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Hi I have been quoted £7000 to replace the Ridge and Hip Tiles with a mechanical system (currently there are a lot of gaps in the motar). There are 162 ridge/hip tiles, equivalent to 73 meters. A photo of the house is attached for a general reference. Does this sound a reasonable quote? Thanks

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but could you expand on "re bedding with a mechanical fix"? Thank you

Pictures were taken on same day and 30 mins between pictures, changeable weather today. My error I included a picture of next door, which I have removed now.

I have a 25 year old house with double roman tiles, located in southern England. I have cemented ridge tiles where I can see gaps between the ridge tiles cement and roof tiles. I had the roof cleaned a few months ago (not power washed) and the moss was removed and then a chemical cleaner was...

Been a long while since I balanced my central heating system, but recent changes (rads changed, removed rads for decorating and new extension) I need to check the system again. So I have a combination boiler (32kw), 20 rads, the house is 22 years old so not ideally designed for a new...

Thank you for the reply. I will take a closer look at the difference in height.

I have noticed a crack in both sides of the frame of a sliding door. I can understand a crack appearing in the weld but not in the actual UPVC. Could anyone provide me with a possible reason for the failure? Read more: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/crack-in-door-frame.493295/#ixzz4ziuR5fPK

The smart meter and feed has been checed by the distribution company. Could you expland please on simultaneous electrical faults only consequential faults?

Could you advise on what the RHS is please?

Just going back over my original post and stating what happens: If I plug any mains adaptor from a computer into any 13 Amp plug and then switch the 13 amp socket power on, ALL the lights in the house will significantly go off and on for 3 or 4 seconds, this will ALSO happen on all of the...

We have checked with the neighbours and their supply is fine, no flickering.

The electricity distribution company has checked the supply from the overhead poles to the smart meter and all was OK.

Hi I have checked all the screws in the board and all are tight. The house is fairly large. The fault seems to affect all 13 amp circuits. Would a NICEIC Registered Electrician be OK?

I would appreciate some thoughts on an electrical problem I have. About a week ago we started to notice lights flickering in the house, these lights were on a lighting circuit and also those on a ring main circuit. The lights would flicker for 3 or 4 seconds, maybe once every 3 hours. Over...

We have 8 LED down lights and 2 detectors (smoke, CO2) which are a major source of warm air going into the loft space.

Yes the paint would be applied to the inside ceiling. I have spoken to roofers who have advised that vented ridge tiles may help in solving the problem, but no guarantees. So looking at additional measures to help in solving the problem. PS, the spec for the build did call up a Vapour...

I have condensation occurring in a roof space, the root cause of the problem is that the builder didn't fit a vapour barrier on the inside of the roof/ceiling (which the specification called for). I have been made aware that there are vapour barrier paints on the market (used a lot in Canada)...

Hi I have now lifted some tiles to see what's going on. On the underside of the breathable membrane I found droplets of moisture. Appreciate your thoughts now that I have established the actual problem.

Thank you. As mentioned previously the area has been dry for the last 3 days/nights as we have had -4C overnight temperature (no rain). Frost has also remained on the roof for all of these days (north facing aspect). This morning (Friday) temperatures rose and around 11.00 a small 10 pence...

Hopefully this is a better close up picture for you. Currently around 150mm diameter.