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Hi Ken Yes we had CCTV and there were some cracks and joint displacements. There are no junctions in the middle of the floor plan its a straight run to the chamber outside. I have read that it can take about 48 hours for the chemical smell to go? The floor in the kitchen where this line runs...

no, it runs under the floor to another inspection chamber outside the property

Don't think so, they are concrete

Hi We had our drains relined yesterday which runs under our house (kitchen). There is still a very strong chemical smell in the house today (24 hours after) and its so strong that you can not really stay in the kitchen or adjacent rooms for very long as its so strong a chemical smell. You can...

Thanks, I am hoping to get an electrician over tomorrow to look at it. It seems to be affecting 3 lights downstairs although this morning it is all ok when I tried the lights?

Hi Since yesterday we have been having a problem with the downstairs lighting circuit. For example I put one light on and it didn't come on. Then I tried another light and it buzzed and flickered and then came on. And when I tried the light again that didn't come on this time it turned on...

No nothing apart from the autumn feed has been put on there. No idea why the grass has died? Could it be poor soil or drainage or both or something else? It's strange how only now after 4 years since it was laid from turf this has happened?

Hi Does anybody know what has caused my lawn to die and turn into the mess it is now? Is it because of the amount of rain we have had and bad drainage? The grass has been like this since December the only thing I have put on the grass was Autumn feed from evergreen in November ? Below the...

Hi The house is from the 1950's/60's with a suspended floor so the vent under the bay is venting under the floor. Is it not advisable to fill the cavity in the bay with acoustic mineral wool as in effect you would be blocking up the air vent? I am hoping that replacing the thin plastic cills...

Hi In our bay window which is double glazed it is so noisy from road noise I have checked the silicon around the windows and are fine along with any gaps have been foamed The only thing I think it could be is there is an air brick just below the window, and the noise is travelling through...

Thanks, so the water main does not need earth bonding?

Hi We had a new water supply and internal stop cock installed in a new location in the house with the new mdpe blue pipework as the main supply. However there seems to be no earthing to the water connection? Should the earthing of the water main have been done at the same time as the...

Hi frank The chimney cannot be capped as it has been taken down to roof level and covered with roof tiles, but it is vented at the top At the bottom of the chimney stack there used to be a pull out grate so you could empty the ashes outside the home, this has been removed and bricked up but...

Hi Yes the chimney stack has been dropped but the outside chimney breast is still in place and is vented at the top. All I wanted to do is cover the whole behind the fire so it eliminates any cold air draughts coming in. Based on my pictures above would you just attach plasterboard or...

Hi It is a baxi it says on it, we have no chimney as we took it down, which is why we put a vent in the outside chimney stack just below where the baxi is for airflow How do you open the box and why fill with sand? Is it ok to board behind the electric fire to reduce the draught coming in?

Hi What is best for boarding up behind my electric fire, there is a big draught coming through the fireplace from an air brick in the chimney just behind the fire place Could I just use celotex or plasterboard to board up Just behind the electric fire reducing the draught but yet still...

The problem as well is when they installed the window there is a piece of plastic either side of the window that runs from the inside to outside as shown in the pic below. So I cant really remove this as there would be about a 3 inch gap either side

Hi I am having new insulation and acoustic plasterboard installed, but when we pulled off the trim around the window, you can see the outside! What is best for filling in this gap foam?

Hi I am looking for some advice on what is the best insulating material to go between the timber frame structure in one of our upstairs bedrooms. The house was built in the 60's and one section of the house (upstairs bedroom) is timber frame, clad in hanging tile to the exterior. We are...

It was like this before the chimney was removed so could it be the tiles on the wall ? If so what would I need to look for ? Don't think it's the guttering overflowing either as it's quite new and there is no visible signs of it overflowing during heavy rainfall