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Hello I'm looking to insuluate my garage roof. It's made from corrugated bitumen sheets which get cold and water condenses underneath. Space blankets are on bogof at wickes at the moment and come in 400mm width at 150mm depth. Ideally I need 500mm width and 100mm depth. As It's...

Hello. We've just had quotes through for some new bay windows, only about 10% between the quotes but some are using fusion windows and some using coastal. I've no idea if they're the audi or austin of the window world, feature wise both look similar. We had some fusion stuff a couple of...

Not convinced if this is the problem, the floor is bone dry apart from where the consation has dripped.

Hello. I've got a damp 1930's garage. The walls are sealed with some aquaseal and must be ok as the garage was fine in the summer (warm wet weather) but is now damp. I suspect the roof is the cause of the problem, it is made from bitumen corrugated sheets. I think that perhaps the...

Thanks. I'll atleast have a clue what to talk about when I phone round on Monday now. What's likely to be the financial damage do you reckon?

Woke up this morning to find that our patch of mould on the bedroom chimney brest wall (been there for ages) had turned into drips of water. I went into the loft and noticed some wet horizontal pieces of wood by the chimney brest. I've rigged up a bit of guttering to catch...

Would a pushing a screwdriver into the impeller sort this?

No LED's on this model of pump. The incoming water is cooler than usual if anything as I reduced the time my hot water is on for recently. I can hear it trying to start but there is no action. Any ideas?

Hello Yesterday I took a shower and the pump didnt come on. I put up with the poor flow and tonight took off the bath panel to reveal the Salamander Right RSP45 pump. The supply and fuse are good. On starting the shower a buzz can be heard from the pump but it does not start. The body...

Hello. I'm planning on putting up a pair of driveway gates (approx 8' wide 7' high) between my neighbour's house and my own. I was planning to fix a 100mm fence post to both my wall and my neighbour's (who kindly agreed) and set each into the concrete base also. I will fix the posts with...

Thanks for the reply. I think in time the mass of the wall had moved forward and eventually it fell, there was someone two terraces further up the garden when it happened. I quite like the idea of a little concrete foundation and then relaying the stone wall with perhaps 'pads' of mortar at...

Hello. We inherited some dry stone retaining walls when we moved into our house (quite why you would use such a wall for retaining a bank of earth I'm not sure.) Yesterday it eventually fell over. How would you recommend I go about fixing it? I had thought of building a block wall behind...

Hello. We inherited some dry stone retaining walls when we moved into our house (quite why you would use such a wall for retaining a bank of earth I'm not sure.) Yesterday it eventually fell over. How would you recommend I go about fixing it? I had thought of building a block wall behind...

Hello I drasticly need to repoint an area of wall thats letting water in. It is a 1930's house and reading around it sounds as if I've got lime mortar. What is the mix for this? Does lime mortar work well with the mortar 'guns' people are describing or is it best to use a trowel and...

This fault was pressure sensor error. The error being that the connector to the main board (hidden behind a cover had come off.) If you get this fault have a look at the back of the machine, bottom left corner (as you look from the back), pull the plastic card thing out of the way and look...

Hello I recently took my Bristan shower mixer off to replace a dripping tectite connector behind it. After finally getting the tectite off (and replaceing with a good old compression joint) I reconnected the bristan mixer. Now, strangely the temperature handle (on the right) moves far...

There is definately a cavity there. I agree the flashing is poor. Should there be enough water running down the inside of a cavity for the poor flashign to cause a problem? I was rather hoping some brick sealant and new pointing would stop the water getting in,a voideing having to cut the...

Hi I've got a leak! Water is coming into the cavity wall above a patio door. I've taken the frame off and the wood above is quite damp. There is a wooden semi circle above the patio doors that meets with a brickwork arch. This seems fairly well sealed. Above that there is nearly 2 m of...

Hello My hotpoint WD420 goes into an error mode on pumping out. It fills ok, turns ok and actually pumps out ok but goes into the error mode when pumping out. Lights 1 + 3 (from top to bottom) flash along with the LED above the power button. I've read a few forums and people seem to have...

I'm having trouble with a shower connection, many thnaks for the advice below! It is on a 15mm Tectite connector but no one seems to do the disconnector tools, does any one have advice on how to release a tactite connector witout the tool, or know where they are sold in the Bournemouth area...