Recent content by Mae West

Great. The tea and biscuits sound good. I'm going to look into that. Thanks very much for the advice.

Thanks. I know what you're saying. I can change locks and handles myself. Did it at the last house but these are so old fashioned that the fixing of the entire mechanism is like a different thing altogether. Not like the modern ones which are totally easy to deal with. You can't buy this kind...

During a sudden exceptionally heavy and, luckily short, rainstorm this morning, water came pouring in at the top of my window frame from where the frame meets the masonry. Outside, the wall is covered with that thick render material which looks like tapioca. (Sorry I don't know the name of this...

The problem about going the legal route is that you're supposed to do it all before the work begins. This means you could take months, possibly years for a conclusion. I did talk to the solicitor who dealt with my sale/buy and his advice was that it seemed I was in the right, as the underfloor...

Thank you all very much indeed for your ideas. This is all very helpful. I don't want to 'mess with foam' as I can't do it myself. There's no way I manage to squeeze those things as well as guiding them as my hands are pretty small. However, I do have a neighbour who does good 'handyman' work...

Thanks for the reply, foxhole. I will get some photos. I have plenty from under the floor but they're on my phone and need to be transferred. I guess what is needed now is pictures of the current situation. I will get back on that.

I had concrete and insulation put under my ground floor due to water rising from below early this year. The entire ground floor two rooms under floor was completely dug up and removed. The contractor put in some kind of red crushed material, followed by thick plastic sheeting, concrete and then...