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My shower unit is leaking small amounts of water at both bottom corners next to the tiled walls on the outside of the unit. It's only really noticeable if you touch the grout at the bottom with tissue after use and it is damp, but not causing water to spill on the floor or anything. I think it...

That might be a good idea actually. I was contemplating just getting rid of the gate and making all fence, as we don't need a gate there, it's just a nice to have. But would still like to have it. Thanks for the suggestion.

I know I'll need to contact him. He's on holiday for a month so I'll need to wait until then and hope it doesn't get worse in the meantime. Thanks for your suggestion about the extension tube amd pther advice. I'll check it out.

I had a fence put in our back garden with a pretty heavy gate, which has most/all of its weight supported by a single fence post. I just noticed the post is starting to split. Is there anything I can do to fix and/or better support this? I'm thinking it's not going to support the gate much...

Thanks for the quick reply. That's reassuring to know. Is it quite common for these union fittings to fall off? I only had the new part of the roof fitted in July and that's one came off already. If they do come off does it compromise the weatherproofing in anyway? I'm wondering if this could...

Does anyone know if you need to fit ridge union fittings to a dry ridge roof system? We had half of our roof refitted recently (the original part of the house which was 40 years old) and they used ridge union fittings. But the extension part of the house, its roof was fitted 15 years ago and...

They must be nailed or glued into the top of the lead valley I think by looking at this photo I took under the tile overhang. I'm guessing nailed down. If so would this work OK?

You don't think bird prevention combs fitted the length of either side of the valleys (out of sight under the tiles) are sufficient bird deterents? I can't see how they would get in there. Are you meaning specifically from the lead slate for the vent not being bossed down enough?

They fitted bird prevention combs in the valleys and there is a bit of overhang with the tiles. Also looking under the tiles the valley does curve up a good couple of inches on both sides creating a fairly noticeable valley for water to flow. The valley side on the left (in previous photo) is...

Do valleys always need mortar? Just looking online and suggests this is not always necessary? What would be the potential concern with the lead slate (assuming the one with the vent) not being dressed/bossed down? Is there any real risk with this being susceptible to wind or water damage...

We just had our roof completely renewed from the boarding outwards, including re-tiling with marley roman roof tiles. I noticed, especially in the valleys, some big gaps between tiles not resting on the grove of the adjacent tile. You'll see on the photos a couple of these tiles where I can put...

Just had a new window sill installed. It doesn't look great (see photos): - Not cut clean or straight at right hand ride - Mortar got cracks in it already - other mortar looks messy Do you think it's reasonable for me to complain about these issues to the builder? If so, what should I ask...

Hello, We've got a damaged brick at the corner of our house, which was recently made worse when my 5 year old started picking at it with a stick! Photo attached. I can't imagine we'll be able to get a builder interested in fixing it as it's not worth their time, but I know a very good...

We've been quoted £890 for beech or £1360 for leylandii. I suspect he's given an expensive quote because he's busy and thought he'd chance it? Landscape gardeners in our area seem to be really busy and many were too busy to take on new jobs. Tempted to do it myself but don't want to mess it up.

Hello, I was just wondering how much you would expect to pay for someone to plant a 13m hedge (beech or leylandii). It will require some new soil to be used as its at the corner of our house near the road. Prices including bare bulb hedges, soil and labour. Basically all in cost. Just...

Thanks everyone for your replies, wasn't expecting such drama In the end I did put up some protective covering of sorts to be on the safe side, but sounds like there's more important stuff to worry about than this Thanks again and Merry Christmas!

I'm struggling to think how best I could protect it in this way without causing any damage trying to secure some kind of cover etc. Is this more of a belts and braces suggestion, but in reality it should be fine based on the other comments? Thanks

They've left now, do you think I should ask them to come back to "cut those snots off with the edge of the trowel"? Is that just to improve the appearance but it won't cause any other issues if they don't come back? It's the side gable wall, which is really out of sight.

That's them just left. It's actually 8 bricks in total - see photo. They seem to think it should be fine as long as not freezing by about 5pm, which it won't be. It sounds like it should be fine though from what you guys and they have said? I guess it will be obvious if any issues after a...

It will only be around 3 bricks or so. The guys are just finishing up and just checking the forecast, its currently 3C, dropping to 2C in 6 hours, 0C in 9 hours, - 1C in 11 hours, - 2C in 20 hours.