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Hi there, I’m getting water leaking in through where my flat roof meets the house wall. It is a sarnafil roof coating with an upstand at the house wall with cement as a seal between the two. I’m getting conflicting views from two different roofers. One wants to take out the cement and seal...

hi guys We got a Worcester boiler and rads fitted last year. Having issues with the install that have still not been fixed since May, that's another story. I have contacted Worcester for advice on their accredited fitter about the repairs and checked gas safe. He is not registered with gas...

hi there I am looking to replace 6 x old, large down lighters (normal 60w GLS lamp) with led's. I'm plastering the holes and then cutting new smaller holes. Any advise on which fittings to buy woukd be appreciated. If a normal dimmable switch doesn't work I'm willing to buy a varilight...

hi guys We had new boiler & rads installed last year & moved from a gravity fed to pressurised system boiler. There has been a leak since fitting (15mm pipe work not replaced as in good condition with no sludge etc). Losing about 0.5 bar every 2-3 weeks. A tube of sealant was put in at the...

hi guys Does anyone have any suggestion for our plumber to find a leak in our pipe work? Background: New Worcester 30CDI system boiler fitted in September with new rads but using existing 15mm pipes to rads and fitting stat to existing insulated water tank. Move from gravity fed to...

Hi guys My new early 1970's house has stainless steel pipework on the lower floor and running to the water tank, etc with copper pipe running to the upstairs bedrooms. I'm wanting to change the full system except the pipework (as I have nailed down chipboard sheets). Is the pipework and...

Hi Guys I have previously used International matt yacht varnish on my window sills to assist with any condensation build up. I've moved house and can't get this varnish any more from B&Q. Do you have any recommendations of a good varnish (around £20/litre max)? I also intend to use this on...

Hi Looking for some advice. We have an old rad (8mm microbore) in hall which was never mega warm. Last winter i noticed it was cooler but eventually got some heat in it by adjusting the return valve on the rad & balancing some other rads. Have turned rad back on after summer and no...

Hi Looking for some advice. We had a rad in the hall not heating up (just a little heat at the top with lots of heat at the entrance into the rad). Pipe heated up to the TRV and the bit of panel next to the inlet but not much else. Tried taking off rad, flushing with water - lots of...

Hi guys Has anyone ever experienced this and is it anything to worry about. I have an Alpha CB28X which is controlled by a room stat. When the boiler starts up, after around 3-5 minutes the boiler makes a sound which I would describe a bit like a car backfiring only not as loud. Being...

Hi guys I am having a problem with my Alpha CB28X. On start up from cold, the boiler fires, runs for a few minutes then goes off, keeps cycling like this for around 20 minutes. Eventually it gets going and functions as normal. The rads have not reached temperature and the flow and return...

Hi guys Looking for some general advice. Have had water leakage into bedroom around my chimney. Have a quote which I happy with for replacing cracked tiles, refixing tiles, renewing cement around leading. However, noticed that chimney also needs repointing and if the above does not...

Hi guys Looking for some advice before I get a couple of quotes. I have about 1 1/2 ft of coombed ceiling in the bedrooms due to the roof at the ends of the rafters? Being lower than the height of the ceiling. Hope that makes sense. There is water damage at the top of the wall in...

I am looking to get dry verge refixed as a couple of bits fell off in the wind. Can the existing bits which are still up be removed carefully and refitted or are the clobber verge sections not that expensive? I want to get the whole end of house redone incase they come off again and I lose...

Hi There We have klober dry verge on our house. Require to get one end of house renewed as bits fell off during the winter. There are 24 plastic sections plus the cover at the apex of the house and I am going to get all these removed and replaced. Also 2 slates need mortar removed which...

Hi there I put up a 6 foot fence in the back garden. Looking on council website today, it says that I need planning permission as it is within 20m of the road. Do you think that I am likely to get retrospective planning permission? My neighbour will probably complain when he gets...

Hi I have plastic klober dry verge edging on my roof. Last night 2 half tiles blew off on the edge and the 2 sections of verge have come off too. Does anyone have any good tips to fit the plastic bits back on? The sections which came out are about 4 tiles from the bottom of the roof. I...

Hi there Looking for some advice. I got a joiner from my work to fit laminate flooring in my kitchen. I spoke to him before the job and he said that I would not need to remove the skirting as he would scribe around the skirting and it would be neat up to the skirting. He came around and...

Hi guys My loft is lined with foil backed plasterboard. Last winter in the cold weather, I had condensation forming and then fluffy mould spours. I have since had tile vents fitted but I noticed that the mould is still there. I hasn't got worse but it hasn't disappeared. Will it ever...

Hi there Looking for some specific advice after looking at various posts on here. I had a prob with condensation in loft during the winter. I have arranged for a roofer to come in and fit tile vents. He is proposing fitting 3 on both slopes of the roof. 2 at the top and one at the...