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Unfortunately I did contemplate loosening the connections but they are too close to the side wall to get leverage and there is another pipe in front causing a slight obstruction. I’ve read about forcing mains water down the open vent, but I don’t think that will work based on the layout.

I'm hoping someone can help me with my issues here... In my flat I have a fairly old open vented gravity system that provides h/w and c/h. The system has a couple of 2-port zone valve for h/w and c/h. There is a pump on the return pipe from the h/w and c/h and the only drain cock on the system...

Is there anyway besides physically getting a ladder to open the siren and remove the battery or leaving the siren to sound for 20+ mins? For example using the engineering code to disable the siren from going off?

Hi All, I'm hoping someone can help me with the process/procedure of switching off my alarm system. My understand is that typically you isolate it from main power, then open the control box (if tamper is enabled) then you put in the code to deactivated. You then remove the battery backup power...

(y) Agreed..

Great thank you for your help. I’m going to see first if I’ll get approval for the dropped kerb. Apparently I’ve now heard that the council are taking 8 weeks or longer for this part which should be 4 weeks.

Woody, Thanks for providing this.. to me then the council are just generating business/income for themselves for something that a homeowner should be able to do under permitted development. However, I’m not sure what to do next? The council have obviously set this up to get you to get an LDC...

Woody, When I embarked on the journey to get my own driveway installed in my front garden, I was with the same mindset as you that it would be easy as long as I made sure I confirmed to the regulations for a hardstanding and I didn’t need an LDC. However, it isn’t as simple as I first thought...

Datarebal, Thanks for posting the idea of using permavent easy slate. It seems to be a good option I never came across. Benefit of keeping my slates and batons.

Thanks. The velux windows seem to be ok generally, but I understand that it maybe installed outside of the manufacturer’s specification. The leaks tend to be away from the velux. We did have an issue with one but realised the builder had caught one of the seals with a screw which created a gap...

I’m a little annoyed with myself that I didn’t notice the issue with the pitch when the extension was built, but to be honest I didn’t know much about anything back then. Hopefully someone will be able to help and provide advice.

Slate flat tiles. I should mention that we have a couple of velux windows on that roof, but the leaks aren’t directly related. Any replacement tiles would need to work with the velux windows.

Is there any roof tiles you know of that are applicable to a 13 degree roof pitch? If it is a different type/style would there be any changes to the rafters/beams that the roof tiles sit on or are tiles interchangeable without any major change to the underlying support?

Hi Guys, I've lived in my property for about 10 years and before we moved in we had a 3.5m deep, full width single storey rear extension built. The technical drawings showed that the pitch of the roof was to start just below the first floor window sill and had a pitch of approximately 20...

Tell me about it… it is almost as though the council don’t want you to go through and install a driveway. :) I can try and attempt to fill in the LDC application, but I’m fearful that I won’t include everything they require which will cause delay. I’d like to get this done this summer/autumn.

Well at the moment I have a front garden with no driveway, crossover or dropped kerb. I’d obviously like to apply to get this done. I included a link in my previous post but it didn’t seem to get published so I’m going to just paste it in as text...

Hi Mikeey84, Thank you so much for your reply. I questioned this as well and I tried to get a straight answer from the council. The team that deals with the dropped kerb need written confirmation from the Planning Service that the crossover and any associated works including a hardstanding are...

Dear all, I am a home owner and have lived in my house with my family for over 10 years. I would like to have a driveway installed in my front garden, but it requires the council to approve and installed a dropped kerb and crossover. They will only install the dropped kerb when they have...