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I have just felt all the way along the top of the window from inside and it doesn't protrude at all, it's about 1mm under at one side going to about 2/3mm under at the other side.

I've just been studying where the patches are in relation to the cable on the outside wall and I don't think they're in quite the same area, so probably not that. I suppose it's possible that some of the bricks have become porous although none look to be blown. This product looks...

My thoughts exactly, but we had someone round yesterday who investigated and said that the guttering and pointing was fine, but it must be getting in somehow :? The only thing he could see wrong was a small area of felting underneath the guttering was missing but said that wouldn't have caused...

The windows with the black stones are the original openings/sizes the same as all the other houses in the row, which all have the same stones. They have never been altered in any way and were not flagged up as a problem by the surveyor prior to the installation. We had UPVC before with no...

Thanks for that Pigeon85, I went with Dulux brilliant white emulsion in the end as it was on offer in Homebase :) diluted about 30% as per your suggestion, jobs a good un! Well it was........ With the recent storms it seems some water has come through the wall somehow :? Resulting in...

They're a local company who cover the Potteries and Cheshire, recommended by a family member :? They've been back today as we had rain pouring in through 2 windows when we had a storm the night before last. They had failed to seal above one of the windows and say they can see nothing wrong...

Not a DIY question per se but I need some advice please. We have just had new UPVC windows fitted and have had loads of problems with the fitment and quality of the windows :( We noticed yesterday when doing another inspection following some rectification work that lots of plastic trim has...

We had a bedroom skimmed recently and the finish is really poor, have spent about a week filling & sanding and generally trying to improve the finish :( I am now ready to start painting and am wondering what is the best thing to go straight on top of the new plaster? It is pretty flat/smooth...