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    Waterproof jointing for paving slabs (flagstones)

    I have a paved balcony over part of a garage. It was relaid and a new balustrade fitted but the builder (now defunct) persuaded me that a coat or two of Cromapol would work as well as a membrane at keeping water from penetrating to the garage below. Needless to say it did not. Despite...
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    Leaking balcony over garage problem

    Also posted in 'General' as I don't know what section it belongs in. I have a flat roof over part of my garage and it doubles as a balcony. It is laid on concrete structural beams forming the garage roof and comprises flagstones grouted/pointed with mortar so it is stable. It was relaid about...
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    Leaking balcony over garage problem

    I have a flat roof over part of my garage and it doubles as a balcony. It is laid on concrete structural beams forming the garage roof and comprises flagstones grouted/pointed with mortar so it is stable. It was relaid about seven years ago but no rubber or other membrane was installed between...
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    Overflowing gutter - blocked down pipe

    A fairly short run of gutter on my house started to overflow in heavy rain recently. It's along a part of the house that I don't often walk along even in the dry, and as I avoid doing so when it's wet it obviously could have been blocked for a while. It's allegedly run in to a soakaway (so the...
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    I need a deeper towel rail to straddle a vertical radiator

    I have a vertical panel radiator in my bathroom and I need a towel rail to mount across it so the towels hang in front of it. This is the rad:- https://www.bathroomtakeaway.co.uk/norden-radiator-1600-x-480-white-single.html A conventional chrome single rail would be fine but it has to be deep...
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    What is this on the filling loop?

    This is on the filling loop of a house that has been let for 18 months and has now been vacated. It wasn't there before - I assume it's a pressure vessel to augment the internal one in the combi boiler, but I haven't seen one before and Google has let me down.
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    Vaillant Ecomax - good choice?

    I'm intending to replace my aged Potterton C40/12 with a Vaillant Ecomax Pro18E soon. Is this a choice any of you would endorse? :?: :)
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