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Hi all, I have a 1930s house with a concrete porch roof. It looks like it has been treated in a small area once already but the treatment has dried out / cracked / flaked and it now leaks through to the porch - luckily it's outside! I'd like to repair it and am considering a couple of...

Hi, I have a new hydramax. The water is either hot or cold - nothing in between. I've taken it apart to check that the cartridge works Ok and it does. it's a HP green one. Looking through other posts it seems that there might be a problem with the o ring but i can't find enough detail to...

Hi all, I'm fitting a new UPVC external door that has frame extenders to make up for deep plaster. These slide / clip into place and make a neat finish. Can you advise though if I need to put anything between the extenders and the frame to make sure that they are watertight. I was thinking...

Hi all, I'm tidying up the water tanks / cylinder / boiler and putting a shower in. Does anybody have a plan for the platform that I could build to hold the header tank in the loft? Whilst my plan says "buy some timber and nails then fix together" this is a bit too simple for me. So...

Morning all, My lead supply pipe has started to leak underneath the kitchen floor and I've switched off the water supply in the street. Water supply co. offered to come and have a look in about 4 weeks and then connect to a new plastic feed (that i will install) in about 10 weeks. In the...

Hi all, in the middle of rejuvenating my central heating and moving the h/w cylinder. I accidently leaned the disconnected tank forward onto the drain valve and bent it. There is no leak but is it likely to have been weakened (more so when I straighten it no doubt!) and will the tank have to...

hi all, just about to start work and convert a kitchen to include a couple of internal rooms and make it bigger. The house is a funny one. There's an integral garage that has a concrete and steel beam roof. The concrete slab extends through the back of the house and outside by about...

Hi all, First post for me so apologies if it's in the wrong area. We are planning to take the roof off our 1930s detached and felt / retile using the original rosemary tiles if they are OK. In future we may extend the loft so I wondered if it would be worth putting steels in while the...