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Thanks Noseall It didnt have guttering before the re roof and they havn't added guttering with the re roof. There is a slight differance between he piccy and my roof in that there are 'soffits'? running along the walls under both the red and black sections of roof.

Sorry not got the hang of the piccy thing yet

Sorry not got the hang of the piccy thing yet

This is not my house but should be okay for illustrative purposes. The sections marked in black have already been dry verged but the section in red is the one in question. This has just been left with a tile overhang and no dry verge to link the 2 black areas. Hope you understand what I mean...

Just had my roof re tiled and the roofer has installed a continuous dry verge system up the side of the house. Thing is he has taken this up the diagonals on the side of the house but the roof has a half hip and so between the two diagonals there is a horizontal section which he has not dry...

Does anyone know if this would affect the amount of gas used as our consumption has gone through the roof. Not in-keeping with the amount we have used the heating.

I have a standard gas boiler with 2 circuits, 1 running central heating and 1 running to the hot water cylinder. My question relates to the pressure of the system. I can charge the system using the filling loop to over 1 bar and during the course of the heating cycle this increases. A couple of...

I noticed a small but persistant leak on one side of the main roof span just beside the gabled section. During the storms this has spread and I now have a few wet loft beams on both sides of the main roof (not the gabled section) next to the gabled section. Is it likely the leak is above the...

Thanks. I will try giving it a little encouragement. You mentioned lowering the door and that was exactly what I thought, just cant find a way of doing it. My old aluminium ones had a screw that you could access from the door edge but these dont seem to have any visible means of adjustment.

I can see scrape marks where the top edge of the door is touching the sill directly above it, on which the runner rail sits. I can just see the bogey wheels and as you say, I tried to lift it off the rail but there does not seen to be any room to lift it off. This is why I thought there may be...

Bought a 15 year old house about 6 months ago which has sliding John Carr wooden patio doors. As the wetter months have arrived the door has started to stick when sliding. At first I thought the runners were clogged but it now seems the door top is fouling on the frame, possibly due to swelling...

A tardis shaped like a washing machine.

Having established the motor on my old machine is goosed, I need a new one. Does anyone know of a good machine, £200 - £400 but with a depth (front to rear) of around 550mm? Most of the 'good' machines I've been looking at have depths of 580-600 and this would stick out of the space the old...

Thanks Sleepyhead. As its a 13 year old machine and the motor is £90, thinks its time I got a new machine. Argentum66

Took out the motor and checked the brushes. Seemed okay but rubbed over with light abrasive paper and cleaned the commutator with same. Checked all connections and ran the motor out of the machine. Once again the motor spins at regular speed then just as it takes of to speed up for the spin I...

Okay, checked the pressure vessel and the surrounding tubes, also checked the outlet pump, everything seems fine. Took the step of taking off the belt to see if the motor increases speed without it on. As mentioned before, it turns at normal speed then tries to pick up, before dropping back...

Had the back off, belt seems okay, not slipping or anything. When you speak of the pressure system, what do you mean. Is it the outlet pipes or is there more to it?

Machine runs through the wash cycle, pumps out the water and turns during the spin programme, but does not pick up speed. It seems to start to pick up then looses it again. Brushes replaced about 2 months ago. Any ideas?