Recent content by JonnyRed

I'm just saying that gutter type valleys are damned stupid and are only there to give roofing contractors a steady income. Every 10 or so years the guttering like all guttering deteriorates and what is a minor drip outside become a disaster inside. Of course you call ring the roofing...

Your only confirming what I stated that cavity walls are best left alone. This is all part of the air-head ( sic ) heat saving movement. Cavity walls have been filled without thought of the consequences . In the long term plastic always decays and becomes brittle, if it's windows you can...

I have always been suspicious of cavity wall insulating material inserted after construction. Particularly the plastic foam (?) injected material. It strikes me that after a period of time it will settle and compress under its own weight, dust will then settle on this in turn, and a bridge...

Guttering should be peripheral to a roof not plumb in the centre. Guttering leaks ( have you seen the amount of work and cost required to replace it? ) Overflows and more than anything else breaks the continuity of the roofing felt. Most houses with plain tiles have after a period of time...