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I have just removed the silicone sealant from around my ensuite shower tray and have noticed that there is a gap of about 10mm between the bottom of the tile and the shower tray. Should I use silicone again on this and use a VERY large helping around the edges, or should I use something like...

Our back door is PVC and just about cleared our floor tiles by a millimeter or two. However, we've had to lift all of the tiles due to a pipe leak and so before replacing the tiles we have to add a self leveling screed the floor. Therefore, when the new tiles are laid the floor level will rise...

Is it safe to apply self-leveling compound to a concrete patch that is not fully dried out? To cut a long story short, we had a leaky pipe AND a DPM issue so part of the floor had to be dug up (see photo). Because couldn't get a match for the tiles we also had to lift the entire 40m squared...

I have two Danfoss motorised valves in my hotpress, and was wondering what AUTO and MAN means? One is set to AUTO and the other is set to MAN, however I could have sworn that both were set to AUTO the other day. Since then we've had a plumber in fixing a pipe and he was doing something in the...

I've found a leak in the central heating system pipes that are buried under the concrete in our kitchen. It seems that the T-junction is where the problem is, see red circle in the photo here. The two smaller pipes that are coming off the bigger pipes were installed after the heating system was...

We recently had our CH system converted from an open vented to a sealed system and have found that the pressure drops from 1.5bar to 0.5bar when the heating is on for more than a few hours. There is currently no inhibitor in the system, so would this cause the drop in pressure or is it more...

This is a follow-up on to a previous topic of mine which was trying to figure out if my damp problem was a leaky pipe or dodgy building work. It was dodgy building work, and the builder attached the sunroom to the house incorrectly! I had the NHBC out and the guy said that yes it was faulty...

I want to move our oil tank about 2 meters in behind our garage in order to make more room in the garden. See photo. I wasn't planning on rebuilding the base in the same way it is now i.e. with brick, I was planning on simply digging out a foundation and filling it with hardcore stone and...

I have a leak somewhere in my oil fired central heating system (open system). To prove this I tied up the expansion tank ballcock in the attic and marked the water level (all done when the system was cool). I then turned on the heating and used it for one evening (approx. 4 hours). The next day...

We bought a new build house 3 years ago and before we got the keys we got the builder to add a sunroom extension. Shortly after moving in we noticed damp on the plaster above the skirting boards at just the point on the wall where the sunroom attaches to the main wall of the house. After much...

We have a small two bedroom terrace house which we have rented out since last April. Prior to this we lived in the house ourselves for two years. When we first moved in we painted all the walls with Delux Barley White. When we moved out last April all the walls were perfect with no visible...

We have a small two bedroom terrace house that we rent out. This has oil fired central heating system with which there seems to be a problem. When we turn on the heating the burner in the back yard fires up and starts heating the water. The upstairs radiators will heat up fine but not the...

We moved into a new build house about a year ago. We noticed about 3 months ago that on the kitchen/sunroom wall the paint on the wall just above the skirting board started to become flaky. This immediately looked like it was water that had got down behind the cavity wall. We got the builder out...

Our oil burner is located in the garage and has a thermostat attached to it. However we also have a thermostat in the hall of our house and so I was just wondering what the one in the garage is for? We always have had the one in the garage turned up to the maximum and then just use the one in...

We recently had the toilet installed back into the utility room toilet room after the floor was tiled. However, there seems to be a very slight leak where the copper pipe connects to the cistern. Water seems to gather on top of the bolt that is attached to the plastic part of the cistern. See...

We recently got cream tiles laid in the hall, kitchen and sunroom. We decided to go with brown grout. However, the brown grout seems to be very discoloured i.e. there are parts that are a very light grey!! This doesn't look the best as I'm sure you can imagine. Is there anything that can be done...

I've tiled up to the cooker hood and now I'm in a dilemma as to whether or not to take the cooker hood off! You can see pictures of the tiles and the cooker hood here . Here are my concerns against both taking off the hood and tiling around it: Taking Hood Off - The tiles are slightly...

There is cable coming out of the kitchen wall that will be used to wire up lights on the underside of the cupboards and also for spotlights along the top of the cupboards. However this cable is coming out at a much lower point than where the cupboards begin so I will have to track this cable...

We have tiled our bathroom floor with porcelain tiles and are in the process of trying to find a drill bit that won't burn out when trying to drill the holes for the toilet! However, my day was talking to a plumber who said that it's not necessary to screw the toilet down as there is a...

We've just recently (2 months ago) moved into a new build on a development. We've started to notice a bad smell coming from the main bathroom. The smell is of sewage like when the toilet is removed and the flange is not blocked up properly. Is it possible that the toilet is not connected...