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Hi, just noticed this crack in one of the tiles in my shower. Not sure if it would have been there since installation 6 years ago or if these things can just happen? It's in an awkward place to replace and I've put a bit of clear silicone over it. Is there anything else you would recommend...

Has anyone had any issues with an inline fan leaking? I have a National Ventilation Monsoon UMD100T in my loft on a plinth. I was in the loft yesterday and noticed a pool of water beside it. The ducting connections to the fan are secure so I thought maybe there was water sitting in it. I opened...

Hi, I recently took off the external grille for bathroom extractor fan to access the ducting which had ripped on a screw and needed cutting and reattaching. On putting the grill back on instead of the louvres facing away from the house i wasn't paying attention and put it on facing sideways to...

Hi, my house is 6 years old and i noticed a dark staining around a weep hole vent under my porch to the right of front door (see photos). It's not damp to touch but there was efflorescence on the mortar which I've brushed off but you can still see slightly. Is this just a weep hole vent doing...

Just noticed a patch of dampness near rear corner of garage floor. Garage is 5 yrs old, cement floor. DPC runs along bottom of breeze blocks. I raked away the chips from the outside of garage & all the way along builders seem to have put polystyrene in plastic - is that normal? (See pic). The...

We have an Icon 60 150mm extractor fan in the kitchen which uses 6 inch flexible ducting. The ducting needs replaced as it has a couple of holes which I just discovered (the builders had covered them in tape 5 yrs ago which is now failing). The ducting run is roughly 4 m long and vents through...

My axial extractor fan in ensuite has given up the ghost and looking to replace it with a more powerful inline fan. My husband's friend who is fitting it is a retired bathroom fitter and he was going to use the existing flexi ducting which isn't insulated however everything I read online...

Hi, has anyone come across a solution to stop magpies destroying mastic? I have sliding patio doors in my kitchen and noticed strips of silicone being gouged out where the frame at the bottom of the doors meets my slabs. I've redone the sections about 4 times now and saw the culprit there this...

I have a walk in shower & am guessing the tray is acrylic rather than ceramic by the feel of it. Just wondering which of the above would be better for resealing it? Think I read 785+ isn't suitable for plastic as might be adhesion problems but would love an expert's view thanks

Has anyone had a problem with Dow 785+ grey silicone not curing? My tube was only opened in April, doesn't expire till next year & has been stored correctly (cling film over the opening then nozzle screwed on). I have a tiny bit of silicone on vertical line in shower that's coming away from the...

I had a decorator in last week to tape my bathroom ceiling which had a crack. He then painted the ceiling & coving. There has been a slight problem with small parts of the coving paint peeling in the past (even though there's a fan & I make sure window is open during & after showers. He was...

Hi, I live in a 4 yr old bungalow and noticed last night one of the bedrooms has dark marks on the ceiling mostly along the edges. They seem to have just appeared all of a sudden. It is at the back of the house, doesn't get a lot of sun & has 2 outside walls. Had a look in the loft but couldn't...

I noticed today wasps entering and leaving the soffit of my house. I had a good look around the loft but couldn't find any wasps or nests - I couldn't see the area above the soffit as it was too awkward to access. Wasps don't bother me in general so I'm wondering if it's ok to leave them or is...

We are thinking of getting our bathroom ceiling lowered by 6 inches (we have coving above our tiles that needs removed as the paint continuously peels off) and pvc cladding put up. We have a friend who is a retired bathroom fitter who advised he would put battens up then a layer of plasterboard...

Hi, the silicone on my undermount kitchen sink is 3 years old and is black from mould. No leaks but wondering if it should be replaced. I've tried cleaning it with bleach & with vinegar but nothing seems to shift it. It's a stainless steel sink & wondering if the whole sink would need to come...

I'm in a 3 year old house & over the last few months the paint on the coving in the en suite bathroom has been peeling mostly just on 2 sections of the wall by the shower & window. I tried dulux bathroom paint which lasted for a wee while then it started again. After a bit of research I used...

I was just wiping down our walk in shower this evening when I noticed some of the grout looked strange (but only on one wall). Its been there 3 years so not new but if I run my finger along it it seemed to be coming off when wet which seems very odd & I don't understand how that could happen...

My husband managed to cover the kitchen ceiling with cooking oil when it all splattered out the pan on the hob. There's hundreds of drops on it looking a real mess. I tried painting over them this afternoon with emulsion only for them to show through again. Any ideas around this before I kill...

Hi, I'm in a 2 yr old bungalow and about a year ago I noticed cracks to 3 of the facing stones. I got the builder to look at them but he said they weren't concerned as the crack is less than a £1 coin size & there is breeze block behind the facing. (Each individual block is breeze block at the...

I'm in a 9 mth old new build house and a few months ago noticed cracking to the roughcasting around the external garage side door. The builders said it was their fault (I think they said the side garage door had been put on before the roughcasting had been done instead of other way around - I...