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Great ideas thank you. Builder is coming back on Thursday at 6pm so will go over these points with him.

ok thanks. I guess that means removing tiles :( No ajstoneservices no tanks

Dipping terrypin. Two rooms front and back of house. There are no chimneys or valleys. It's an end terrace (Circa1980's). Can't see any broken tiles but it could be that. It first happened after the strong storms last year. We had a roofer out to it and thought that was the end of it. Hadn't...

A builder has just been to look at my house and says that damp in the loft space is causing the water that is leaking onto our ceiling. The ceilings are very high and I'd say a third of the ceiling area is tight to the roof. So it slopes following the roof profile then flattens out at the top...

Yes I'm not keen on strips at all. I'd far rather do the same as you. My independent fitter knows these houses and says removal is extremely easy. He's fitted the cheaper windows throughout his own house. I've been interested in passivhaus/ enerphit for quite a while. They say that prices are...

Interesting thanks. I've been quoted £4500 minus fitting, to 6k fitted or 8k fitted from another company with slightly better windows. An independent fitter has estimated two days (2 blokes). Perhaps that's a bit too quick then. I'll check with the other company how long they estimate it will...

Thanks for your advice gazman I'm wanting to spend a sensible amount. I've read that triple glazing is overkill, and think I'd be very happy with as good as possible double glazed as I can afford. I don't think I can stretch to external insulation so I've got to be realistic. Still, air...

I want to replace 9 windows, 3 doors and a patio door with the best insulated I can afford. I've had a few quotes but none of the companies seem interested in the insulation. They're vague about the performance of the hardware which makes me think they're not going to give a stuff about...

Yes you can never do right! Heard from the original fitter today - said had to turn off the gas with two immediate danger faults. Said he offered tenants heaters - turned down said they already had one. Tenant told him they couldn't work the heating controls so were turning off the boiler...

Thanks for those replies. Got a second opinion today from someone happy to do the work as well. He says the boiler won't start and we need a new saddle @£12 at best, maybe a new PCB at £170 and maybe the flue replacing. He was on the phone to Halstead for an hour to establish this, as the...

Thanks for the replies. It is a Halstead - just like this one: http://www.halsteadglendimplex.com/Prds.aspx?id=15 Looking at the spec on the linked pdf - it says: "Connections: Gas : 15mm Compression" ...so the installation is correct? He didn't take a reading the tenant said. I can find...

Thanks Darrell Don't know at the moment - it is a combi boiler tho - begins with 'H' I think. It has a flush, plain white door with all the controls inside. Wall mounted.

We've had this check booked a few weeks, trying to be good landlords and getting everything done correctly. Lesson learned: get these checks done in the summer! It had to be this week, -11 and a bad forecast for at least the next 7 days. Here's the message we got from the tenant: "he...