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The tiles won't sit flat because extra bits of batten have been nailed on top of the purlins. This may have been done to install the weird gutter made out of lead. I'll try removing them but it will require removing quite a few tiles and rain is due.

Yes, I have blocked up the roof hole and they have nested elsewhere. I live in the countryside so there's no need for them to nest inside asbestos roofs. Never seen a section of roof lift up like that. I'll try taking the tiles off and putting them back again to see if they settle correctly.

They are waking us up at 4am. If they didn't make such a racket we'd never have noticed them. There are plenty of other nesting spots around the house.

I have blue tits trying to make a nest in the roof. There is a massive gap which I have blocked up for now. The rows of nails looks suspicious. Normally there is one or two nails near the top of the slate whereas here it looks like someone has tried to close the gap by nailing the slates down...

I was wrong about the driveway. The 'under drive' is solid concrete and has a decent slope away from the shed and towards the stream. Maybe its flowing to the left but the low wall on the left is stopping the drainage:

My property runs next to a stream and all of the rain and surface water is meant to go into the stream. The gutters and down pipes lead to underground pipes that flow into the stream. In this photo the gravel driveway slopes right to left, towards the stream. The building is a concrete shed...

Old thread but glad it's here as I had the same problem. Adjusting the centre nut with a 9mm spanner moves the door left and right.

Anything that increases the surface temperature should stop the condensation forming. You can get devices to measure surface temperature They are handy for this sort of thing and for flow/return temps on radiators.

I have a french door with a Yale Lockmaster lock. It isn't closing securely against the frame so is letting a draught in. It's the bottom roller cam that isn't holding the door against the frame. I tried adjusting the lower keep but it didn't help. Also adjusted the lower roller cam so that its...

Since it's condensation rather than water ingress, can you insulate the underside of the valley or apply an anti-condensation paint?

This section of driveway slopes towards the hole in the picture. There is a stream where the blue lines are so ideally rainwater should flow in that direction. The rest of the plot correctly slopes and sends rainwater to the stream. These are the options I'm considering: 1. Fill the hole...

If that meter is just for the solar panels then it's telling you the panels have generated 7905 kWh since installed. Please post the import/export readings from the main electricity meter in you home. If you want real time solar generation readings you need something like this. You can use a...

I incorrectly assumed that a modern sewage treatment plant would be better for the environment than an ancient septic tank. Also, the neighbours are a pain when it comes to emptying and maintenance so I wanted my own STP on my own property. The existing septic tank doesn’t discharge into a...

Thanks, those rules are slightly different than the ones I posted above. The 3 installers I had round all quoted slightly different rules too. However, they all said it has to be 7m from a habitable part of a building, not the 15m you mention. The buidling regs say 7m for a septic tank and 7m...

I share a septic tank that is located on my neighbours property. It's an ancient brick one that's probably not compliant anymore but my neighbour doesn't want to get it inspected. I've had some installers round to discuss installing a small sewage treatment plant on my own property and cutting...