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Hi, I have just moved into an old house and as usual there are many things that need sorting. We have a mains pressure water tank that needs replacing, and I have noticed the cold water feed in to the house does not use the balanced cold output from the PRV. So at the taps (and shower) in...

Hi, I just moved into an old house and there are 8 or 9 loose wall tiles in the bathroom. They are not so loose I can safely pull them off without breaking so have been looking for a solution to secure them without removing. I noticed a solution on the web called 'fix a floor' which looks...

Hi, im in the process of building a deck and ordered what I thought to be 150mm x 50mm decking joists from buildbase that turned out to be 150 x 47mm joists. Not a problem as such, but the joist hangers I purchased were 50mm hangers and are a little bit big. These can be returned to...

We had a massive leak in the kitchen yesterday with a leaking mains connection. Managed to rescue most of eth cupboards etc but the water went underneath the kitchen porcleain floor tiles and into the living room and hall destroying the wood floors. We will have the insurance company out...

I guess it is in the 'notches' of the adhesive - there would be voids I guess. Must have gone underneath as it went under the walls into hall way and the surface of the tiles were not wet in that area - only underneath the tiles. My biggest concern is whether or not the tiles need to come...

Hi John thanks for the reply. The tiles are porcelain. The skirting boards are MDF, but it looks like the water didnt touch them as they havent swollen (yet anyway) so reluctant to remove just yet. The plaster on the walls dont show any sign of water damage so I think most of teh water...

We had a massive leak in the kitchen yesterday with a leaking mains connection. Managed to rescue most of eth cupboards etc but the water went underneath the floor tiles and into the living room and hall destroying the wood floors. We will have the insurance company out over the next few...

Incidentally, how strict is the regulation of max 1mbar drop from meter to appliance? For example if teh drop was 2.5mbar but the working pressure was within spec for the appliance is this acceptable?

Im not a heating engineer, but I am a degree qualified electronics engineer so my maths and understanding of things is pretty good. As such I have done some reading and it seems the following is required:- 1.) Min working pressure at boiler test point should be 16.5mBar. And this may very...

All control is existing:- room stat hot water tank stat Y plan so can have HW and CH at same time Im not a heating engineer but just did some simple pipe calcs using a guide I found online and it looks like the 7M run on its own could not acheive the required flow rate of 1.96 with a...

I am having a worcester 18ri (18Kw) boiler installed in my garage as a replacement to an old 15Kw Ideal classic currently installed in my kitchem. The existing boiler takes its gas feed using about 2metres of 15mm pipe into a 22mm feed that is about 8-10 metres from the metre. The guy...

I am having my boiler re located into the garage and need some advice on the best approach for the condensate pipe:- - To connect into the house waste is possible but would need a condensate pump in the garage as the connection would be into the 1st floor bathroom waste just after the shower...

All, I need my boiler re located and replaced in the garage. As such I am looking for a good local plumber to do the work at the start of August. Can anyone recomend somebody in the Coventry area. Cheers Graham

I am looking for a slow setting and long workable plymer modified thick bed adheisve for fixing some concrete slabs to a concrete pad. Most I have seen seem to have a 'use time' of 20 to 45 mins and I was hoping there is something that lasts longer than this so I dont have to work to quickly and...

It might be that I am worrying too much. But I really dont want to risk damaging £8K worth of hot tub and invalidating the warranty. I have spoke with a number of Hot Tub Suppliers and they all say that the base needs to be flat or I risk cracking or distorting the shell, and it may not become a...

To sort this problem out ie an uneven concrete pad, without digging the whole bloody thing out I am considering laying some 50mm x 900mm x 600mm concrete pavers in the area where the Hot tub will be placed. The complete concrete pad is 3m x 3m but the tub is only 2m x 2m. I dont want to raise...

Well I now suspect the builder is ignoring my calls. In a week of trying to call him I have and one text from him saying he would come round tomorrow and didnt show up. I guess my ususal view of if you want something done properly do it your self was correct again. Will keep trying to...

That would be my preference. Will see what the builders suggests next.

Well the builder came back last Friday and was very appologetic. He spent a couple of hours trying to smooth out the uneveness with a very wet mix with PVA. He blended the uneven area in with the flat area with a very thin layer in places. I was a littler nervous after the posts on here ie...

Thanks for the advice - very useful. One last question, considering the slab is external for a heavy hot tub so will get weathered, splashed with spa water that contains bromine or chlorine and will be in freazing winter temps. what would the best solution be - Epoxy bonded or SBR bonded...