Recent content by volks

Thanks all, put mind at ease at least. Will look to rectify it asap

Normal E22 bulb fitting. Did have an old 60watt bulb that I am going to swap for LED, but it's been used daily for the last two years

Bathroom bulb blew today, first time I've taken down the ceiling fitting since moving in. Found one of the live wires has partially melted through, no idea how long ago. Wiring looks a bit of a mess anyway, but any ideas why it would have melted. Slightly concerned it could have melted through...

Thanks all, going to give it a go this weekend. Last question from me, wondering if the easiest way up is to climb up the side of the house, ease along the ridge tiles then slide onto the dormer roof. The ridge tiles are cemented on, am I okay to put my weight on those or is that an even worse...

Would standing on the roof tiles beneath be safe? Wouldn't they risk slipping under weight, or worse, cracking? I do wonder how the gutter was fitted, it looks like the old one hung too far out from the edge - but not sure I can get shorter brackets to make it sit closer to the roof edge or not.

Ah I see. Thanks for the info, not easy to rectify!

Thanks all. Yeah it's awkward to get to, might have to place the brackets then stand on the flat roof and hang the gutter from above. Noseall, what do you mean by lack of a drip edge? I bought the home with the dormer, never really clocked a problem other than the gutter being too far out from...

So the wind has pulled the gutter off the top of my dormer. It's clad in overlapping tiles, can I safely lean the ladder against the tiles to get up there, or will the downward angle of the ladder on the tiles cause it to pull the hanging tiles off the dormer wall? I'd prefer to avoid causing...

Thanks all. I only made minor adjustments as it's slightly off, I'm not doing a full rebalance. Just adjusting one of the slower to heat radiators

Noted, but that wasn't the original question. They're useful to have when balancing the system so I'm not running around with a spanner or removing the covering cap each time

Makes sense. They do have plastic caps that allow you to turn the valve by hand, which is where I meant some are easily to adjust and others require a spanner/pliers

I had new radiators and pipework/valves all fitted a year back. Today when adjusting the lock shields to get better heating flow, I found some of the lock shields are easily adjusted by hand, while others are quite stiff and I need pliers on the valve itself. Can I loosen these somehow, and...

Is that shower tray properly supported? The legs don't look right, kind of bulging between the supports

Hello! I've got an old fireplace in my house that the previous owners had a gas fire fitted into. The gas fire was a back boiler, so they had a metal chimney fitted inside the existing brick chimney, to allow venting of steam/vapours I believe. The external chimney has a cap/cover fitted. See...

Interesting. I'll keep an eye on it, I'm skeptical as the loft at front of the house is dry and it's all connected. These photos were also taken last night during a rain shower at 11pm, when it was 8/9 degrees outside. Could be built up condensation that's not had the time to dry, but it...