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Yes that's it exactly. Thanks.

Hi, I'm confused about under floor ventilation. With a suspended timber floor the void underneath is ventilated with air bricks. So this must mean that the temperature/humidity of the void must match closely to that of the outside. There can't be much heat from the rooms above to lower the...

Great, thanks for replying.

Great thanks, and if there was a complete break in say the live, what would the reading be? Infinity?

Hi All, Without going into the reasons why, I would like to confirm the continuity of one of the ring circuits in my house. But I don't want to go messing with the consumer unit at all. So can I turn all power off and then take a socket cover off one of the sockets on the ring in question...

Thanks, you are right, but maybe it's too late now anyway, it could be the original felt has been cut back too much? Does it have to reach near the front of the tray?

Hello, I recently had a few issues with my roof fixed. Overall I'm very happy with the work apart from one thing. Without explaining why, I had a small strip of felt replaced at the eaves at the front of the house. Instead of replacing the full width they removed one row of tiles and fitted a...

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The soffits and bargeboards are uPVC, but the jutting out bits are painted timber.

Hi, My roof extends over the gable sides of the house and the overhanging part is supported by the purlins that run through the roof and what I guess are the roof plates. These are painted to protect from the weather. I've always had them painted by a guy before but this time I thought I would...

Hello, I have what looks like rust patches on lead flashing, but I didn't think lead could rust. I've looked at it closely with a ladder and it's not corrosion or pitting. The flashing is 7 years old. I have attached two photos, these are from different areas of the house. The reason I've...

Thanks, I used a tub of Cementone general pupose mortar, doubt if that is too strong. I don't think the lead is properly angled into the joint. So it's either a roofer to redo the whole lot as I don't fancy doing that myself or just leave it and repoint again when bits fall out. Or (complete...

Hi, Last Spring I repointed some lead flashing, some parts had cracked other bits had fallen out. Looking at it yesterday I see that it already has fine cracks in it and some tiny bits are missing. I see two possible reasons for this, it doesn't look as though the lead is very tight around the...

I see, I have this method on my house, the fasica board covers the battens. Thanks, I understand now.

Hello, In the type of construction shown here, taken from NHBC Standards 2011: The tile battens go from outer rafter to outer rafter, then the bargeboard covers the outer rafter + battens, as the bargeboard is higher than the outer rafter. Is that right? But where does the...

Hi, See the following: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/roof-timber-white-powder.6029/ and https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/roof-rafters-white-spot-mould.458710/

Hello, I have two cracked double roman concrete tiles on my extension roof. The cracks are hairline. I've tried on a few occasions this year to get them replaced but it has proved difficult to find anyone. Due to bad experiences in the past I am reluctant to just use anybody and have tried...

Hello, I have just discovered that when we had our soffit/fasicas replaced that the fitters have trapped the membrane behind the fasica board. This was 15 years ago. Our roof sarking is mostly felt apart from the first strip which is like a dpm material, it is this that is trapped behind the...

Thanks for replying. But would silicone stop it, if the undercloak is soaking up water then silicone would only stop water on the surface of the undercloak. It wouldn't stop water that was soaked up by the undercloak. If you see what I mean. Why is something that can soak up water used as an...

Hello, I've noticed that cement fibre board undercloak on verges can get damp during rain, sometimes there are damp patches the full width of the visible part of the undercloak. In a roof where there is an outer rafter covered with a uPVC bargeboard, like: what's to stop the undercloak...