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Ok thanks I will go have a look in her back garden and see if I can find any air bricks. cheers

Hi This is just a general question for my next door neighbor who lives on her own and is in her 70s The cold tap in her kitchen does not work and any water poured down the sink or from the hot tap does not drain away. Also she can't use her washing machine She rang a plumber who said...

We recently had a staircase made, our house is old and has low ceilings so the standard size would not fit. We got the wood delivered from a timber yard - they made the steps to fit - unfortunately steps were MDF, they just needed the edges rounding off (it saved on cost using mdf steps)...

Yes the garage was empty, but to be honest they just got on the roof and mostly worked up there, I think they fixed the roof in place then bolted and fixed things from underneath. You would obviously have to get the sheets and fittings from ground level to the roof - those sheets are heavy as...

Can you not seal the cracks? There must be something that will be waterproof and set hard enough to fix the problem, something in a tube that will fit in a mastic gun. That would save you some hassle and a few quid. I know to the side of each panel compton fit they used a putty/silicone...

Yeah they replaced the roof under the guarantee. The driver stacked the roof onto the lorry himself and broke most of the roof sheets. You could ring compton with the garage size and type of roof & ask if they would fit you one at a cost, or try and purchase the sheets from a supplier -...

Can you make a wooden frame around the step like in the pic below. Also buying an edging trowel should put the curve on the step for you. If you are going to use it a lot I would purchase stainless steel otherwise just get a cheap one, B&Q should stock them. If you make a frame and...

We purchased a compton garage a few years ago on the house we sold several months ago. The compton garage had what they call concrete fibre boards for the roof sheets - they look very similar. Most of ours were damaged so they had to come and put a new roof on - they left the old one) I...

The weather caused me a load of grief, and I could not get supplies for several weeks due to snow and been on the wrong shift patterns. Anyhow I was all set to do a screed of sand/cement/lime and a finish of lime putty & silver sand until the builders yard talked me into using fermacell board...

I have read that some people have fans installed which help with poor chimney draw - on a downside these can make a slight bit of noise. Also lining the chimney should help (I think) as the flue/chimney will heat up quicker & I think a warm chimney will disperse smoke quicker. Some have...

You can look at the option of a Twin Wall Flue http://www.firesonline.co.uk/acatalog/Twin_Wall_Flue_Pipe.html Costly but will do the same job, take a look at the link above.

An issue we had when we installed a log burner was smoke coming into the room every time we opened the stove door (lots of it) I looked into things from air flow and liners to un-seasoned wood - The father in law was using the same wood and had no problems. In the end I ripped out the...

I am interested to hear some advice for your query, I will hopefully be in a similar position soon. One thing I am looking into is getting some 8 by 4 foot sheets of what I believe to be Therma Board (although I do not know the correct name) I just know that my father in law used it and...

We recently sold a house and were told to take out policies covering certain things. The downstairs bathroom extension had no regs when it was built back in 1984 (9 years before I purchased the property) although there was a build over agreement with Northumbrian Water and all along both...

6 months on and we almost have the downstairs bathroom finished (just need a mirror and some doors making for the cabinet) Old Toilet Drain from shower covered Room emptied How it looks now We used proper oak flooring which goes through the hallway to the front door. As...

(This is the Left Hand Underside) I think I might have to call out a builder for some advice - Just reading up on some regulations from another post I am concerned that I might not be able to sort out the underneath part of this fireplace/chimney. I can get brackets made up at work if...

I took out the right hand stack of bricks and here is what I currently have. The top underneath area looks like this. (This is the Right Hand Underside) I am unsure of how to finish off this underside - I know we will need a register plate at some point - any ideas of what is usually...

hotrod thanks for the reply. Hopefully these pics below will help more. The left/right side are sandstone blocks with a sandstone lintel on top of them, the front of the blocks are 16cm wide - and go back 42cm - each side is one large piece of sandstone block approx 4ft 2 inch high...

Another question I have is this. We are wanting to plaster around the bricks and sandstone to get a nice flat finish which we can paint (like in the 2 pics of what we are aiming to achieve) I understand that normal plaster will not be able to handle the heat from the stove. Do I need to...

We are converting out fireplace and could do with a bit of advice from someone who has experience in working with these things. Ok here is how the fireplace was when we purchased the house. We took the front sandstone face off and added some tiles and a surround. We then purchased a...