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Hi all, dann09: Thanks for a second opinion. I feel ok about it at the moment, it looks and feels ok to me at the moment, but I'll be getting damp specialists in to do some rising damp work (in other parts of the flat) and will get their opinion on it then - I should get a professional...

Hi folks, I have a confession to make... So I did buy a thermometer and learned a very important lesson - my hand is a *TERRIBLE* judge of temperature and I should have much more faith in thermostats. I put on the hot water for an hour and then held the thermometer under the tap for...

Hi folks, Many thanks for the tips, here's my findings: gigz: I've just tested that now and the pipe going to the tank coil is as hot as the pipe going to the heaters. I think this might just be because the water in the tank is very hot at it's heating the pipe to the 3-way. I have...

Hi all, I've been trying to get the hot water temperature in my new flat (bought) under control as it's been scalding hot since we moved in. My initial theory is that the cylinder thermostat was broken, so I've replaced that twice now and it still seems far too hot when set at just 60 on...

Thanks Joe, after a bit more searching online for examples of dry & wet rot, it does look more like wet rot to me. I'm letting it dry out with the side off the bath and I think I'll pick up some fungicide and give it a spray to be on the safe side. Cheers!

Hi all, I've just bought a basement flat in a converted victorian building (1850s-ish). It's got a raised timber floor, but the surveyor flagged up it's ventilation as inadequate and I'm also less than impressed with the amount of air bricks I can see from outside - only ones I know allowing...

Hia, I'm looking for a cost effective way to draught seal the 4 sash windows in my flat as they are currently very draughty and I'm sure they are the main reason it's soo cold! Getting proper brush strips installed looks complicated (appears to need grooves cut into the frames?) and...