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Hi, Approx 4 years ago I had my garage converted to a room and had a roofer come in and replace the felt roof with insulated EPDM. We have subsequently had issues with a leak which appears to be where the flat roof meets a partially pitched roof. The roofer that initially did the work...

Thanks for the replies chaps, I am going to get a few quotes from the pros and if the price quoted is too high have a go at it myself.

Hi, I'm looking for some advice regarding replacing a retaining garden wall. Pictures are attached of the wall when we bought the house 5 years ago. The wall is now bowing quite a lot in the middle and you can visibly see water coming through the mortar when large amounts of water...

I have a problem in our back garden with a retaining wall. The wall is approximately 6m long and .8m high. It is leaning in the middle of the wall and there appears to be lots of cracks in the wall, I will try and upload a picture later today. The wall is retaining the rest of my garden which...

Wow thanks for the quick responses, will speak to the plumber and get him to pop back and sort it out. Thanks! :-)

Hi, Just had a new bathroom suite put in and have also had thermostatic mixer shower fitted that is spurred off the bath taps. Since this has been added occasionally when running the cold tap and turning it off the boiler fires just for a second. Any ideas if this is dodgy/dangerous...

Thanks again for all your advice, you don't realise how useful it is to complete novices like me to be able to get expert opinion on matters like this! Thanks!

Just spoke to him, he is using SWA. He said that something like a 2KW heater will be fine with what he is doing. I think I will get the building inspector to check it out, they are coming out to inspect some other work I have recently had done.

Yeah it is what I thought, I think I will call the conservatory people and say I am unsure about the guy they have sent out. I got her to ask him if what he is doing conforms to Part P and he said it did but it does sound a bit dodgy to me.

Thanks for the quick replies, this forum really is fantastic for complete know nothing people like me!!! Need to get more details, the wife said he assured her it is weather proof and he will be scraping an indent into the brickwork to conceal the cable a bit. Yeah we are having a light...

Hi, Electrician is at home at the moment wiring up a conservatory we have had built. He has told the wife that he recommends running the wiring from our kitchen on the outside wall. This sounds not right to me, anyone tell me if this is safe?

Thanks all, sites like this are really useful for complete know nothings like me! :lol:

Do you have any contact details, previous owners didn't leave any details on the boiler. :(

Thanks for all the advice and replies, will try the test and see if i have a problem. Another thing that occurred to me last night was that it takes between 10-30 seconds to get hot, is this normal for a combi? I assumed it would take some time as it is heating the water on demand.

Hi, I have just moved into a house where they have a Worcester 24cdi combi boiler installed and wanted to ask a few questions: 1. At present the hot water seems to be quite a bit lower pressure than the cold, never having had a combi boiler before I don't know if this is normal, is it...