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Not your usual loft condensation problems, faulty roof?
I've had a severe condensation issue in the loft. I noticed the problem when getting the Christmas Tree box down to put it back away again, the thing was soaked right through! I can physically see the felt on the back side of the house is wet and the top of the insulation is also soaked when I place my hands on it. At…
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Builders left asbestos in Garden - Help!
We employed some builders to remove a couple of old concrete and white asbestos roofed garages last summer. In doing so we understood they would remove it safely and that they had a licence to dispose of the asbestos. When demolishing the garages, they did not put anything down on the ground, didn't not wet the roof or…
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Concealed thermostatic shower brand recommendation
Greetings & happy new year to all ! I am having a bathroom refit and removing the tub. In its place, a wet room shower, which is going to be a good size, 1500 x 900. I have my builder secured, the responsibility of purchasing the main items is down to me, thus my choice. I am battling the minefield of shower choices and…
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Cavity /Loft insulation question
Hi all , Just wanted to ask a quick question. I need more loft insulation as it's only about 150mm. There seems to be a yellow coloured foam in between the joists , it's not very thick . For some reason the 150mm insulation has been placed across the joists and not in-between on top of the other yellow foam insulation . My…
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Radiator BTU/Wattage calculation questions
I've been looking online to calculate the radiator/heated towel rail BTU. I've looked at three websites and the values are quite different: 1. 4474 BTU, 131143316 watts 2. 5014 BTU 146955900 watts 3. 6016 BTU 176347080 watts. I was wondering whether someone could explain why the values aren't more closely aligned when the…
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Move Soil Pipe
I’m not 100% sure this is the correct forum but I have a few questions about moving/redirecting our soil pipe. It currently runs straight down from our bathroom through a boxed in pipe in the kitchen extension. This was all done by the previous owners. I’ve drawn a rough diagram of the rear of the house. The red is the…
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Electric shower going very hot to very cold
Mira Sport -looks like this. Possibily 20yrs old and hardly been used in that timehttp://www.berhams.co.uk/mira-sport-75kw-electric-shower The shower runs ok on a medium setting ie small amount of heat, smallish amount of water and luke warm water.Put it on high for a decent shower and to heat the water sufficiently in…
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Kitchen porcelain tiles and splashbacks
We had a new kitchen installed last year (a long journey due to being ordered 2 weeks before lockdown in March and eventually being installed in September and then finally tiler in December!) but we are starting to think we need a splashback behind the cooker to protect the porcelain tiles from cooking splashes. We are not…
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Improving a small Victorian dining room: any tips?
Hi folks I’ve attached some photos of the dining room in our Victorian semi (dimensions 3.0m x 3.7m). We did a little bit of renovation in this room when we moved in (mainly plastering/painting plus taking up carpet and putting down laminate), but now it’s time to improve it further. Since many of you out there have much…
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Water droplets inside roof tile underlay.
Hi I had occasion to get up into the vicinity of the loft hatch today, I moved a couple of full bin liners from the ladder and found they were a bit damp. I looked up at the roof area, the membrane roll that covers the tiles of the pitched roof had water droplets on and seemed to be on most of the area that I could see.…
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Wall soundproofing
Hi, everyone I will try to be brief as possible. Noisy neighbours this has been going on for awhile now party's going on until 3am walls are thumping until that time it happens about 4 to 5 times a year. We have spoken to there landlord we have spoken to them about it to no avail this Christmas two large speakers arrived…
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Fitting a Fitted Wardrobe
Hi all. I am now looking to build a fitted wardrobe as we have no storage at all in our place and don't have the finances to get them fitted. I have been looking online but it can be confusing. I am more worried about getting the dimensions and measurements right then actually putting it together (for now at least). To…
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Electricity sub-station in my garden
The house is Tudor and listed and there's a sub-station that's been there since about 1981. I renegotiated the contract to get a higher rent fifteen years ago and now it's up for renewal. The surveyor I spoke to last time said that sometimes they replace the equipment and, because the new stuff is so much smaller, take a…
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New oven tripping electric
I have am having issues with my oven tripping my electric. Its a stand alone electric oven with hob. The oven is hardwired into the wall so I can't just unplug it. Basically after say 1 hour of use the oven will trip the RCD in the fuse box. Its only when I turn the oven off at the mains that I can turn the power back on…
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Does your window cleaner come when it rains?
Just wondering if anybody else has a window cleaner who turns up even if it's raining? I was most surprised to see my window cleaner doing my windows today in quite heavy rain. It was raining last month too when he came, though the rain wasn't as heavy as it was today. I'd never dream of cleaning windows when it's raining,…
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Painting bathroom
Hi all, HNY! We had our ceiling & bathroom walls (2 of them, others are tiled) re-skimmed at the beginning of December. We've just used Leyland Contract Matt for the mist coat (watered down 10% as instructed on the tin!), and now we're ready for the proper paint to go on. We're looking at Zinsser (Zinsser Perma White…
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House leaks/damp
Been doing a fair bit of work at my elderly mother's house, but I'm more a landscaper come rustic furniture/shed builder, so any problems with bricks n mortar tend to leave me clutching at straws for solutions. I have 3 water/leak related problems. 1 - The wallpaper above her uPVC front door has started to peel back and is…
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Dehumidifier Recommendations?
Hi all We get a lot of condensation upstairs on the windows etc. The bathroom doesn't have an extractor fan fan. This can often lead to a musty smell in the house. We would like to get a dehumidifier or dehumidifier/purifier to reduce moisture in the air. Can anyone recommend a good one? We would like to move it between…
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fitted wardrobe in a recess
Just moved to a new home which has got a recess for a wardrobe. As shown in the top view sketch below, one side is 600mm and other is 500mm. After unsuccessfully trying to find a good fitting company am thinking of DIY'ing it. Am thinking of putting in mirrored sliding doors. - Would like to have a depth of 600mm since…
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Vax Dual Power carpet washer. Advice about connecting front hose.
I have just bought a Vax W85-DP-E dual power carpet washer and the hose that goes between the base and the dirty water tank at the front is not connected and won't stay in place. when I try to connect it manually In Vax's instruction video, it looks like the first picture. On my new machine, the same area looks like the…
