Recent content by Dutchcloggie

Can't tell yet. Need to have that investigated fully first. I am just gathering information so we know how much we need to panic about where the money is going to come from. The investigations themselves will cost money as well but that's just tough luck.

Can I ask why you wouldn't involve insurance? If it costs more than £1,000, there is no real cash to fix things...

Fair enough. I mean the hole under the building where soil was washed away that potentially needs filling? The ground around the area has also dropped a fair bit so it needs investigating fully. If it needs remedial works, that is insurance surely?

How does insurance not cover damage from an undiscovered leak??? She only bought the house last month and obviously there was no indication of anything.

The extension has a crack in the wall that the survey deemed not structural. Yet it is right above the drain and broken water pipe. I can see that the leaking water has been flowing backwards underneath the house and there is a visible good leading back under the wall. I can only assume that a...

Fair enough

I have bought a house last month and this evening I noticed water polling around a damaged drain at the back on the house. Closer inspection has revealed a slow leak from a water supply pipe. Looks like it's been leaking for years. It looks like soil has been washed away underneath the house as...

Switch surround. Excellent. Thanks. I shall Google myself silly :-) You've all been a great help.

Where can I find those, please? I am not a native English speaker so I don't really know the right word for those things :-)

Yeah. In his defence, he is a joiner and carpenter, he is 69 and he built the entire en suite, tiled the walls and installed the shower cubicle in 4 days. Saving me several thousands of pounds. Tiling is not his best skill out of all of them. I intend to live in this house for another decade or...

I can replace the backbox with a deeper one, but I am leaning towards connectors and a blanking plate. The shaver socket was merely a solution for not having to remove the wires etc now that I am a little limited with the options after the tiling. But if a terminal block and blanking plate with...

Yeah. He simply tiled around the existing sockets as the room used to be a bedroom. But hey, beggars can't be choosers. I can make that look neat, but I can't tile, so as long as I can make it look ok and safe, I am happy with it :-)

Hi, Thanks. I did want a shaver socket and light fittings there. I just had not yet thought about how to ensure making the electrics safe. He kindly tiled when I was on holiday so I didn't get the chance to sort it out first. He had no further time for a couple of months so I decided it was...

Hello. I know sockets are not allowed in bathrooms. However, I am in a pickle. A friend of mine has tiled the en suite I am building when I was away (I can't even stick a sticker on straight so no tiling for me...) and he has simply tiled around the existing sockets and light fitting on the...