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Hi I have just moved into a new build house. The extractor fan in the cloakroom is Silavent SDF1001B axis model it has a 2.9 metre flexible trunking. Although it sounds like it is working the external backdraught shutter rarely opens and it does not remove smells. The builder contacted...

Thanks - will take a picture of cill and wall when weather improves

I have light coloured walls and the concrete sill lets the water drip down the wall at both sides. Can I build up a ridge using expoxy or similiar at the edges so the water runs to the front and away from the wall. There is a drip groove under the sill. Thank you

Hello again Can you help? On the top of the bottom wood frame at the sides are 2 plastic bolts that conceal a metal pin. If the little round securing disc is turned and the plastic levers are moved inwards it is possible to let the top of the bottom frame swing inwards. Is it possible...

Once seen a drainback system that did not drain fully because of a sagging roof a few years later. Result was a frozen and burst collector plate. Another drainback system swithed itself on in freezing weather and did the same

Hi, We are buying a newly built terrace house. On the open in French windows the glass glazing is secured on the outside by wood beading strips with panel pins. The wood on the inside of the window has a solid rebate. Replacement glass had to be fitted from the outside and secured by the wood...

I have a Villager kitchenia make of wood burner with back boiler heat output of I think only 9000BTU I currently have no loft, cylinder or roof cold water tank. I want to fit something like a twin coil cylinder with the bottom coil for later use when connected to solar panels. The...

living in a Fishermans cottage on the north Devon coast