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I know this is an old post - but I have essentially the same problem with the same make of tank - although my water is heated by a gas boiler. The new shower draws of the second outlet on the side of the tank. After one short shower we continue to get piping hot water out of the top of the...

I know about the spindles not meeting building regs but it those poses problem. Firstly the horribly designed stairs are built with one spindle actually built into the centre of each tread (rather than sitting on the stringer) - as such it is essentially impossible to add more spindles...

Any further thoughts then chaps before I stick a couple of extra screws in it and hope for the best?

Any ideas then chaps before I stick a couple of extra screws in it and hope for the best?

I think I should more correctly say that there is little movement when applying pressure on the stairs - however, the 'trimmer' can be moved side to sidea small amount with heavy pressure from the hand. It may well be nailed with just a single nail which would allow some rotational movement...

All accurate points and I suspect they were a home made / DIY kit at some point. However, they got past the survey. They have at some point replaced an identically steep stair case in this small cottage and half the houses in the town have a stair case this steep and these dimensions There...

Hi, My brother-in-law and his wife have just moved into a house with a classic 80s open staircase. They hate it and I have been tasked with boxing it in and making it look like a conventional staircase on as small a budget as possible. I have added plywood risers and was just going about...

Turn your head 90 degrees to left (the white bit is the ceiling)

This shows the fixings are first floor level.

Hi, My brother-in-law and his wife have just moved into a house with a classic 80s open staircase. They hate it and I have been tasked with boxing it in and making it look like a conventional staircase on as small a budget as possible. I have added plywood risers and was just going about...

Oh Blimey, good job I did not realise the 1m rule in relation to building regs. Good job you chaps are here. So what does 'substantially non-combustible materials' mean in reality. Do we mean bricks and mortar/concrete blocks or would some form of treated or clad wood also work? What is...

Letting it run onto the road is not an option as it will be even further from a road than it is from a mains sewer. I am not sure what you mean about needs to be non-flammable - do you mean the building construction? Why would this be so? Garden sheds, workshops and even garden offices are...

Hi Chaps, I want to build a large workshop/store at the end of my garden. The garden is long and narrow, about 4.25m . I would anticipate the workshop being about 3.4m wide with a total roof surface of about 20-24m2. I am not sure about how to handle rainwater drainage from the roof. The...

A good and very fair point. I live in an old house with draughty sash windows and it has been chucking down with rain outside. There is water in the tank, but how much should I expect it to collect from the regular moisture in the house and whatever it is drawing in from outside?

Hi, We had a leak from our boiler in the loft last week. An area of boarding in the loft was saturated and the water went through the insulation below and has caused staining on ceilings below. The bulk of the moisture/staining has come through into the airing cupboard directly below the...

Thanks for the advice chaps. To answer the questions.... 1. Only took 4 hours to dig the hole - just took me several months to get around to it. 2. Discovered it was only going to cost about £60 more to get it delivered with some special technical mix than do it myself. 3. Going to...

Problem solved I think as the quote for option 3 the super C50 mix came in cheaper than even bog standard concrete - I even asked them to double check. So - what is the technique for pouring the stuff? How does tamping down work? How do you finish off the top nicely? Also I want to sink...

Right, it is not 9 months down the line and I have dug the hole - not something I am going to be rushing to repeat. I have been phoning around for a price for concrete. I am just a bit uncertain about the mix. The base will only be exposed to the air on the top surface and will never...