Recent content by tomkear2006

Is it of great importance that the bonding gutter is over the party wall? By the look of ours from the outside I would guess it's not directly over it. If this is an issue then I would like to take it up with the roofer before the job is considered complete.

We asked for it to be neatened up and this is where we are now. To Me it looks a lot tidier. How about the size of the gap between the two sets of tiles, visual aspects aside, is there any chance this could let water in?

Thanks for the responses everyone. Just to confirm can I rest assured this join is fine, it shouldn't leak and the neighbour has no reason to complain? I want to be sure all is well before handing over a large wad of cash :D

Hi woody, Thanks for the response. We didn't choose the tiles, they were chosen for us by the roofer. The old tiles, and those on the neighbor roof are apparently old and imported so are very hard to get hold of. It just looks like the neighbors tiles have been cut untidily and too short...

We are having a new roof put on our semi-detatched house and are concerned about the join in the tiles with the neighbours. We've taken it up with the roofer who says there is a bonding gutter between the tiles to catch water. What do you think of this? Is this good/bad/normal practise...

I just bought the Makita from http://www.powertooldirect.co.uk/ for £52 including P&P. Thanks for the advise and I hope she's pleased with it :)

Wow, thanks for the speedy reply. I believe a corded drill we do just fine and the lighter the better really, although it's not the most important factor (she's probably stronger than me :shock:) I am looking into the Makita HP1621 as we speak but until I pay up I am open to any...

Hi Guys, I was wondering if you could advise me on a decent quality drill for around £50 - £60. I am looking to get one for my mum for xmas (strange gift I know - but thats what she wants). She has bought a fair few in the past but they all keep dying and I would like to get her a decent...

ok thanks. I will get her to send me some photographs of the work and then post them. Thanks :)

I think it is actually called the VALLEY not a gully :oops:

I know my mum manged to get it up off the floorboards of the house we just moved into with white spirit and some brute force :)

Hi Everyone, I'm new to these forums as I am looking for some kind person to settle both mine and my mothers minds. I just spoke to my mum on the phone and she's had a builder come to repair the roof, it was leaking into the electrics! The issue is that she's worried sick that the gully...