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Hi guys Looking for some general advice. Have had water leakage into bedroom around my chimney. Have a quote which I happy with for replacing cracked tiles, refixing tiles, renewing cement around leading. However, noticed that chimney also needs repointing and if the above does not...

Thanks for that info. Have now had a proper look. Loose tiles, moss lifting tiles - not a pretty site. Will get the experts in to fix it and check the felt when they are at it as this would imagine is a vunerable area around the chimney. Thanks for the advice. Fluff

Hi guys Looking for some advice before I get a couple of quotes. I have about 1 1/2 ft of coombed ceiling in the bedrooms due to the roof at the ends of the rafters? Being lower than the height of the ceiling. Hope that makes sense. There is water damage at the top of the wall in...

Thanks MW Gives me a rough idea of price although I may need to get the lathe refitted as well. I have a funny feeling that the reason the dry verge felt out was because the wood was rotten. Thanks Fluff

Hi noseall Thanks for that info - I thought that they may break and that is why I was advised to replace them. It was a couple near the bottom plus the top cover that blew off. I don't trust the fixings, hence going to get the whole lot removed and refitted. I think the lathe is probably...

I am looking to get dry verge refixed as a couple of bits fell off in the wind. Can the existing bits which are still up be removed carefully and refitted or are the clobber verge sections not that expensive? I want to get the whole end of house redone incase they come off again and I lose...

Hi There We have klober dry verge on our house. Require to get one end of house renewed as bits fell off during the winter. There are 24 plastic sections plus the cover at the apex of the house and I am going to get all these removed and replaced. Also 2 slates need mortar removed which...

Thanks for replies In Scotland if your rear fence is within 20m of the highway and over 1m in height you need planning permission, apparently. Just wondered if it was ever enforced if neighbour complained, which they may do. Long story.

Hi there I put up a 6 foot fence in the back garden. Looking on council website today, it says that I need planning permission as it is within 20m of the road. Do you think that I am likely to get retrospective planning permission? My neighbour will probably complain when he gets...

Hi They were retrofitted. The tiles have been cut back and mortar removed. The roofer had a prob yesterday trying to screw the bottom end of the exposed verge onto the fascia (to try and stop the wind catching it until the summer). He ended up covering it up with tape. When the tiles...

It was only one guy. My hubby's was the ladder holder. :-) Btw would you know if the verges should be screwed in? He wants to remove them all and refit on one end of house. I don't have a prob with this if it needs done (.probably wise considering 2 fell off). How many hours labour do...

Hi guys I got a roofing contractor from my work round this morning. He has cut a partial tile and refitted the rescued tile and just cemented them in at the moment without the verge. He will come back in the summer to take off all the plastic verge On this side of the house and refit it...

Hi I have plastic klober dry verge edging on my roof. Last night 2 half tiles blew off on the edge and the 2 sections of verge have come off too. Does anyone have any good tips to fit the plastic bits back on? The sections which came out are about 4 tiles from the bottom of the roof. I...

I didn't go for someone necessarily cheap. I didn't know how much he would cost but I did know he wouldn't rip me off. He does work for my employer and the work looks good, hence my reason for going with him. I have had a number of jobs done by expensive companies with nowhere near perfect work...

Thanks guys, I still have to pay him tomorrow. Haven't spoken to him since he did it. It does look good but I just know that it has not been laid correctly and it has really annoyed me. I couldn't believe that a joiner didn't stagger boards. He will say it doesn't matter. Just like he says it...

Hi guys Thanks for the replies. My thoughts are the same as yours. The reason we got a joiner to do the doors was because we didn't have a sander. Re. The laminate. I would have removed the skirting like I did when fitting the hall. I got a joiner in as there were some awkward bits...

Hi there Looking for some advice. I got a joiner from my work to fit laminate flooring in my kitchen. I spoke to him before the job and he said that I would not need to remove the skirting as he would scribe around the skirting and it would be neat up to the skirting. He came around and...

Hi guys Haven't things heated up on this thread over the weekend. :shock: From a customer point of view, this is the service I received:- Alpha engineer - repipe the radiator, nothing wrong with the boiler - he should have realised that the boiler wasn't performing correctly. Alpha...

Right boys, are you ready for the answer. :twisted: Drum roll please. The diverter valve was clogged up really badly with hard, black stuff!!! It was also around the pipes leading to the valve plus the DHW heat exchanger. Dan did a great job of dismantling and cleaning the valve...

Dan, The pleasure was very much mine. It was great to see a competent professional at work who know what he was doing. The best decision that I have made in along time. My husband won't admit that I was right when I said that you were the best choice. It is now been turned around to us...