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Hi All, just checking I'm not missing something daft with our new aqualisa quartz. The main controls work perfectly, however the wired remote button doesn't do anything and the blue light on it is on permanently. Nothing changes on the remote button when you use the shower. Plumber is at a loss...

All runs will be 1/40 and there will be 4 90 degree bends and 2 drops, the first being about a foot the second being from ceiling height down to a rest bend underground. It's not possible to extend the existing drain as the floor level at this end of the house is about waist height due to the...

Hi all, thanks for the replies newboy - Unfortunately due to the location of the drain, this is already going to the closest point. Where the pipe initially exits the house it'll be a vertical T - vent up and a small drop, then back at the correct drop to where it'll re-enter the house. After it...

Hi All, quick question, hopefully there is a simple answer... :) We're planning a new en suite, the waste pipe needs to take a circuitous route to reach the drain: 4 inch pipe exits side of house just above first floor level travels 2M back to near the corner of house and re-enters just below...

Hi all, I'm wondering what legally constitutes the front of my house. We're semi detached and 90 degrees from the road with access across our neighbours drive. We don't directly adjoin the road at all. We'd like to have a conservatory on the 'front' as it is south facing, would this need...

Free insulation! Why didn't I think of that... It has a single bathroom at the moment and we are thinking of adding an ensuite. Mind you, that's probably going to be electric. Our experience of our baxi combi was buckets of hot water in our last place, mind you that was just a single bathroom...

I'd like some advice about which direction to go with heating our house. We've just moved into a fairly large 5 bed semi which is not near mains gas (I've checked). It has 4 x 47KG propane tanks feeding a very old potterton boiler. I believe this is going to be expensive to run! TRV's all seem...

Hi all, it's a been a while :) I thought I'd give an update on what happened to our little house in the last 5 years as the blog I wrote broke and died a while ago... Soon after that last post in July 2007 I saw a specialist for an existing heart complaint, something I've lived with since...

Hi, I have two questions in 1 here. I'm fitting my first bathroom ever and decided for some realy strange reason to make my life as difficult as possible. Firstly I bought a funky chrome bottle trap with a 32mm O/D waste (well done me), there must be an elbow that does 32mm od to id or a...

I've started a blog so you can all share our experiences with the house (if you like!) http://www.fizzer.co.uk/abode-overload/ I'll try to keep it up to date as much as possible, this really is a steep learning curve for us.

Our back garden slopes downhill to meet the house 4' above the internal ground level, we intend to dig down the 4 feet and install a french drain to a soakaway. I know I have seen a product with which we can line the external face of the wall where the wall side is corrugated to allow airflow...

We are in the midst of purchasing an old house which has damp on pretty much every wall downstairs. We've had the usual suspects in to quote to remedy the problem. Two seperate damp experts have recommended chemical DPC and tanking on one wall where the ground levels are high. Total cost for...

Stainless steel is a dense, heavy material. a panel 7mm thick of the dimentions you're talking will weigh quite a bit and be more than tough enough for the job. Also it had better come pre-drilled, you'd need to go some to make holes or cuts in it.

update: Yesterday we spent 3 hours with a friendly surveyor who was happy to chat. The damp is everywhere! and could be v expensive to sort out. He's talking about french drains on two sides, lime render outside, waterproofing the floor. This is on top of the essential wiring and GCH work...

I think you've nailed the causes of our problems on the head there (although I am a fan of cooking!) We have a ridiculously small budget and the garden isn't big enough for a GSHP system, unsustainable gas is it I'm afraid... perhaps in the next project...

well, in a nutshell, transform an old house that's not had much work done since 1960 into a comfortable, warm, dry house that we can live in for the next few years!!!

We've just had our offer accepted on a 'project' house in a village near the town we live in now. Having done a little DIY before we did think that our second house could be a 'doer upper' so we could buy something nicer for our budget that we would otherwise not be able to afford. Sooo...