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Do you think then I should be NICE to Magnet, until they give me a quote, then mention I think they are at fault? I have talked to my insurance today, and as there is a £400 excess for water damage, it seemed better to talk to Magnet first to save me that money. If you think its pointless...

Hi all A Hot water stopcock has caused damage in the kitchen - the question here is fault, and what I should do next, bar getting a plumber to fix the stopcock damage itself. I noticed today at the bottom of the corner kitchen unit (fitted in 2002, with 15 parts guarantee), a bit of rotten...

Hello I have seen partially similar posts, so apologies if this is painful repeat. My internal garage cement floor is 170mm below existing rest of house ground floor base. AND That current garage slab height to start of RSJ spanning the garage doors is 2020mm. Problem - putting in new...

Hi I had a quote to build a 18m long by 1.5m high wood sleeper retaining wall, with also the moving of existing elevated soil area over a 180m2 area to flatten out the plot, and leave topsoil on top. It did not seem that complicated from what I read here, yet quote came in at 4k - that...

Thanks for the suggestion and I know all this is asking but ideas on costs :)

yes wall would be 15 metres wide by 5 metres high, excluding window/door areas. will get a few quotes to repairing and see what happens next, thanks

hello Just taken and uploaded a photo of the back wall in question (same link as above) . Photo shows majority of the house and the rough percentage of the wall that has issues. The trees on the right, are similar to what was also on the left until they were removed, hence the dirty line...

view showing majority of the back wall - the prior photos highlight the areas of concern in detail, here it should show that as a percentage its a relatively smallish area.

! Any thoughts on price ( I am not working so money counts more than normal), if too high I may just leave as is as it seems to be mainly external looks at the moment

try now :)

Hello All One side of the two storey 1780 stables I am in (converted in 1971), which has mainly lime/morter, had some render on it between 1971 and 2000 - aka a long time ago. I am relatively confident not subsidence, more its a moving house (the lime bit above), and with this side of the...

exampe of long fine crack - by that not more than a 1-2mm width

examples of differnt repair jobs

example of the render falling away under the window sill

dirty walls to be cleaned still; and long cracks - non e that wide - bar the mess under the window sill

here you can see where i have stopped cleaning so far, up to the dirty line. There are various repair jobs done at different times, and long cracks.

Render or not to, photos

I have architect drawings; and 3 page word document with specifics on what is to be done e.g. ehrer pipe to go, electrical sockets to go, floor type ect. Not mentioned to them anyone else has come round - individually they just seem to take ages. The friend recommendation route - that was...

Hi I have had planning and building control approval to convert internal double garage to a kitchen. So far I have approached 10 builders, three quotes back who have quoted: £36k, £24k, £18k and this is not including the kitchen units or white goods. Each time I ask for a quote, people...

i am not an expert... if i was to ask for the RSJ (its a 5 metre span ) to be raised by say five courses of bricks guesses on the cost? if near the cost of one off french doors , could be a really good idea