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Kitchen Roof in picture is 3.5m wide. Some years ago some local guy was doing work on it and he apparently used ladders across it to fix gutter I think (my elderly mothers house) hench the broken slates. Also I think there is damp like marks on the render as gutter is leaking. my question is...

Discovered this in attic. I'm assuming flash around chimney? It's between me and next door as house is a semi. Next door said his attic is fine. This tends to be bad during certain weather so I'd imagine it's a wind direction rain thing. Sometimes hardly anything during rain. A few house I've...

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Hi Been adding some ceiling boards on those raised plastic legs you can get (bit crap but does the job I suppose). Anyone know what these are nailed.to the big roof joists. Few have come off, assuming they are to hold beam in place while they built around? House in 1920s. Wondered if to take...

Hi, Been sorting out a new sink, while doing found a healthy leak hidden away. I really dont want to mess with the soil pipe (stack?) but noticed there is no seal on the female attachment socket where the sink waste pipe goes in. Assuming there is one usually? Hence you can see I have...

Hi all Have an Ariston 24 HE MFFI (I hear some sighing :) ) It had some ignition problems some time ago, Axx type errors but I got a RGI in and he vacuumed around the sensors in the combustion chamber from what he said. She was fine after. Anyway that was several months ago.. now we are...

Hi all :) I have run a spur to a double socket in another room, all done properly its from the main ring off a previously unspurred socket. This is all in theory.. There isnt much on the new socket as such, but of recent I have acquired a portable heater which can run 2kw at full power...

Machine as subject. Is getting on a bit now, but the drum and all that is ok so decided to try to fix. It would not spin the other week so decided to have a fiddle around. Took the belt off had a look at the motor underneath, switched it on and motor worked ? So put belt back on. All was well...

Been thinking about sorting out my garage roof and merging two garages. Trouble is I will end up with a 5.5m (long) x 6.6m (wide) structure so am thinking of doing a plain single lean (lean-to/shed type) roof. I was thinking of using multiple 47x100mm lengths. They are 3.5m (in wickes)...

Whats your guys opinion on IPX8, got 4 fish tanks and one is open topped. They all got IPX8 pump and heater in both of which are 240v. What if a heater got a crack (its in a glass housing)?? Would it just short out the L&N and blow the fuse? Pump is protected by 3A fuse. Just...

Thinking of fitting an RCD unit to the plug socket of the christmas lights next year (if I havent sorted my wire-fuse Consumer Unit to an RCD one) My 2 year old daughter went behind the christmas tree, fascinated by the lights bless her, and put one of the bulbs in her mouth and completely...

The only thing that concerns me about Part P is house insurance. I do not see the point in asking a insurance company because of course they would say that all work must be cert'ed. As long as I am happy that any work I done is safe (and I would make sure I have thoroughly read up on anything...

Are there any courses you can go on to become legal in doing anything that comes under this regulation? Does this anyone know of this effecting house insurance? ie. If I had something done in the house by a sparky and never seen them again and couldnt remember who they were is that not to...

Hi all, Ok regulation wise, and theoretical wise (which seems ok IMO): Is it ok to 'double up' one of the fuseways so that you end up with 4 L inserted into it. Its still protected by a 32A mcb but two rings will then be on 1 fuseway. I could of broke into the existing ring and extend...