Recent content by anniebrown007

Can't see any companies stating that the work can be done from inside ... I've emailed a couple of your suggested ones, thanks!

It's not so much that I want the look - I'm in a Whitechapel 'conservation area' so whatever I do has to at least look similar. (Not sure what they're conserving, as our streets are now at the bottom of a pit, surrounded by luxury mega-tower developments but hey)

thanks everyone - looks like I just need to save up for new ones then. And 4 storeys of scaffolding. And find a competent roofer to put them in. It'll be like climbing mount everest. Without a Sherpa

BUT - my roof was built like this, with the rooflights, in 1895.... do you think I should get them removed then, and replaced with modern proprietary ones?

I've just paid £3k to get these 2 (slightly leaking) rooflights repaired. The lead work is meant to have been re-done - but both windows leaked worse after the job than before! Builder returned with glue gun & CT1 sealant and now the leak's sorted - but is this a proper job? Is that what the...

Very big thanks to Geronimoe - it was the DHW regulator, plastic valve inside it had completely disintegrated!

Hi Agile - thanks for your reply! Alas, I understand even less than the Thames Water guy - could you explain more? Why is it meaningless? Should I not worry about the differences in flow/pressure then, and just concentrate on the boiler and the shower's pipework?

Help please?! Do I need to add a Salamander homeboost pump to my water system? The house is 4 storeys high and I have a 2nd combi boiler (Ideal Independent C30) on the top floor running an extra sink and shower room, flow has always been pretty bad but usable - but suddenly the shower has (after...