Recent content by barki

Hi all, So, my garage (left of the picture) has an issue with water soaking through the rear wall and looking on the floor inside after heavy rain. The garage is laid on a concrete pad, which has a DPM underneath. The side and rear walls are only 6 courses high (single wall, not cavity), and...

Hi all, I have a pretty large driveway that was covered in about two tonnes of loose gravel. Over the years it collected a huge amount of general filth so I decided to sweep away all the gravel and use it for backfill behind a garden wall elsewhere. Anyway, I was planning to buy clean fresh...

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Hi all, Whilst I do indulge in all sorts of DIY, messing with my oil burner is not really something I want to do out of choice. However, I have a Grant Vortex Boiler, with a Reillo RBL burner (& pump). I've actually got my boiler service paid for to happen in January, pre booked...

P.S, this is an example of the kind of thing I was going for ....

Hi all, Just needing a sanity check please that what I'm doing here doesn't contravene any electrical (or other) regs. I DIY'd our bathroom last year. The one thing I didn't do was find a space to fit a towel holder. However, the other day when I was doing something else in our airing...

15mm gap between brickwork of extension (right of image) and of old building (left of image). Been there 15year already and isn't causing an issue. It just bothers me aesthetically. Is it likely that this gap is necessary for ventilation of the cavity perhaps, or can I fill it? Would you go...

Thankyou again for responding. Slope of paving is perpendicular to the brickwork, so 'along' it rather than 'away from' or 'towards'. So what I'm planning with the UPVC skirting might have the effect of trapping water in (other than escape, during dry weather, via the same way it came in), is...

Yes, paving, not as high as the DPC but up to lower brick level.

Yep, thanks. I believe using sillicone to adhere the skirting has the same advantage. Cheers

Hi all, Not a dramatic post really. I am smartening up my garage this summer. Although 3 of the walls have thermalite blocks in addition to the brick walls, one section is just single skin (one brick). This wall has a DPC 150mm off the floor level inside. Moisture rises to this point and...

Hi all, Last two nights my CH pump has been running all night. My setup is: - Grant Vortex oil boiler, floor mounted in a protected but unheated cold area (detached garage). - Honeywell frost stat mounted directly above the boiler. - Unvented heatrae sadia megaflow cylinder. We don't call...

Ok, fair enough thanks for responding

Ps it's on the ring main for sockets, RCD protected and the junction box just has two cables going in, both are 2.5mm Twin & Earth.

Hi all, I'm refitting our bathroom. Hoping someone can suggest a solution to this wiring issue I've found. Apon removing the old vanity unit, I was surprised to find a junction box screwed to the wall directly behind it, a few inches from the sink pipework. Looks to me like it was once used...