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I've an 1860s Victorian property with a very spacious loft, which has already been converted (decades ago) into a big room, ensuite, etc. A couple of Velux skylights were added but I think it could be done much better. It's the original roof and it is getting to the point that it could be...

My garden paths and drive need some attention, the gravel has mostly disappeared over the years and it gets a lot of weeds. I am debating between simply dumping more gravel on top, or digging it out and lining with a membrane and starting over with a nice gravel bed. But it seems like...

@Burnerman I can't believe I didn't think of just taking the battery out and moving it! Sometimes it's the obvious thing... But yes this has a nice vertically mounted battery - seems like the Yuasa U1(R) fits the bill.

Thanks for that, I'd like to try recharging before buying another one but a bit of research seems I can get a battery from Halfords, even which is handy. The mower is far away from any socket and inaccessible by car - any thoughts on using an electric jump-starter? I only discovered the battery...

It seems the battery is flat on my old Countax C300 H tractor mower - again, it was charged quite recently and previously would last all winter without a charge. So I wonder if I need a new one. I don't know anything about mower mechanics and though I guess it's basically a small 12V car...

This seems for once an easy solution, thanks. Given the nightmare I’ve had with one installed in my en-suite, it seems an attractive option. What are the cons of any of something like this.. seems so much easier

I own a 11x6m log cabin, and one feature of this construction is the exterior walls grow and shrink over the season, which means pipes, window apertures, stud walls, etc must take this into account. It is all wired and plumbed including a large washroom, to which I want to install a shower...

So can I simply request my local council provide me with records of any and all applications on my property, is that a standard request if I don't know when it was done? I believe pre-electronic records suffered quite a lot of losses in flooding within the last few decades, from some...

From memory, I asked these questions directly and was told there weren't any records as it was done ages ago. I do not recall that the survey noted significant concerns - about the only thing it didn't mention! There's no indication it's not OK, so if a potential buyer asks I will just have to...

I bought a house in 2017 which has what appears to be a full loft conversion - windows, a bathroom, a proper fixed staircase. As I recall the previous owners (who used it as a bedroom) said it was done when they bought it ~30 years previously and there is no documentation as to whether it ever...

That's very helpful, thanks. I would say in my case it's a foregone conclusion we have them, unless they come and go periodically? In the event of soft stripping, what happens when they do find a bat/bats?

Our Victorian house is adjacent to a woodland and there are quite a few bats around. I know we have them (or have had) living in the roof as we see the odd sign and even found a deceased bat a couple of times. I'm aware there are quite strict rules on this but the house has the original roof...

I've been converting a detached Victorian greenhouse into a garden room. The floor is fairly rough concrete slab (no damp-proof) with one end suspended and one resting on the ground. I had planned to paint the floor to start with at least, but I wonder about doing it better. There isn't really...

We get the same. Sometimes it will just turn on for hours...

I think I bought some of that last spring and never got round to it - but I do like the idea of a more scrubbable waterproof paint. Speaking of long-term... is it important to rip off the plaster, tiles etc or can you just hide it all behind a stud? We've all seen that the latter IS done quite...

We have a couple - the one in the ensuite turns on within a minute of the shower turning on, the one in the main bathroom frequently turns on before the bath finishes running. Though it depends on the weather, sometimes it doesn't. The bigger issue is I don't like it running while I'm in the...

Cheers (to both)... I'm not sure if it's regular paint, or just been painted a long time. It may even be the peeling areas are due to external damp - the house was repainted last year and the inside of this wall was already looking pretty tired. Either way the outside wall is now sorted and this...

Well it's a trickle fan that has manual boost and automatically boosts when it detects high humidity but I don't think anything will prevent condensation from a hot bath in a room with 3 exterior walls! So we clean all surfaces as thoroughly as possible, then treat with bleach or similar, then...

We have quite bad black mould on the walls of our bathroom (solid brick walls) that has slowly got worse despite a trickle ventilation fan (and a very draughty sash window!) and it has now spread to the ceiling. We periodically wipe the walls but the ceiling is artex or similar textured finish...

I can't push the pin down at all from the position in the photo. I think it may be slightly more open the more I work on it but it won't go back in. I was starting to wonder if there could be something physically blocking it inside - a bit of crud flowing around the system - but had imagined...