Recent content by gunnag

I live some distance from the house, so I tend to rely on the letting agent to arrange things like plumbers, electricians, etc. Maybe I will find a local builder who can go and have a look, I always get the feeling that the letting agents work hand in hand with the trades perople and inflate...

Hi All, I have a 3 bedroom house that's rented out, recently the tenant report a crack in the bedroom ceiling, see attached. The letting agent sent their builder round and to my shock, he came back and said that all of the ceilings need pulling down and replacing for £4800. I cant believe...

Thanks for the response, I will post a pic of the rotten soffit tomorrow, I think the reason its gone bad is that either the down pipe (which is directly underneath) is blocked or that the gutter is badly fitted and spilling over, or a combination of both. I think the challenge with the soffit...

Hi All, my house was built in 1989 and was installed with double-glazed wooden framed windows. Over the years, the outside of the windows has been painted several times with gloss white and the end result after a few years is that the paint cracks, bubbles, lifts off and needs doing again...

Thanks for the replies, I'm going to get the Brass Shank fill valve which should be much stronger.

I need some advise on how to seal the water inlet connection to a toilet cistern as I have a slight weep from the joint. Whats happened is that I have replaced the syphon and also the float valve together with a new rubber donut for the close fitting cistern. Everything has gone back together...

Thanks for the replies, looks like I need to find a roofer to fix the external flashing.

I have a 3 bed semi (2 stories) which is attached to a 3 stories house. The houses were built around 1986 as part of a small housing estate. I've had a suspicion that there was a leak for a number of years as the ceiling in the spare room showed signs of rain damage, but when I went into the...

Its been a couple of weeks since the Barrentine was applied, seems like the Ronseal shed paint wont stick at all, which isn't a surprise now that I realize the Barrentine is resin based and waterproof whereas the Ronseal shed paint is water based. Maybe I need to apply a primer or undercoat so...

I'm refurbishing my garden shed and since the barge boards were rotten, I decided to replace them with new pieces of timber. Since I had half a 5l tin of clear Barrettine Wood Protective Treatment left over from another project, I thought it would be a good idea to use this to protect the new...

Hi All, I'm trying to repair my electriQ cooker hood as the 2 plastic latch mechanisms holding the door in place are broken. My plan is to use 2 two small tower bolts, one on either end, when the bolts are retracted, the door can be opened and filter cleaned. The tower bolts will be secured...

Thanks for the info, I ended up using Ronseal Quick Drying Wood Stain in Deep Mahogany color, which seems to match the previous stain exactly.

Excellent thanks for all the info :)

Hi All, I want to repaint my front door which is tatty and currently painted with some kind of wood stain or colored varnish, not sure which but I suspect is colored varnish, see pics below. Does anyone have an idea whether this is colored varnish or wood stain? The next issue is establishing...

Shed is T&G construction and the 3 glass windows are north facing, so not much help with heating from the sun. Good idea about the tube style electric heaters to keep a low level of heat in. Hopefully one or two of these will be sufficient to keep the damp out and bikes dry.