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Hi My house is a detached built in 1993. While I clean the gutter, there are always some granules (brown sand-like stuff). I think they are washed down from the roof tiles (double Roman tiles maybe?) by the rain. The slope of the gutter is not so good hence there is always some standing water...

hello I had a new toilet (with push button flush) fitted 2 years ago in my upstairs on-suite bedroom. Recently something very strange happened. Sometimes suddenly I can hear the noise of water filling up the toilet cistern without anyone flushing. Later I found out after flushing the...

thanks for the reply. So I guess I will leave it for now and monitor it. Do you plan to install this dry verge and how long does it last?

hi I don't know what the mortar at the roof edge is called, where the edge tiles are embedded in the mortar? I found some of the mortar underneath the edge roof tile closest to the gutter somehow "absorbs" water. In heavy rains, I can see there is water dripping from the mortar. I wonder...

dear all My house (1993 built detached) has an integrated garage. The interior wall of the garage is made of concrete blocks except a small section near the garage door which is brick. I found one brick (just one) near the floor has a vertical crack about 0.5 mm wide. It looks like it was the...

sorry if my question sounds daft. but the workman said it took a long time to drill cos it is all concrete. So I am a bit worried that it could have hit the foundation?

My house is a detached one built around 1993. My neighbour has just had the garden fence replaced (concrete post replacing wooden ones). At one end of the fence, the concrete post is just next to (besides) the wall of my house. I don't know how deep a hole the workmen had drilled and how much of...

My house is a detached one built around 1993. My neighbour has just had the garden fence replaced (concrete post replacing wooden ones). At one end of the fence, the concrete post is just next (very close) to the wall of my house. I don't know how deep a hole the workmen had drilled and how much...

dear all When the central heating is working, I can hear a ticking noise in the airing cupboard upstairs. It is a bit like the sound of water dripping on a wooden floor, but it is not constant and happens at irregular intervals. When the CH is not working, there is no noise. It looks like...

My house is a 18-year old detached. During a recent visit to the loft, I found that some of the felts on the north-facing side of the roof ridge look more aged and become warped (seem more worn due to the elements, water and damp), while the felts on the south-facing side are mostly neat and...

I recently noticed some water having dripped from one of the overflow pipes in the roof - there are 2 overflow pipes and I don't know which one is dripping cos it is infrequent and slow - I just saw little bit water on the garden ground. I got BG Homecare so I called an engineer. He checked and...

My house was built in 92 and it has concrete roof tiles (not 100% sure, maybe clay). Recently when I cleared the gutter I found that the rain has washed out sand off the tiles (small particles with the same brown colour so must be from the tiles) and they ended up in the gutter. If this...

I had a new upstairs bathroom fitted last year. There is a knocking noise every 20 seconds or so from the bath waste pipe (inside the wall) every time waste water passes through it, lasting for about a few minutes. Sometimes when water drains through the washing basin or toilet in the same...

Hi Due to a tripping switch problem a British gas engineer (I have a homecare contract) came over and disconnected a socket, a lamp, and pond switch all in the back garden. He said the wires in these are too thin, and are potential fire hazards. While I guess these things in the garden...

yes, next to it there is a yellow test button.

For the past few weeks the ring main switch in my fuse box (that controls all the wall sockets) went off a couple of times for no reason. And I had to push it back on. It happened at different (random) times of the day and at these times I did not switch on anything. It seems the only appliance...

http://www.diynot.com/network/Newby2/albums/6106 here is a sketch. due to the distance it is not possible to get a clear pic. sorry

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I just found out that there is a small hole on the flashing just beneath the ridge of my house. It is at where the (half circle shape) ridge tile meets the (square) roof tile. I think maybe some of the cement is missing so leaving a small hole. I wonder if I should be concerned of possible...