Recent content by bigalxyz

Fair point I guess. But then should we not have some kind of emergency overflow pipe fitted, or is there some other way to relieve the pressure up there? What would be good practice?

You can see 3 "chunks" of house/roof in the photo. Our house was originally the two leftmost chunks, converted into a single property about 25 years ago. The neighbour's house is the one on the right.

Thanks. Re the rear of the building - it's a slightly wonky photo (perspective etc.) so it does look almost as if it's flat after a loft conversion, but in fact it's the original roof, pitched at the same angle at the rear as at the front - no conversion done. The hatches you can see in the rear...

All bricked in as far as I'm aware - not visible inside the property at all, must be behind a brick wall somewhere...? Sounds like an absolute nightmare to remove it all and replace.

Thanks - however the downpipe is internal, not external (just the way they were built) - wouldn't removing such a thing and replacing with a wider pipe be a really difficult thing to do?

There is that, I suppose. I did wonder if climate change meant that there were more sudden heavy downpours than there were back in the late 19th C when it was built, but that's a bit speculative.

I look after the building maintenance for a 5 storey Victorian leasehold property in East London. The guy who does the same job for the adjoining property (also leasehold) brought a problem to my attention a few months ago. The top floor flat inside that building has been seeing rainwater...

I own a flat in a Victorian conversion in London (2 big old houses turned into 11 flats). The big downside of living here is the noise transmission through the building. I can hear almost everything my neighbour upstairs does, and it's driving me nuts at the moment. It's both high frequency...

The problem was that the spindle fell out onto the hallway floor beforehand - there's nothing to stop that from happening, which seems dodgy from a safety point of view. It does have the emergency release, so when I realised she was stuck, I was able to pick the spindle up off the floor, push it...

Not this one it seems - I've just double checked. If I take the thumb turn off, the spindle just pushes straight out through the other side.

Thank you. The lock does have the emergency release on the other end of the spindle, so that's ok, but there was nothing holding the spindle itself in position inside the lock - it just slid straight out. Not good. Maybe it's just old and something is broken?

Just had an alarming incident at home. My lodger was in her bathroom with the door locked. The lock is a brass thumb turn thingy with a square cross-section spindle - very much like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Grace-Victorian-Polished-Bathroom/dp/B0BLZL5CK9 The thumb turn knob...

Thank you. Have emailed them - hopefully they will be able to verify one way or the other. If I can buy these at what seems like a pretty cheap price, I'll probably have a go at doing the job.

Oooh thank you. Is there any way to verify that this is the correct item? I guess I could just message the vendor and ask. Quite happy to buy from Germany if need be.

Thank you. I'm in a hard water area (London) and I do have quite a lot of problems with limescale. So far the washing machine has been ok, but perhaps my luck has finally run out! Might open her up soon and have a look around shortly to see what I can find. Suspect she'll die soon if I don't...