Recent content by MartynS5

Whatever this thing is - just some sort of blanking plate when a chimney was removed? - we get a small leak from just above it in heavy rain. We've had the ridgeline repointed, which seems to have done FA... Given that, is it worth putting some flashing tape around the felt on the inside? Or...

That would be the ideal, a bit annoying but not structural. How did you determine this? Just triangulating the sound with mk1 ears?

Pinging occurs even (possibly only) in dry weather, so dripping is unlikely. There's no obvious external metallic structures near the roof. Hmm, the restraining straps? Photo from inside: The gable lean is significant - at least 80 mm - and consistent across the rafters, party wall and...

Hi all, I live in an end terrace that my partner and I moved into five months ago. Since then I've noticed the end wall makes an intermittent metallic "pinging" sound. It's a standard brick cavity wall with insulation. There is no plumbing anywhere near the end wall. There are no signs of...