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Alastair, thanks so much, that's perfect. I just ordered some. Wild price variations across websites, took me about 30 miins to find a place that sold it for a reasonable rate. Much appreciated mate, I think this'll do the job perfectly

The repair patches don't work for my use-case, as I need to line the inside of a hole, so anything I do with patches wiooll create extra possibilities for continued ingress of water. What I really need is something I can just paint on that will fill the existing damage. Yeah, no way I'm...

Hi Robin, That's the plan. I want to redo the entire roof in the summer, including ripping the entire thing off and rebuilding from scratch, so this is more of a temporary spot fix to get me through winter. It's not in bad condition in general, but it's certainly nearing the end of its life. I...

But it can do harm, because it's bitumen-based, which will attack the rubber because of the solvents. I appreciate the help, but I can speculate on what will work myself; I'm still just looking for specific advice from someone who knows the best method of first identifying what my roof...

Nuralite seems to be very specific to New Zealand, and everything I'm reading about it suggests it's very gritty, course, and quite rigid, whereas this is rubbery, elastic, and quite smooth.

That's why I'm here mate, I don't know what will work! Is that a known method for fixing broken EPDM? I just need a direction to go in as I'm completely clueless about this haha.

Thanks Harry, I just did that with a bit of tubing and got a little out. Also tested the pipe with a hose and left it running just beyond where it joins to the rubber, and no leaks of any kind visible. It does appear to be right at the point of the two pictures posted. If anyone has any ideas...

Because it's far less likely to have happened than it being the rubber, which has clearly deteriorated to the point where it's peeling off and rotted away. The plastic is completely fine

Am I looking for something like this: https://www.permaroofstore.co.uk/epdm-drain-outlet-100mm.html

Oh wow yes, it may be that, thank you! Yes, definitely not blocked as far as I can tell, as it's still draining pretty well, and the site of the leak is when looking through the hole I've cut in the ceiling is directly below the hole

Hi everyone, We've got an old kitchen extension that was done in the 80s. Absolutely no insulation in it, and the central roof lantern has been leaking for a while. I've inspected the roof, and found that the drain off point is in the middle of the roof, right by the corner of the lantern, and...

Thank you mate, much appreciated - Merry christmas!

I've noticed that a spur coming off a socket in my property is just a little too short. Whoever did it made it just a few mm shy, and as a result the wire is under a large amount of tension and I worry it'll slip out and cause a hazard. If I want to extend it 20mm in order to reduce the tension...

Thanks guys, much love. Will turn things off at the unit first in future. It's a pretty good visual deterrent, I'm glad I had the light off, I never considered that a socket has to dump the current somewhere. Thanks for setting me straight Have a good weekend!

Thanks for the replies guys, it doesn't spark if the radiator is already switched off - do I assume it's just arcing because the contact is being broken? It's definitely not a loose connection, everything is tightly in place. I have live in live, neutral in neutral, earth in earth, with a...

Hi all I've got a spur running from an existing socket, and the wiring, as far as I can tell, is fine. I have an oil-filled radiator connected to it at the moment, and I happened to switch it off at the socket when the lights in the room were off, and I noticed that directly behind the switch...

I've not yet detached the switches, but will take some pictures when I do. Thanks! Unfortunately, the smart bulbs aren't an option for me. After years of Phillips hue, I don't want to have lights continuously on drawing power, however small. I'm going the next best route and installing tapo...

HI everyone, In my downstairs and upstairs hallway, each floor has a light switch that operates both the upstairs lights and the downstairs lights. If I want to change it so the upstairs switch only turns on the upstairs lights, etc, is it just a case of removing the approrite wires, or is...

Thanks Notch and Eric for the d-line suggestion, I'll go with that. It's definitely better than the square one. Much appreciated

https://www.diy.com/departments/mk-white-square-mini-trunking-d-16mm/823783_BQ.prd Running along the top of the skirting board