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Not sure how to use this platform so am relying here to all replies so far. Thanks for the humour and sympathy. I checked for debris. I had also replaced large washer under the huge plastic nut (sorry about my terminology). So I am convinced it's the thing that lifts and drops. Also when it is...

I am currently doing battle with ours. Have replaced the main washer which lifts up and drops down. Somehow this is still letting water through so the cistern never stays full and valve is constantly refilling (it's now worse than it was and swuesks/moans at me). Radio 4 had a documentary...

Extra info.. there is a light bulb in attic but I have made sure this is a whole rafter from the covered area (I think about 40cm) I have one extra qu if you can bear it! When I grew up we had polystyrene tiles on lounge ceiling. These were then outlawed I assume because of fire risk, not just...

Thank you for your reply - perfect. No worries about stairs as it is just an attic with pull down ladder. I have not made any serious changes that would concern building regs Thank you again for the reassurance about the card

I'm going to assume I've done nothing wrong. If I had, I'm sure someone would have taken a degree of pleasure in telling me I'm a fool and I should have done x, y, z instead. It would be great however if someone who has knowledge of building industry / house insurance could say that it simply...

Hello I wanted to make a section of attic nice, for a bit of extra storage space my daughter can use. The felt is quite dusty with cobwebs etc. To make it look nice, not to insulate. I have covered rafters with very thick card. I did try hardboard but it was difficult to fix at that angle and...