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Thanks both for the good advice. I think I will see if I can access the tap to replace it the whole thing looks pretty well worn and probably parts will need replacing as it all looks fairly poor condition

Hi I have been getting generally low pressure out of the hot tap on the kitchen sink mixer tap. it has got worse and sometimes just trickles out. All other taps have good pressure. I have taken the tap apart as far as I can but I cannot undo the nut holding the tap internals in the body. Do you...

Cheers thanks for the info

The previous owner used foam above the living room window but it also leaks but not as bad as in the kitchen. I am thinking of taking up the gap with brick slips and render and then resealing around with frame sealant. Can the foam be used in the damp if I dry as best I can the frame?

since posting this I have located the fault with the window that has a leak at the top. I took down cladding that was above the window and it seems like the window has been installed by the previous owner. The window was too short in height and a gap of around an inch and a half has been left...

Hi Thanks for the reply. I checked the render around the windows in the summer and found it to be intact. The layers of paint applied over the years has cracked in places and I applied a bit of cement to fill them as I did intend on painting the house but ran out of time

I have just removed some of the plaster that had blown around the larger window that has a leak above it and the wall under the top layer of plaster is soaked. The black I first thought it was mould but It looks like the previous owner may have painted bitumen paint to try to seal the surface.

Hi The beading does look like it needs a bit of attention particularly above the window that is leaking as the top beading is screwed in at the corners. The wall is a 2 ft thick cob wall so not sure about the dpc

Hi taken some external pictures and one internal of the window with the leak above as the internal paint is peeling and the gypsum plaster coming off the wall. I think this may be due to the breathability of the wall not being maintained due to moisture being trapped in the wall

Thanks both for the helpful advice. I will see if ventilation helps helps

No not a lot. It does get a bit steamy when cooking sometimes if someone hasn't put the extractor on. I am going to try some window trickle vents to see if they help

Hi not sure if this a window issue but I am in this house for the first winter and I am getting black mould around the window frame where it meets the wall. The walls of the house are solid stone around 2ft thick. The house is in 2 sections and the more modern section with cavity walls is not...

Hi Thanks to all for your most informative replies. The CB has been removed all the way up to the top of the bedroom ceiling. Unfortunately I cannot visually inspect the RSJ as the bedroom has recently been decorated. All I can tell is by tapping the wall it is solid across the top of the wall...

Hi Someone, I believe the previous tenant removed the chimney stack to make way for kitchen units. In the bedroom above the kitchen it appears he has installed an RSJ to hold the outer stack. It looks like he has capped off the chimney at the top and a chimney sweep said this was okay. What...

I managed to loosen the 3 screws holding the hinge to the sash. It was very tight but I used a cut down screw driver bit and a small socket and Tommy bar to loosen. The window is not fixed but leaving the screws loose allowed me to shove the sash up to close it. Holding the sash up and...

Hi Thanks for your assistance. I was not sure what the sash was I thought it was the frame I will see if I can adjust the window tomorrow and post the result

Hi I have tried undoing the hinge off of the window frame and moving it up but it will not go up any higher as it is as high as it can go due to a plastic stop at the top preventing further upward movement of the hinge on the frame. Could it be the hinge can be adjusted on the window instead of...

Hi I cannot see any movement on the hinges and opening the window and trying to locate play results in no detectable play in either hinge. I cannot close it as the lhs window lock pin keeps hitting the bottom of the window frame

Hi Yes both appear to be mechanically sound. Undone the screws holding the hinge onto the window post and attempted to push the hinge up higher but it has a plastic stop at the top preventing this

Hi I have recently moved into the house and want to sort out one of the bedroom windows before it gets cold. I have checked across the diagonals of the frame and these appear okay also ran a spirit level and the window frame appears to be level. something appears to have gone skew and the...