jigging of the bathroom - refitting the bath and shower. The house is a fairly typical 3-bed layout upstairs: two large bedrooms along the party wall; a smaller...

The saga with the bath/shower in our new home continues ... I ran the bath last night, and decided not to fill it very full at all because I was tired and wanted to go to bed. The amount of water in the bath wasn't even enough to cover my body when lying down. When I got in (with the water...

Hi again. I'm struggling to get a shower control plate away from the wall because the top shower tap has seized and I can't unscrew it. This sort of thing, except the quarter-turn taps are horizontal in the off position...

Evening all, me again. I'm rather confused by the fact that when I run a bath at night a very loud, fast but irregular "clicking" sort of noise (the best way I can describe it) occurs from behind the controls, and is so loud that it can clearly be heard even from downstairs, but when someone...

Evening, all. Our bath and shower have a pump fitted, and I'm used to hearing it going when I'm running the water for either of them, but I've recently noticed that occasionally when I turn the hot water tap for the adjacent washbasin on or off the pump gets triggered for a second. Is this...

Hello, everyone. The attached shows the shower/bath setting we inherited when we moved into our new home. The bath is a walk-in one, although I don't know whether that's relevant. As you'll see, there's a rain shower which is slightly coming loose from its fittings, and what I'd assumed was a...

Having recently moved house, I've just managed to access the toilet cistern, which is built into a framework with top access. I don't like what I'm seeing, and wonder whether it actually complies with current, or even recent, building standards - I suspect the pan has been replaced but not the...

Hello, everyone. We need to get a flat garage roof - with a large upstand at one end - replaced. It's a double-length garage, and a decent width (i.e. you can still get a modern car in it) so a large area. The woodwork underneath appears to be in generally good condition apart from some...

Hello. We've just moved house, and the bath we've inherited is a P-shaped walk-in bath, no idea of manufacturer (although it might be this one or similar...

Hello again. I said on my original thread here https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/dripping-taps-and-shower-heads.608595/ that I was hoping not to have to post too often, but famous last words and all that ... To recap: we are currently living in a first-floor flat which is part of a 2-flat...

Morning, everyone. This is my first post here - I'm hoping I won't have to post too frequently in the future! Anyway, we live in a Victorian house which has been converted into two flats - we have the first floor, and there's another flat downstairs. We share a mains water supply. For the...