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Well, lets be honest given the price of felt roofing 26 years is a bargain. If you want another bargain I would suggest that you remove the roofing felt and decking. Make sure there is not rot in the joists and renew the roof with 18mm WBP Plywood and a three layer high performance...

"then you can have it open for the summer etc." Much more important to ventilate in the winter. 1) Lower internal temperatures mean that the air can hold less water vapour. 2) Colder wall mean that the dew point moves towards the inside of the wall making condensation more likely.

SWMBO? council contractor who came to service the gas fire after he said he would condemn and turn off gas (She then told him it was no longer council owned but that they had insisted that he should gain entry or else !? Or else what? I really need more info. Is this a property leased...

well observed nstreet. The 8 windows for five bob offers are just a ploy to get you to invite a salesman in. It is obviously impossible to say how much your windows may cost. However, when I am looking at rough estimates for works for my clients I reckon on £350-£500 per window. The best...

zoso, Step by step guidance is something you will have to pay for. For the moment lets just forget entirely about doing the building work and think about the pre contract issues. And I should add that I am about to tell you of the more obvious ones, there could be other issues that you need...

I hate Part L questions because it is very complex. Firstly the regulations are mainly aimed at new build. Items 1 and 2 are easily overcome with deeper joists or, as is becoming more common these days, the use of composite I beams. Secondly, relevant Regulation L1a merely states that...

If you want authenticity these people should have the answer. Mind you, I don't recall seeing quarry tiles in a victorian hearth personally.

And as stupid as it sounds I have seen wrong handed rising butts put on a door before now :o

Haha. I've been trying to figure out why they would do it in Spain? Perhaps its a space saving concept and you can just do away with the washbasin :wink:

I presume you are asking about the cavity liner, thats the thing that connects the airbrick in the outer leaf to the airbrick/vent in the inner leaf. These are proprietary products. They are made in both plastic and terracotta, and quite probably other materials too. They need to be...

Handyman, As a Surveyor I can comment on your post regarding the surveyors report. When I am engaged to carry out a pre purchase survey it is my job to warn a prospective purchaser about any and all problems, existing and potential, that I can reasonably discover. If I fail to do that I have...

Pal, my honest opinion is that products like these are only adequate as a temporary repair. They are not durable. If you want a proper long term solution use lead.

Giblets, If I understand correctly what you are saying is that you have insulation between the top floor ceiling joists. You also have insulation between the rafters (the sloping timbers). If that is the case you may indeed have a problem. The key reason for having ventilation is to avoid...

OK, I am going to try to think this one through logically. The water coming into your cistern may well be cold, but according to the second law of thermodynamics heat flows from a hotter body to a cooler body and will do so until they reach equilibrium. So what happens if you don't flush the...

Two places you can try are. here where you will get list of suppliers alternatively I noticed that screwfix sold film to black out car windows that may do the trick. See here and here

Do remember that, at present at least, there is no statutory requirement to comply with IEE 16. So you can do anything you like. The benefit in complying is that your installation will be as safe as it can be, and earth bonding is a significant part of the safety of the system. I am not an...

You need to take care with a heated conservatory and compliance with Part L of the building regulations. An unheated conservatory which is seperated from the heated area of the house (typically by a patio door) does not need to comply simply because it is regarded as unheated. However, if...

If the area really is bigger than a shower tray (and you can obtain some very large trays these day) then you may be better making the entire room a wet room. In any event you will need to think about having an adequate fall to ensure an area that large drains properly. I used to spend a...

oilman, In term of diagnoses of the causes of damp I think the fundemental problem is that it is too few surveyors are capable of, and too few clients are prepared to pay for, proper investigation. Sometimes it very simple to diagnose the cause, the cause being readily apparent. However...

If you have questions relating to planning then I would recommend www.planningportal.gov.uk and I have cut and pasted the following from there. You will need to apply for planning permission if any of the following cases apply on the land around your house. You want to put up a building or...