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During the ferocious storms just before Christmas we had a small amount of water ingress where the flat roof meets the stone wall of our house. The original roofer came and said it was cos the stone is uneven and had become saturated with rain which then had nowhere else to go. I am dubious but...

We need some raking out and repointing doing on our house to stop ingress of rain. It's built of Hornton stone which is a North Oxfordshire ironstone and therefore a reddish sandy colour. We've been advised we need lime sand mortar. Does anyone know what proportion of lime to sand should be...

We have an oil fired boiler (2 yrs old and serviced annually). Bearing in mind the cost of heating oil, I wondered if it is maybe more economical in cold weather to keep the eating on low all day at, say, 16.5 degrees, rather than having it go off in the morning and then come on again about...

I don't know if this is the right forum but I couldn't find another! Our automated garage door closes completely and then about 3 times out of 10 it opens up again about 18 inches off the ground then stays still. In fact, it's done it 3 times this morning so it's getting worse. We've...

We had a new closeboarded fence put up about 2 months ago. The fencers said no treatment was needed as it was pre-treated. Last week our neighbour had a new fence put up (same style) and today the fencer came back and painted the knots with PVA. He said it stops them falling out if the knots...

We have an oil fired Worcester Bosch Greenstar Camray 18/25 condensing boiler (less than 2 yrs old) in the garage. It is mains pressure (we have no tanks in the loft.) I noticed this morning when it came on to heat the water for the cylinder, it's making strange noises like the sea lapping...

We have a double garage door (up and over sectional)which I believe is a Hormann panel type (after hunting online for similar). It is very heavy and manually operated. My query is can an electric motor be fitted to the door so it can be opened remotely? It's quite new (fitted not long before...

We need a new garden fence. I've so far had 3 quotes, two of which were well over £600 and one of which was a bit over £300! I wonder why the huge gap? It's only a shortish fence which needs 3metres of 1.2m panels and 6metres of 1.8m panels close board fencing, plus gravel boards and posts...

I know this has been asked before but in more detail so sorry if I am raking over old coals Simply, my husband bled the bathroom wall rad (one of those tall metal ones you hang towels on) at the weekend and today I noticed our pressure gauge had dropped to about 1.2. I like to keep it on 1.5...

We had an EPDM flat roof fitted to an extension a year ago. Recently we had a few roof tiles come down off the main roof - they are large concrete Hardrow ones. They didn't come down on the flat roof but my question is, if they had done, which might be possible in future, could they have pierced...

We've had a concrete tile come down off the roof - it's broken into at least 4 pieces, some of which I can't find! They are a natural colour (we are on the edge of the Cotswolds) with a sort of grainy finish, but problem is they aren't standard size - they are 12" wide and at least as tall, it's...

Probably a rather elementary question but I am puzzled. Our thermostat (Honeywell electronic digital one, freestanding) is set at 15 degrees during the day, to save oil. However, I've found that some room radiators still come on, not boiling hot but warm, and they all have thermostatic valves...