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I bought the house 3/4 of the way through a full renovation, it was completly gutted from the inside out except for the roof and the cellar. There were no downpipes when i bought it because they had been removed to roughcast the outside. They are old wooden gutters so will need replacing soon as...

Thanks richard, How do i go about finding out if its working and what should feed into it?

Nope, asked him to fit a downpipe and he did it. He advised that the water would just drain away from the house and as im totally new to this i took the professionals word for it. Its only after doing a bit of research i found out that this is not right. When i went down and had a look around...

Hi, I live in a 100yr old mid terraced house with a large basement which is really damp. I think the reason is due to penetrating water through the old brickwork, its pretty bad in some places. It's really the front and back walls that are the problem. I had a specialist in...

Hi, I recently had a downpipe fitted to my gutter, however the it does not lead into any drain or any type of soak away it just stops at the bottom of my wall? I'm pretty sure this doesn't meet with building regs but don't know what my options are. There does appear to be some sort of drain...

Cheers Steveroof, Are you talking about the left or right side? What do you mean the step flashing should be at 45 degrees? Is the guttering thats not slated correctly this one? This is the bit i just got fixed! I'm gonna kill that bloody roofer

Cheers roofer, what about the right hand side of the house, where do you think the water is getting in as that is in an even worse state inside.