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Pour water on the chipboard. Weaken it then put your foot through it. Tell the Landlord whats happened and say if you have another serious accident you'd have to claim off his insurance. Your head will spin at the speed he changes to ply.

Just remember opening up fireplaces as you mention is going to make your home more costly to run. Having open fireplaces is like having a big hole in the wall. They suck out the heat.

MG HEATING AND OTHERS If I may draw your attention to "YOU TUBE" this site was a great revelation to me. I now NEVER buy padlocks. They can show you just how easy it is to open them without a key. I was amazed that with a tension spring and a pick made from a paper clip you could get...

I always thought wearing rubber shoes would stop you from getting serious electric shocks. Was I misinformed ?

The Large tree sounds mature so it wouldn't have been that much of a problem. Now the tree has gone the moisture it sucked up (considerable) has no where to go so in the winter you'll get heave. This causes cracks. They should have trimmed it back first. Then left it a year before completely...

NOTE TO MODERATORS Is there any chance we could have a site where we could type in a Builders name or company name and find out if they are a load of *******s or are Kosher.

Bitumen is one of those funny substances. If you left a cork under a solid block of the stuff eventually the cork would float through the block of bitumen as if it was a liquid. (Several months) I think it got too hot and was drawn up through the gaps in the parquet by capilliary action...

Roughcaster. someone I knew lived in an old Tudor House every year in June she'd come down and the whole downstairs would be full of perfume. She said it was Elizabethan Perfume. I often wonder that what she mistook for Perfume was the fruiting spores of some sort of rot. I think...

NHBC Standards says. "a flat roof has a maximum slope of 10 degrees from Horizontal." or not less than 1:40 Give it a mention next time you see him.

Yes Bleach .

Have you thought about the possibility of condensation. People don't realise just how much is produced. I've heard of this problem before. The woman opposite had exactly the same. Workmen from the company came out regular. Everything they fitted and checked was ok but every now and again...

Flat roofs aren't and shouldn't be flat, there should be a slight incline for the water to run off and not pool. Ask your builder how much incline he's going to put on your flat roof. The figure escapes me at the moment but it should be built to this spec.

The advert says" they reduce external noise." I'd get a decibal measurement (Environmental Health Officer should oblige) from the outside and from the inside with the windows shut and compare the two. If what you say is true and its just as loud and you can proove it, get in touch with the...

Curiouser and curiouser. This guttering how many down pipes are fitted ? The Lintels over your windows is there a brick fascade by any chance ?

Please remember that the chimney stack is not just there to take fumes and smoke from a fire. It also there to make the property walls stable. Have you had anyone in to check ?

condensation can be avoided by good ventilation. Keep the doors to the kitchen and bathroom closed. Are you drying clothes and moisture is escaping to the rest of the house?

Instead of messing about cant you buy a thinner washing machine. Measure the width of the frame and hurry down to Comet. Sure they'll oblige.

I had a patio door put in. The head Surveyor for the company came to measure up. "How long you been doing this ? 25 years he replied. "You must know some good builders?" He thought for a bit and said, "NO." says a lot does that.

Ary If you cant see any cracks in the render. Have you checked the guttering ? Is your roof in good nick ? any slipped tiles. Have you a cold water tank in your loft. Is it leaking. Is the tank and pipes lagged. You'd be amazed how much condensation you get on unlagged tanks. Is...

If the floor boards aren't t&g. It may be easier to take up the floor boards and turn them over and re lay. You'll get a newer surface Although older. Bet you wish I'd answered this before you spent ages with a heat gun.