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Hi I've had a perimeter wall knocked down and re-built and the back/ gable end of the house re-pointed. The builder had to cut out quite a few bricks which were frost damaged, but he managed to salvage bricks from the wall demolition and match them with the house. Looks great now and I'm so...

Thanks for that, I thought it was a bit over the top!

Hi all I'm having my small Victorian end terrace house re-roofed by a local contractor. I am aware that the work needs approval from the building control people and the contractor has informed them, paid the fee's, etc Had a phone call from the contractor last week saying that in order to...

Again,thanks for the response. Would not dream of doing anything illegal. Both companies are local well established roofing contractors with their own premisses, VAT No. etc. I was just a little frustrated that roofer 'B' wants an extra £395 plus VAT to bring the insulation up to standards...

Hi again, didn't know whether to start a new thread or resurrect this one. I've had a couple of quotes come in from local roofing contractors. Both say that the existing 'real' slates are 'fine' and have quoted for re-using these in re- roofing, new lead work, battens etc, etc. This is a very...

Hi guys Not very used to this forum thing..... spent ages one finger typing a reply to your kind advice, only to see it disappear when I tried to send. Is there some sort of 'log on; time limit on this thing ? Amazed at your willingness to give sound advice to strangers .... there is hope for...

Hi there...another newbie I own a small end terrace Victorian house which needs re-roofing and I'm in the process of getting quotes for the job. I received the first quote yesterday for stripping the roof, new underlay, batons, lead soaker's [?], lead flashing etc and then re-laying existing...