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Hi all I live in a small semi detached house and with all the heavy rainfall we have been getting it has uncovered a problem with our back garden drainage. The garden is very small - maybe 4m wide by 7m long. I have a small patio area which then slopes upwards away from the house. The grassy...

Hi all, sorry if this is the wrong place to post, but I have a problem that has been ongoing since last winter and appears to be getting worse so I need to try and get it sorted. Last winter I noticed that the plaster at the corner of my rear patio door had a small damp patch. It was nothing...

Hi I own my home and the house joined to mine is rented out by a LHA. Our roof guttering is shared, terminated by an end cap my side and into a downpipe only on my neighbours side. I clear my own gutters twice a year, and last year noticed that next doors were completely full, resulting in the...

Hi all, I'm interested in buying a house that's for sale and went for a viewing yesterday. All went well with the exception of damp in the lower section of one of the walls. The estate agent said he believes it's due to the house not being lived in for over a year, and the fact that the...

Hi, just after a bit of advice - I use my bicycle to commute to work every day. At the moment I keep my bike in the back garden - there's a lane that runs parallel to next door's garden, round next doors' house and leads to my garden. It would be so much easier if I could keep the whole family's...

Hi all, due to finding out my thermostat wiring has been lost behind the walls, I've been told to have a look at wireless thermostats. I have the Wiring diagrams for both sides but am a little lost...could anybody shed some light or should I get a pro in? Boiler has: LR switched live LS...

Hi all...newbie here. I have recently moved into a new house that I have found out has had the room thermostat disconnected. This is confirmed by the most recent gas service which states "Room Stat not connect". I have removed the stat cover and discovered that the cables are all connected...