Recent content by professorhinky

Hi I have 2 rows of three Low Voltage Halogen Downlights in my lounge, both on seperate transformers. 1 row is not as bright as the other. It wasn't always like that. Anyone help?

Well nearly a month gone, several bouts of heavy rain and no leaks.

The "builder" has just tested the roof with a hosepipe and found a leak through one of the ridge vents for an old boiler. It was tracking across the underfelt to the internal face of the gable wall. At least I've saved a load of money on lead, and it wasn't what anyone supected. I will...

Becasue he has had a great deal of experience dealing with problems over the years, and I trust him. Plus, if he's wrong he is going up there with a ladder unitil it's fixed :wink:

Well I have been advised by both my builder and an architect to do this, so I will give it a go. If it works brilliant, if not I'm not paying them anyway!

Just spoken to an architect, and straight away he said to lift all the coping stones and put lead underneath. What do you think?

and then last night it rained and this happened. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p131/professorhinky/PICT0064.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p131/professorhinky/PICT0065.jpg Any ideas? James

There is damp approximately 3/4 of the way up. Thye were done when they were re-laid, but had slipped slightly, so they were re-done (by someone else, the current guy) later. The reason I was given was that the original builder had done them from top down, rather than bottom up. The bottom...

There is no evidence internally of water ingress at the ridge and the builder checked th ridge whilst he was there. :?

There is also damp higher in the loft, but the camera battery went. All the coping stones were stripped and re-laid. All the joints between the copings have been done, twice. Do you mean the lead "drip" flashing or the extra lead we put under the last copings? :?:

I've put dome links to the pictures in my last post. It's double skin above the roof line. I think it might be the coping as I can't find anything else. My friend is a roofer and he has checked everything.

I attach Pictures No.1 is the damp in the back bedroom. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p131/professorhinky/DSCF0005.jpg No. 2 is the damp in the loft above the bedroom. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p131/professorhinky/DSCF0006.jpg No.3 is the end gable...

Please help me, this is getting worssee. In the loft you can see several damp patches under teh tiles on the blockwork and lower around the mortar joints. Could it be that the coping stones are porus?

Hi Everyone. I have a property where we have started to get leaks into the cellar at the point where the floor meets the outside wall. This coincided with the local authority doing some streetworks at the front of the property. I thought they may have cracked a drain, but they checked and...

Thanks, but I really need an idea from someone who might have come accross the same problem as em, so I wanted to know which forum to post in. James :D