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Thanks for your advice on the slates. The reason for all of this work is that we basically purchased the bungalow from hell. The new company that's been employed to rectify all of the faults have their roofers removing all of the hip and ridge tiles and rebedding them and screwing them into...

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Hi, We live in a relatively new bungalow and we have noticed a few areas of the roof slates have rust marks, should these be changed. Also we've also had a number of other roofing repairs and we now have numerous slates held in with copper wire, is there a maximum number before we can require...

Hi I need some advice, We have a slate roof and you can see the blue membrane between it and the gutter. Our developer has instructed a roofer to fit a plastic drip tray thats about a foot wide in 4 foot long under the tiles to throw the rain water into the gutter. Should this be fitted under...

Can anyone suggest the best way of cleaning our new Mira Shower Head as there doesn't seem to be any obvious way of taking it apart. The last shower head had a screw in the centre that allowed it to be dismantled. Bill

Sean, The incoming water supply enters our home via the en-suite which is directly behind the kitchen wall. If you look around the bathroom and en-suite there is no visible earth wires on any pipes or radiators. Regards, Bill

Apart from the electrical and structural problems we have Corgi issued a prohibition notice on our cooker and gas boiler because they were installed by the builder's son who wasn't corgi registered and it was one of the longest reports the inspector has ever written. BG renewed the pipework and...

Thanks Chris, The property is just 2 years old (March this year) and we are currently going through litigation. We've had experts reporting on the general property and the structure and this is something we should have given a higher pirority but to get a Part P certificate the new contractor...

I need some expert advice. We moved on to a new development and apart from not having a Part P Certificate due to there being no earth bonding in the kitchen or bathrooms I've noticed that the isolation switch for the bathroom fans in our home is above the door on the inside wall and in other...

Woody, Firstly a big thank you for your advice. I've now been reading up on the subject of roof construction and I have another question for you regarding the girder trusses, Should girder trusses, that are basically made up from 2 or more trussed rafters, be bolted together. Is this to...

Woody, Thanks for your advice, but none of the mono trusses are correctly fixed and Zurich and the local Councils Building Control Department didn't see this fault (and a load of others) and issued their certificates. Can we get them to pay for their oversight as we've been told that new...

I've taken a couple of photographs, one shows how the mono trusses have been nailed to the girder truss and the other is where the hips meet at the ridge level. I have two questions that I would appreaciate expert advice on; if truss hangers are to be used how can they now be fitted and should...

But if my mono trusses are only attached with 2 nails each to the girder truss, and some of these nails missed and can be seen sticking out of the side, do I have a problem. If so how is it fixed?? Bill

How should the mono trusses on a hip roof be attached to the girder truss, are nails go enough. Any advice gratefully received. Bill

Thanks for the feedback, I would never have thought of Blind people but it makes clear sense. The kitchen and the bathroom sink are wrong but the bath and the en-suite are right.