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Hi Muggles, Thanks for the fast reply. My little boys asleep in there now but I'll check tomorrow and report back. It's not urgent but I'm always keen to know these things! Cheers Chris

Hi- A bit of background - I have an old two up two down house built around 1905. About ten years ago before I bought the house. The previous owner had a new sealed heating system installed and the bathroom was moved from one side of the house to the other to the adjacent room. The bathroom...

Thanks John that makes more sense actually.. I was having condensation issues and fitted an extractor fan which has solved the problem so I guess this air brick may now be redundant. I'll have a look at the block from the loft when I redecorate and see if its anything to do with the roof...

Morning, Thanks for all the advice. I've had a quick look externally this morning and there is an airbrick on the wall behind this block. I assume that this is to provide ventilation to the loft and this block prevents cold air going into the bathroom? Thanks for your help with this...

Hi Ree, The first picture is the correct way round the second one needs rotating but I wasn't able to do this. I'm not sure what a hip or valley is. My house is a semi detached the roof slopes from the party wall. I have added a diagram and shown where the block is. Thanks for your...

Thanks John, Its on the two exterior walls so I thought that might be the case. I'll speak to my neighbour and see if they have the same on their side. Cheers Chris

Considering redecorating my bathroom and there is a triangular block in the corner of the room. I've been into the loft and I cant see any block work directly above it. In fact it looks like there is lath and plaster on the ceiling directly above it so I am a little unsure whether it is...

Thanks squeaky

thanks a lot for the advice Harbour woodwork

Hi, I originally posted this in garden but think it makes more sense her so sorry for the duplication. I have a old wall surrounding my garden . The wall rises from 4 ft to 6ft at the side of the house by way of a curve and I want to cut a trellis to match the curve (shown in green) i've...

Hi, I have a lovely old wall surrounding my garden . The wall rises from 4 ft to 6ft at the side of the house by way of a curve and I want to retain the features as much as possible To increase privacy and to provide something for climbers to grow up I want to put a 2ft trellis on top...