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Hi. We have a timber frame house that is brick skin on the bottom half and block and cladding on the top half. The windows are all set back in a recess assuming within the timber frame or the cavity. We have 2 sets of French doors, one in the kitchen and one in the lounge and both are getting...

Sorry!! Anxiety ridden woman alert!! Thank you, appreciate all the advice as will hubby.

Haha, thought I might get a reaction like that!! But don't ask don't get!

Is there a specific size cable/wire/flex we need to use and what amp plug?

So after that you then used the correct wire which you fitted into a plug so the moulded plug that comes on it is void. I know I sound dumb as here but I want to know whats safe and what is not before hubby starts pulling things apart.

which would mean 2 junction boxes if we want to use the original moulded plug, but if not one followed by cable and a plug of the same amps.

Everything I have read said that an extension lead for a fridge would need to be a 13 amp one. So you would recommend we cut the entire lead off the back of the new fridge (don't have it yet so not sure what the wires go into, screwed or crimped.. then replace that wire with new to a junction...

Thanks. Yes it's very strange. Know the previous owner redid the whole kitchen at once many years ago, why they didnt have a socket put in above the work top I don't know.

Thank you. The current set up is fridge with new wire to a junction box, wire out of that box is the original moulded plug wire that runs to a socket in a cupboard 3m away. Wires run along the floor under the kickboard up into a cupboard where a double socket is. So I could plug the extension...

Hi all. We have an integrated fridge that we need to replace. The kitchen and appliances were done by the previous owner. We have looked under the kickboard to find out where the fridge is powered to follow a wire 3m along the floor. In the cupboard at the other end of the kitchen is the moulded...

Cladding went on 5 years ago.

Thank you. We’ve had 3 roofers all day this is the way to temp fix it so have someone hopefully doing it this weekend. Now to find the money for a whole new roof.

They are asbestos cement

No loft conversion. Garage attached to the house. Cladding covers the entire top half of the house. It’s timber frame.

Loft conversion?

Thanks. We’ve been told that is the case but to do that means removing a lot of tiles, cladding and scaffolding. Quoted around 3k for that and it’s money we can’t put into a fix if we are hoping to retile come next year. We almost want a bodge that will make it watertight through the winter to...

Hi all. In need of roofing advice. We have an 80s built timber frame house with a pyramid roof covered in asbestos cement tiles. We have a garage attached on the side and we have a leak coming in where it meets the house. We know the roof is coming to the end of life and are attempting to get...

We are waiting on a quote for all new gutters, fasica and soffits but have been told if we are planning on doing the roof soon then we are effectively throwing away money on scaffolding, gutters and a skip over £1k that will need all over again when it comes to the roof retile. The current roof...

I expect that it is down to perished seals with it being at nearly every joint. I have 11 in total and 8 are leaking. In an ideal world we would replace the whole lot but we'd be into the thousands with it having to all be removed when we eventually get the fascia, soffit and roof tiles all...