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Thanks for the advice :) I just pulled back the lino from where the main comes up from the floor and it's the only dry patch within three feet of the back wall/loo :? I think we will check that out though. I am thinking that whoever put the loo in (its not the original one) may have...

We do have condensation problems in the whole extension as it has a flat (we think concrete) roof. We know we will have to put in a new ceiling with more insulation but thought we should sort the loo floor out first. I forgot to say the air brick in the loo had been blocked and we intend to...

Hello could anyone give me some advice about my kitchen/downstairs loo floor? Our house was built in 1946 and is the kind of semi that has a single story extension at the side. We think that originally this may have been a coal store, downstairs loo and possibly a scullery/kitchen. At some...

Thanks for the replies. :) We have hired an electric cutter, so hopefully that problem should be resolved. The trouble we have had just fixing a batten to the wall :shock: The darn thing was level, turn your back, and despite being nailed it was somehow out again. Now, having stuck four...

we are trying to tile our bathroom and.. 1. the tiles keep breaking when we try to cut them - they are 7mm thick is that too thick for a basic hand cutter? 2. the tiles keep drifting away from our level line and each other.....????

Thanks for the advice :) , I'll try the smoke test and let you know how it goes.

Hi everyone :) Every few days we get a bad drains smell in the house. Mostly in the kitchen, and worse near the floor. Sometimes though you get the smell as soon as you come through the front door, it still smells in the dining room (which has the original quarry tile floor) but isn't in the...