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by blenkhorn
Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:54 pm
Forum: Barn Conversions Forum
Topic: Injected Damp Proof - do they work? Help!
Replies: 4
Views: 12217

In our old stone cottage, nothing worked. We tried silicone injection, mortar injection (twice) ang 'Lectros' electric system. In the end we tanked all the walls up to ceiling height using a fantastic product called 'Spry membrane' and we have a bone dry house. The spry membrane systen allows the wa...
by blenkhorn
Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:47 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Crack in concrete shower tray
Replies: 2
Views: 4024

Fibreglass it

I repaired mine with a car body repair kit 2 years ago and it is still OK. I ground the crack out with a angle grinder and filled it with the smooth fibregall filler, sanded it and it was white when it dried. I then stuck plastic bath grip strips over the base in a pattern which covered the crack an...
by blenkhorn
Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:36 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Rainwater Soakaway
Replies: 3
Views: 14549

Save the rain!

If you are going to have to get a digger in anyway for the pit, why not fit a rainwater harvester and turn the rain into an assett? It scores points when you come to sell your house and saves 50% on your water bills.

Type 'rainwater harvester' into google and a list of companies comes up.
by blenkhorn
Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:26 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Sewage Smell Coming From Upstairs Shower Drain
Replies: 3
Views: 9383

It is definitely to do with the drain set up. Either, the water is being syphoned out of the trap by the vacuum created when the saniflo switches on, or you have a 'continental' style outlet from the shower which has no trap as such, or there is a blockage in the soil vent pipe. I found a site which...
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