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Thanks - what you say makes sense and is what we thought. Don't want easy verge, it will look horrible, we would need to do the other side to match and it's not necessary!

Hi there, we got some great advice and help with a roofing problem a few years ago so here goes with another...... We finished an extension 3 years ago with rendering being the last job. little bits of the top coat started to come off fairly soon after so earlier this year we got the bloke who...

How far apart do the bolt centres need to be when bolting timber into the web? There are 2 rsj's 3.5m and 4.5m long.

Hi We are building a 2 storey extension to a mid 1800's house, blockwork to be rendered. Approaching roof where we have to match existing dentilled brickwork - at this stage we are not planning on touching existing roof so can't really see the bones of it. mad as it sounds, we are living in...

HI I'm no expert but live (like you) in a house with some damp bits. The best thing for drying our house out was when we opened up our chimney, capped it and put 2 ventilation bricks in. I'm not saying your problem is caused by a chimney but I think ventilation is the key. Our walls are...

I don't think they did drill all the way through but there are slug trails coming out of some of the holes so I would rather fill them in - and should they not have been filled in the first place? S

Hi Back in July we started to tackle the problem by looking at the roof. We took off everything and found............... evidence of more than one bodge which could have dated back years! Where to start? The wall plates had rotted so much that there was less than 1" support in THAT...

Hi We have always shared our home with slugs who only come out at night - I must itterate that they are NOT invited guests! 10 years ago when we moved in the Building Society put a retainer on our mortgage until we had a damp proof course done (injection). We knew no better then and did as...

Hi Are there any regs which prevent you from having sockets in a hallway or landing? We are having some work done on existing wiring and 'while we are there' could we add sockets in these locations? There are none as of now and they would be really useful then we could get rid of the...

New guttering has been ordered, should be here in a couple of days. Had some good advice about how to make it better. What I can't get my head around is why everything is still so wet after no rain for so long - the soil outside is wet but up the garden is bone dry!! I'll post pics when we...

I think we have 2 problems and there is definately something going on in the ground - why is it still wet when we have not had rain for weeks??