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Hi I had some sky lights fitting in to my kitchen extension about 5yrs ago and after the recent storms I noticed two of the plastic end cap pieces have come off due to the plastic breaking (see pic) I've found what looks like replacements here. I'm concerned that when I unscrew the end...

Hi, I had an extension done 5 yrs ago with a grp roof (Flexitec) and a couple of sky lights. It isn't leaking however it has always pooled just by the drip edge (not sure if that's the correct term) and was getting fairly filthy. I went up to clean it and realised that most of the surface has...

Hi a couple of years ago I noticed that there was a bit of bubbling under the wallpaper and in a bit of the lath and plaster in ceiling just above on the top of the chimney breast in my front bedroom. At the time this was almost certainly from some leaking above in the chimney stack and the...

Hi I have a pipe coming out of my wall in to my alleyway which I think is to allow water to run off from the boiler. I'm a little worried I might break it when going up and down the alleyway. Any idea if there is some kind of metal guard available to cover something like it. I'm not even sure...

Hi, I had a flat grp roof done a few years back and its been fine, however I've had issues with the rain in places running over the edge and not in to the gutter but dripping behind it. Also when it is really heavy rain the gutter just can't take the flow. I've tried putting laying a roll of...

Hi, I'm planning on fitting new fencing in my garden, concrete posts, concrete gravel boards and feather fencing. There is one spot which is a problem though because I have an old concrete base about 7ft across near the end of the garden with an air raid shelter under it. So the base is wider...

Hi there, I have a room with a concrete floor and one edge of the floor had a channel about 2" deep chiseled in to it to feed pipped for a new radiator. The pipes were wrapped before concreted over again however that area of flooring still gets fairly hot due to the boiler pumping 65c of water...

Hi, I've had an extension on the house and the rear lounge now had about 5ft extra on it which has a new concrete floor, there used to be a bay patio window there and that was removed, it was the typical U bay shape. So the original floor board are also in the bay type shape meeting the new...

Hi there, I've been working on the woodwork in the front lounge. It's an old house so the woodwork took a fair while to get back to a good state. I applied a bright white water based primer about a year ago and got on with other things. In the last couple of weeks I've finally got back to the...

Hi, I'm looking for a gaurd/protector/cover for the runoff(?) pipe that comes out of my combi boiler. The pipe comes out of the wall in to my alley way about 2ft off the floor and goes down in to the ground, it's plastic. I'm worried that as some point I will knock it and damage it so I'm...

Hi I had a few vertical Milano rads fitted a while back, one was a replacement for a slightly older vertical rad. Since they have been fitted I've not been very impressed with the heat output and especially how slow they heat up, normally 15-25mins. The previous vertical rad gave off masses of...

Hi I've recently had a new extension built and some changes to my kitchen. As part of the work a new Worcester Bosch CDI combi boiler was fitted to replace the old one and a three new vertical rads were fitted. I've been trying to get to the bottom of why two rads in particular make a lot of...

Hi there some advice needed about pipes and ticking. When the heating is warming up and cooling down the clicking takes place, it's fairly loud and frankly will drive me to despair. I'm having a kitchen extension built and it has now been plastered but I'm getting a fair amount of ticking...

Hi there, my lounge has Bifold window out to the garden. The internal threshold (lip/step?) over the BiFold is about 15/16mm once the old laminate was removed. I would ideally like to install carpet instead but it was mentioned that the Bifold threshold might be a concern as it is fairly low...

Hi I'm currently in the process of having an extension being built and this includes two lanterns on the GRP flat roof. They were fitted a few weeks ago by the window company who the builder deals with. I was happy with them and the build has been progressing. However the other night I took a...

Hi there, the upstairs bay window in my 1930's house showed signed of water ingress below the internal sill where the front of the bay and side meet at the 130(ish) degree angle. I poured some water in the internal box of the side window where it has drain holes and noticed water starting to...

I'm currently getting some planning work done to extend my kitchen. I'm thinking of possibly saving a little space by investigating using a pocket sliding door between the kitchen and a new utility room which will be built taking up some of the existing garage space. Has anyone any experience...

Hi I had a new half brick porch fitted last year, as it turns out the guys doing it were a bunch of cowboys. In the main it is fine but the internal floor level is to high as it is the same level as my original front door step. Also the screed layer has large stones in it and is cracking...

Hi there, I'm looking at extending a kitchen which will mean having a flat roof out back by about 8ft running approx 20ft across and then another 20ft along the side. The architect has mentioned fitting one or two roof light to get some light in to the room. This seems like a good idea but I'm...

Hi there, I live in a detached house and I'm planning on extending my kitchen out the side of the house nearer my alley way. Up along the alley way runs a shared waste pipe that is connected to my house and next door only and these connections can be seen under the man hole cover at the end of...