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Over the past couple years when there has been a lot of windy driving rain (that seems to happen more often these days), we have noticed spots of water staining in the back bedroom ( old terraced house) coming from the loft above, approx 30cm away from the edge of the chimney breast After...

Hi I want to put blinds up speedily, cheaply and with minimum fuss as quite a lot of them ( i.e. prefer not to have to use battens) I have sash windows. On one of the windows I want to put it on the architrave surface mounted at the top. The architrave may be ogee ?? At the top edge of the...

Carpenter used star head spax screws to fix trad floorboards to joists. i don't have a star screwdriver so what do I need to buy if I need to raise a board? Totally confused as not much clarity about what size these screwdriver kits are and if compatible. I don't speak the language Do plumbers...

Hi I had some brownish stains come through ceiling in the back bedroom a year or 2 ago, edwardian terrace, about 30cm away from the edge of a chimney breast. This happened during times of torrential downpour with high winds when a lot of houses leaked that do not usually. At least I thought so...

While I was away builder put foot through ceiling of lounge from bedroom above where floorboards were being repaired Edwardian house, lime plaster and lath ceiling He says he can put up plasterboard and skim to patch the hole. I am concerned for the integrity of the ceiling, now that it has...

Shower room adjustment going on. We need to push the position of the fan up because of the shower enclosure profile now clashing with original vent hole. Unforseen complication. Space is tight Vent is on outside wall I noted a Steeple 12v fan has frontplate dimensions of 156 x 156 Can you get...

Just had a new kitchen fitted Howdens, soft close hinges, L shape layout One of the base cabinets (the corner unit) when I open the door past a certain amount, it picks up speed and ends up hitting the built in oven handle. The oven is at 90 degrees to the opening of the corner cabinet, 200mm...

I had a workman in my loft and he discovered timbers from next door's loft conversion visible though 4 holes in party wall and rubble from where the stone/plaster from the wall had been blown off onto our side. Their house was last sold in 2008 and the loft conversion was done before that...

Help ! Need some input from you guys Shower tray (install 5 years ago by tradesperson) has been making crunchy noises when I stepped on it. It's on riser legs. Walls on 3 sides. I looked underneath the tray and it appears that the legs at the back may not be supported and need adjusting. I will...