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I'm making good a (very) poorly built 90's extension roof, and fitting a dry ridge and dry verge. the gable end wall is all over the place - i.e. 50mm gap between batten and roof at the outer, and -30mm towards the ridge - this is due to the inner wall being HIGHER than the rafters towards the...

I’ve been getting some good advice from people on here about this roof already, which helped sorting fascia’s, so thanks! I’m now at the point where I’m fitting a dry verge and as I noticed the ridge tiles were all loose, I decided to fi a dry ridge kit as well. After mammoth amount of mortar...

While replacing fascias and soffits on my 90’s extension, I found the joist and rafter adjacent to the main house wall is soaking wet, which coincides with a mound patch on the roof inside. Tiles are Marley Ludlow major, and use lead flashing at the abutment. The felt underneath has folded down...

I’m just replacing fascias and soffits on our extension. It was built in 1990 and didn’t get building inspections done during its build - not the same size as plans, or more importantly roof pitch (long story, council doesn’t care now!) Rafter angle is 15”, and they have used Marley Ludlow...

I'm about to embark on the replacement of the fascias and soffits on the back of mine and our elderly neighbours semi detached houses (if the scaffolder turns up lol). I've done a lot of research but want to clarify a few things before i get going on it - i'd like it to be done properly this...

at the weekend i had to disassemble our garden wall. the wall is double brick thickness, but only 5 courses high (including cross bricks on top) and is made of red brick. the wall itself has been build on a concrete base. When we moved in, the owners had flower boxes on top to the wall, so we...

I have an ultra gravity mixer shower, which has been great for 5 years, but now is annoying everyone dripping all the time! I replaced the thermostatic cartridge when we first moved in, and had zero issues. I ordered the identical sequential Thermostatic mixer valve (SSQ50T32) which duly...

I have started to have to replace shattered gearboxes on our upvc windows - normally after having to remove the glass unit and twist the window open! The windows all use Saracen 05058 gearboxes with toothed Shootbolts, which after years of lack of maintenance have started falling apart! When...

We moved into a 1968 house last year and we are about to start on renovation of the front room next year. the job is going to be a complete tear down as pretty much everything needs sorting....uneven floor, uneven sagging ceiling and an awful skim job on the walls! We are also planning to...

I've spent some time reinforcing half the floor in our new loft, sistering joists and adding noggings, new boards - much improved! I've just knocked a wall down to build onto gable end, and want to improve the other half of the bouncing floor. I can't sister these joists as easily due to the...

The wooden side door in our garage is disintegrating - i've already replaced the windows, but the door frame is supporting one of the roof joists in the centre of it. The door frame is 940mm wide; if i where to replace with a UPVC door will i need a lintel above it or will the frame be strong...

I need to replace the ridge tiles on a single story extension attached to the side of our house; it's in pretty poor condition, so thought is to replace the ridge tiles with a dry ridge system. I'm also going to replace the existing dry verge because it's currently held on wedged under tiles...

The semi-detached house we recently bought had a loft bedroom conversion done around 1987 by a company called Econoloft. They have hung the floor joists from two RSJ's spanning the room on either side, and made the floor on 18mm chipboard, then built the stud walls on top. at the gable end...

I'm hoping for some advice before i spend money on what i think I need to repair our roof! The roof in question is a late 90's built single storey extension with concrete tiles. around 5-10 years ago the main roof and extension were "refurbished" by a company - i.e. sprayed and botched! we've...

We've recently moved into a late 1960's house which has a whirlpool bathroom quite installed. The suite is quite old (as I found when trying to find replacement valves and manifolds for the failed whirlpool system), but looks like a Victoria Plum setup, and seems to have been quite an expensive...

I've been researching through various forums in a desperate attempt to work out the weird and wonderful water heating system in my house, as i have a few problems! First problem is that even when the heating is off during the summer, when the hot water comes on, at least one of the upstairs...