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Yep I will pursue for some recompense for sure. how do I get this sorted. I'd rather not wait while I have a fight with a 3rd party I just want to fix the issue. Can anyone please advise on that? Also should I Do anything to neutralise the acidic residue that is there? It's drying out now we...

Hi thanks for that. Have been onto surveyor. He is hiding behind the fact he recommended heating system inspection. I maintain this is a fabric of building issue and should have been spotted. Anyway it needs fixing so want to progress that so all suggestion gratefully received. I will chase...

We have just moved into a new house and discovered that the previous owner had left the boiler condensate to drip into the external wall - the pipe had been snapped off about half inch inside the external face of the brickwork, and left long enough for the wall to go green. Even our surveyor...

We have an old Neff Built under double oven (720 high x 600 wide) which seems to have given up the ghost and so are looking for a cheap(ish) replacement as we are moving out soon. The old oven has a step down from the top of the front fascia to the casing behind of about 80mm, leaving plenty of...

I did search but most posts seemed to relate to proper chimneys : We have had our gas fire removed as it was seldom used, and have been left with a hole in the internal block work and plaster board. House was built in 1997, so is brick outer leaf, block inner, seemingly no cavity...

I hadn't considered that - I thought it might have been an appetiser for them? Would / could they chew through it or does that make it too much effort and they move on? Thinking about it though thats our roof ventilation so not sure it's a goer anyway? I'm hoping we've caught it early -...

What would they be bed onto though? Under them is plastic facia and soffits?

We have squirrels getting in under pantile roof. The wife saw it pop out into the gutter. Our loft has been converted so this side of the house is just a crawl space so awkard to get into to do much. We had the fascias and soffits done 2 years ago and there should be comb type strips in that...

Sorted it. Thanks for all the advice. They'd done a good job. When uncovered the small hole in the top turned out just to be the entry hole. Theyd gone right through and the exit hole in the bottom also had cracks round it. Ended up cutting out about a foot of pipe in the end to get sound...

Fairly small - it's a preformed liner less than 3 ft deep in the centre, about 1 foot around the upper "tier" The edge is perhaps now 3 foot away as there is an obstruction (the cracked pipe) quite where they wanted it! I've been looking at the flexible couplings - so to get that on I'd...

To be honest I didn't know beforehand but like I say I know if you see something round and that colour in the ground then it's usually got a purpose. Lifting my head and looking at my garage I think the penny would have dropped smartish. Oh well... Thanks for that will have a google for that...

Hey that's the way the developers built it. My garage actually forms part of his boundary and the hole is about 2 foot from it. There are no doubt other people's rainwater pipes on my land as I have some of the inspection chambers on my property so they run in there. I wouldn't ram a metal rod...

Sorry for this long post! My neighbour in the process of digging for his pond put a hole straight through the plastic surface water drain pipe that runs from the back of my garage (on his prpoerty) - as far as I know it's gone right through the pipe top and bottom as it was a rather large pry...

Thanks for that. Would you know of a link to a suitable wiring diagram for this setup please? I have googled around but not sure if what I have found exactly shows the situation. Or if using the existing rose a quick run down of what I connect to what on each strip light or is it as simple...

In my garage I have a single ceiling rose which is wholly inadequate to actually see anything but directly below it! I want to change to 2 x 5ft strip lights which should help spread the light around a little more. What do I need to do to change over - do I need some sort of junction box...

Would I have to put the local fire station on alert first?!

HOHO I have searched for Christmas lights posts already and know they are an acquired taste round here!

How about something like this : http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221973

Plug in timer won't fit in the waterproof socket. I'd need 4 to go in the other end of the extension lead and that's is they'd fit side by side. It seems a bit excessive to change the socket. Would something like an immersion timer work?

I have an outdoor waterproof socket that was professionally installed and currently use an extension lead from that into one of those waterproof boxes where I can plug in and keep the transformers etc dry. At the plug end of the extension lead I have a plug with built in switch so I can turn...