Recent content by eastender3

Hi fellas, Thinking of replacing our old DG UPVC windows with new ones, mainly to reduce road noise in our terraced house. The old windows were there before we moved in to our current property 9 years ago, So they may be about 15 years old or more. The road noise has increased since our...

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Hi Folks, First time having a series of leaks but didn't know where it was coming from until now. It's now dripping in our bedroom during rainfall. It's a 1930s terraced house with pitched roof and we don't have a clear valley where the water can flow, instead it's a tight fitting valley...

Many thanks for your detailed reply, which I found useful. Your last paragraph applies, I need to get decent PWA surveyor, I have not even seen a detailed plan yet.

If we don't give consent to replace our fence with their wall, then how does the party wall impacts?, does it applies only to our kitchen wall which we share with them and can be damaged during works. Can they remove our fence to build their foundation, if they do, then they have to put it...

At the moment is just wooden fence separating our border. Both of us have no extension currently.

Hi Folks, My neighbor is planning to build a single story rear extension in our terraced house. We received a party wall agreement letter through the post for a shared wall. I know they want to maximize their extension but can I refuse to sign party wall agreement, can they build a border...

I think the neighbor got in touch with him, to draw up the PWA. What I'm confused about is why the local authority did not ask for my opinion for their second application as the rear extension is 5M, so I should have been consulted and not get a PWA through the post, though the neighbor had...

Hi Folks, Few weeks ago, my neighbor had applied for planning permission to build a large single story rear extension but the Council informed us and we objected to it and the extension did not go ahead and they're ****ed off with us. Recently, they made an application again but this time...

Is that part of the boiler, as the engineer might say it's not the boiler, so have to pay a separate charge.

Hello folks, Just had a new Mains combi boiler fitted and it's only been few weeks and the pressure keep going down often. Called back the guy who fitted and he found a valve near the boiler that's leaking. Asked it's leaking and says does not know? Twice called him for the same problem, now...

Don't understand what you mean? what smoke?

Hi folks, Needs some advice as to what I can do with this bath panel; can I just replace the bottom wooden bar with a new one, as you can see it's bent. The main wooden panel seems to be intact. Reluctant to use plastic side panel, as people tell me they're filmsy and easily cracked. The...

Good God, I thought they might come from the gaps in the skirting board, where I had filled it with mash wires. But you're saying they come from Inside. Won't bother filling the holes near the pan with mash wires. If this Mcalpine 90 degrees gets chewed by bloody rats, then next time will fit...

Thanks fellas for the replies. Had a DIY friend coming in today lunch time and we went to Screwfix and got a 90 degree flexi Mcalpine and he replaced it. Had mash wires inserted between the gaps before, so will ensure I do it thoroughly this time, so not sure why damn rodent comes through...