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We are having a workshop area with wet UFH. Can the final screed be sealed and painted or is it too fragile to be used as the top floor covering? If it needs covering, what do people suggest? It must be something dense that doesn't insulate. I don't really fancy ceramic or earthenware tiles. I...

I've just discovered yet another leaking bottom flush pipe seal on a concealed Geberit cistern, which is especially annoying as we are about to market this house and I think I may have to break through the plasterboard behind the pan to replace it. Luckily I bought spares last time it happened...

Apologies, I posted about this a couple of weeks ago and got one reply suggesting it's not a DIY job because air flow needs to be checked but the thread has dropped back to about page 4. We had our Flexicom 24HX serviced and the engineer issued an advisory notice because the plastic hinges on...

I haven't seen it yet as I'm at work but Mrs RR says the engineer has placed an "advisory" on the boiler because the plastic control box hinges have snapped. Apparently it's a common problem, I guess the heat causes loss of plasticiser and the hinges become brittle. They want £300 to replace...

Why has it started doing this in the last few weeks? The trap gurgles as you shower and then the next time you enter the bathroom it stinks of sewers. It never did it before. The soil pipe looks to be clear at the top vent, which has a good cover on it. The shower trap is a low profile...

Greetings all, I don't post very often on here nowadays but I'm sure someone on here can help. We have a gas Aga (yes, yes, I know but I'm married to a woman who is always freezing cold) and over the years have had two non-genuine gas valves fitted; the first because the valve wouldn't work and...

Just finshed the carcases of a pair of seats for the kitchen, see picture. Once my in-house decorator (ahem) has finished the painting I'm going to be wanting a way of attaching them together as in the photo to give more stability to the arrangement. The tops are to be screwed on because we...

Can anybody shed any light on this? We have been using multi-fuel stoves for 20 years without problems. We have used our stove (Dovre 250) in our house since 2004 without any problems. The flue is un-lined clay sections a little bigger than the stove pipe in an outside wall chimney. It started...

My son went though a phase of being obsessed by alarm systems and begged, stole or borrowed all kinds of bits and pieces. In the end you couldn't enter his bedroom without all Hell breaking loose. Now he's at Uni and we've got a big hobby box full of bits to give away for a tenner, enough to...

Mrs RR and I are approaching the time in life when we hope to buy a plot and build our dream home. I'm not a fan of push-fit, having seen one fail on the hot side of my neighbour's shower pump. If you were speccing a new house and wanted to get it really perfect, would you trust push-fit? I...

Mum aged 87 lives in an old cottage in Wiltshire and has just received a bill for over £600 from Bournmouth Water, who came and read the meter after six months of estimated bills. BW and BG who cover her internal pipework, boiler etc. have both agreed that it's a big leak between the meter and...

Yes, our immersion heater rattles when it's switched on. I guess it's some kind of harmonic vibration of the element inside the tube. Ever seen this before and does it matter? Oh, it was replaced about 6 months ago.

I bought a pair of cartridges for the bathroom taps, which were dripping. Originally the taps both opened anti-clockwise as per convention but now they open anticlockwise - hot and clockwise - cold, in other words I got a set for a lever tap. I fitted them thinking it wouldn't matter but now I'm...

Bought from a retailer who disappeared years ago. Now it's dripping and I want to buy new cartridges. Any ideas on the make? ...and how do I disassemble it, please?

Am I allowed to post on Trade Talk? Feeling miffed because last September the plastic control knob on our gas Aga valve broke and a local "specialist" told us there was no other option than to change the entire valve, which IIRC cost over £200. Yesterday the Aga turned itself off and now it...

Our attic is well ventilated with slotted plastic strips in the soffits, which are clear of insulation material. Both upstairs bathrooms have bathroom type halogen ceiling lights but I bet some moisture is finding its way up around them especially as we don't have extractors but just open a...

I thought forum members might be interested in reading how I replaced the woven rattan seat on an old Habitat chair, the chromed tubular "Bauhaus" style with separate seat and back bolted to the frame. I bought a rattan replacement kit off the web, which gave me enough to do two seats. The...

Howdy, first post on the roofing section of DIYnot. North-facing extension roof of cement tiles has masses of moss between the tiles and around the flashing. A few years I climbed up and scraped it all out, a messy, tedious and tiring job but I'm at ease on roofs thanks to being a climber - I...

Free money in Manchester but nobody touches it. Except.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32717101 (And a note to myself: remember to borrow Granny's crutches next time you go out begging.)

My neighbour has two heavy hardwood gates, T&G plank panelled, which are sagging under their own weight and no longer square. Each gate is about 5' wide so the leverage is considerable. The timbers are not very tight together and they seem to have been assembled mostly with wood dowels. I think...