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Hi John, I had a damp proof firm come and take a look today and from what they can tell, there is a portion of wall where the damp course treatment has either failed or wasn't done at all. The bay area all round the other side is bone dry and it is just this section of wall where there is...

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Hi - regarding the dpc, all I know is that the previous owners used Rentokil to remediate that entire front wall in 2011. I don't have much paperwork other than a brief survey from Rentokil from that time. My own surveyor from around 2015 (when I bought the house) was happy with the work and...

Thanks crank39.

+ view of window frame further up - there seems to be a bit of a gap further up too..

Hi all, I've got a damp patch that suddenly appeared in the living room after some intense rainfall this week. It was quite damp to the touch on the inside but no obvious entry point outdoors. I have a suspicion that the entry point might be the window frame, where the sealant has aged and...

This is a Velux GGSL06.

Hi all, I regularly get a leak from a Velux window during periods of intense rainfall and I finally managed to diagnose what I think would affect many others. So posting up to hopefully help. In my case I cleared out all the gunk and moss, etc and then started testing. It seems that the rain...

Thanks - got a really good engineer and he diagnosed various issues. The main problem was the valve (now changed, newer version) and the cylinder itself needed a recharge. Pressure is now amazing with two showers and two taps running upstairs - no loss. The expansion cylinder was also full of...

Hello, I recently had a water softener installed and as part of that some changes to the cold mains feed (and feed into Megaflo). Within a few months of this, pressure has been dropping off on the showers, toilets, etc and is quite laughable at times (e.g. no water at all). Is this likely to...

I had a similar problem, which after much testing, turned out to be a failure of the black seals around the pane. I could pour some water on the pane and see water coming INTO the frame and then coming out in the corners. I used captain something creeping crack cure to fix it and no problems...

Thank you. I have found blank/half-cylinder options that would seem to work, but the quality of the handles especially is quite poor. I think what you say is best and I will go with the ABS 3* and the Hoppe security handles.

I believe it's a building reg to maintain structural integrity.

Hi, is there such a thing as a UPVC patio door that only has an internal locking mechanism and is flush on the outside? I.e. you can lock/unlock from inside only, go outside, close the door/open it again from outside (provided nobody locked it from the inside in the meantime)? If so, can I...

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Hello, I have always had mild spluttering on my hot taps, but I have just had a new Salamander CT50 fitted and it is now much worse on the bath taps. Kitchen taps is about as bad as it was before. The salamander drives the bath taps and bath shower (previously bath taps were unpumped, just...

ok, need a new room stat then, thanks all.

Hi, the room stat is in a hallway, nearest rad is around the corner and is the only one without a TRV (its the bypass rad presumably). I tried cooling the room stat as you said for a couple of mins and it always clicks at the same point (about 22C). In fact, I know it always clicks at the...

Hi, I have a Profile 50e sealed system with 6 rads in a flat. Hot water is fine. However, CH doesn't keep running. It's about 19C in here right now and the thermostat is set to around 25 or 30, but it never keeps running. Rads are aired and do get very hot when it runs for a while...

Hi, I have a shower that is installed behind a tiled wall. It was installed about 8 years ago and over the past 12 months, the other side of the wall (i.e. outside the bathroom) has been bubbling and getting damp. The shower has a thermostatic control, which is separate from the water pipe...