Recent content by hobbedy

Cheers GeeTee, I could fix something to hang a long plumb from and make some measurements, good idea. The downpipe follows the wall fairly closely, so it is actually a small curve from top to bottom. There are cracks on the front of the house, and evidence of a massive crack which has been...

I see what you're saying re: the underpinning, I just don't see how it is practicable for this wall due to the sewer location, unless anyone can suggest a method would work.

Sure thing, here they are: the chimney stack is approximately a straight line with where the side of the house should be so you can get an idea of the amount of lean on the outside wall (ignore the terrible repointing done by a local building "expert") this crack has been filled...

Having some movement related issues with our Victorian house, hopefully someone can give me some advice as it's giving me sleepless nights! Our house is detached, has 4 storeys ( has attic conversion and cellar). The external walls of the house form the boundary with neighbours, we have a...

Hi Chappers, a few parts of the roof have been fixed with pink mastic, which I assume is just where things got broken in fitting. I've spoken to the roofer and the problem we have is that the roof has been done with reclaimed slates, so extra wide ones are not available in this style. Of...

Hi! yeah the slates are hanging quite a way off the edge, but perhaps the pics make it look worse than it is. So what you're saying is that this roof isn't to current codes of practice, as the slates are split and definitely less than 300mm, I'd say about 120mm at a guess. I've spoken...

The re-roof has only just about finished, we're yet to make the final payment for the work... I'd agree that stripping the tiles back from the edges and making up with 1.5 widths would surely be a better solution, if this is doable. What's extremely annoying is our previous roof lasted 100...

damaged verge tiles gap under tiles - surely this gap needs filling with mortar? it's even wider at the bottom end! pink mastic showing under loads of slates hole in flashing I just spotted! so water will just run down the roof into here, brilliant :?

damaged verge tiles gap under tiles - surely this gap needs filling with mortar? it's even wider at the bottom end! pink mastic showing under loads of slates hole in flashing I just spotted! so water will just run down the roof into here, brilliant :?

Hi Cjard, I'll try and get some pictures, but the house is actually detached, and the edges I'm talking about are called the "verges" according to what I just found online and your picture. http://www.diydata.com/general_building/roofing/fixing_slates.php Basically from reading the...

We've had our 1900 house re-roofed. The roofers stripped the old slates, put a membrane down and supplied reclaimed slates. They refixed the slates and did all the leadwork on the roof, and it looks very nice bar a few niggles etc. However, I went up a ladder today to have a look and the edge...

Sorry to reopen this thread, but we've just had a re-roof done and I've found a similar problem. We've had our 1900 house re-roofed. The roofers stripped the old slates, put a membrane down and supplied reclaimed slates. They refixed the slates and did all the leadwork on the roof, and it...

Cheers Dave, and thanks to everyone for their help, will do!

I'm not sure (even from consulting the boiler manual) whether I have a 3 port valve or not, the boiler model is the Worcester 350 Combi.

Hi, thanks everyone for the super quick replies. Yeah that's what I figured after thinking about it for a while. I just had a look in the attic as I remembered seeing some old pipe work in there, and it seems there's some pipework from a previous install (maybe from a water tank) and also...