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i have a bay window and some of the guttering around it is cracked, i asked a double glazing compay that was doing some other work for me to replace all the guttering and the soffits wich are all plastic not wood and they say they have a problem doing it as there are lots of joins due to the...

Hi Ree the bay was built in 1999 there are two down pipes along the back of the property going into soak aways and both seem to be running freely. there does'nt seem to be much if any difference between the outside and inside floor levels as best as i can see, there is definately some signs...

Hi John i dont remember if any insulation was built in when the bay was built in 1999, but i did have cavity wall insulation in 2008, i did have a builder here doing some other work a while ago and asked him about it and he took a couple of bricks out and said there was nothing dumped it the...

i have never liked the look of it and it depends on cost as to what i do, at the moment i am more bothered by the problem with the paintwork bubbling and peeling which i need to sort out, of course they maybe one and the same problem in which case it has to be sorted, did you see the pictures?[/b]

Hi Ree finally i have managed to get the other photo's on kind regards Viv

Hi Stuart thanks for you reply although i have to be honest i dont understand those terms. do you think i should call in a builder and get it changed as it seems like the only solution to me?

hi yes the floor is suspended floorboards i wondered about the joins and queried why they were'nt corner bricks when it was built but was told this was standard and was perfectly ok my pictures probably look familiar because i originally posted this about 4 weeks ago and you answered me then...

Hi there, the damp course is only 1 brick up from the stones, there are no air bricks in the bay, should there be? there are air bricks across the other part of the wall next to the patio the only part of the wall with paint coming off is around the bay itself i have put pictures on of the...

can someone tell me how high up the brickwork should a dampcourse be? i have paint peeling and bubbling inside my bay window, outside is the patio with a gap between it and the brickwork with little stones in the gap, the dampcourse appears to be one brick course up is this enough or could this...

inside the bay just above the skirting the paint has bubbled

thanks for your reply i dont have a shower nor extractor tiles are floor to ceiling and i have carpet on the floor the outside wall is not rendered i only have a top window which i leave on vent most of the time, window is not open too often as i have indoor cats that would get out i do...