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I did wonder that myself but shouldn't the roof be water tight with the felt being the last defence? Or am i being unrealistic? Only been here a few weeks but the plan is new soffits, fascias and guttering in a year or so.

No condensation in loft and only get it when it rains.

I'm fairly confident that it's getting in to behind the fascia as it's dripping from the soffit vents and not off the bottom of the fascia. You can actually see the water on the vent in this picture.

Hi Guys, Moved in to a house 4 weeks ago, With all this rain I have noticed water dripping out of the soffit vent either side of the valley. Red arrows in the picture. Roof inside loft is dry, but want to sort out where the water is getting in to the soffit to stop it rotting the joists. Anyone...

Thanks I did see that one but it's not big enough to reach my gutters.

I have been looking at other advise on this site and others other the past few days and have narrowed it down to 3 ladders. Lyte NELT 335 = £229.98 https://www.toolstation.com/lyte-trade-extension-ladder/p94769 TB Davis 1102-39 = £214.80...

Thanks for the links useful advise. I can't decide between a 3m tripple or a 3.5m tripple I'll have a look at the lyte ladders. cheers

Hi All, Previously I have borrowed my dads ladder for cleaning gutter etc. It's an old wooden one with metal rungs and is quite stable, but feel there are better out there now. Decided that it's probably a good time to buy my own since moving in to a new property. This house has a couple of...

It says 4mm on the cable, but not checked the terminations.

This is what i thought also. So what MCB should there be in the 4mm swa? From what I remember from doing 16th regs a long time ago I think it's 32A.

Thought I would update this thread. I've now moved in and looked at it in more detail. The SWA coming in ti the garage is 4mm. The House CU has a 20A MCB and is also protected by a RCD. The Garage CU has a 20A MCB for a radial circuit of 2 double sockets and a 6A MCB for lighting. Is it...

Thanks, so a new cylinder "should" heat the water up in about half the time. Which would make sense with my old house heating the newer blue vented cylinder in about 40 mins instead of 90 minutes. The insulation on the cylinder isn't very thick either, although I do have an old jacket to put on...

Thanks, I'll look in to that, although the issue is the HW already gets priority and so I lose heat in the downstairs rads if I have both HW and CH on. or am I missing something from your post? Also thinking out loud, could the pump be on the way out and cannot cope with the demand to circulate...

Thanks for the useful info, from the help on here it would seem that a new HW cylinder would be the way to go as they are more efficient. At the moment though I think I will have the HW on separately from the CH until I have a bit more money, (have a leak in the roof too, so that's priority)...

I think the boiler modulates down / turns off, especially when only HW is on. Boiler is set to 77 degrees C and when on CH it displays 55-60 degrees C. So I am guessing my boiler is ok and so is the CH, but the HW Cylinder is the issue where the boiler cycles and maybe the least efficient part...

Generally before the HW comes on the tank is about 30 degrees, so not all used up completely. I think maybe the HW cylinder is old and maybe needs changing for a more efficient one.

Thanks, Just done this and obviously had to guess at some of the inputs, but it seems to suggest that the boiler is under sized and that I should have a 30 KW boiler, Maybe my guesses would have influenced this a bit but I was generally putting in what I know. So maybe a 24 KW boiler is...

Yes correct we have a Mira digital shower which is pumped, but only 2 people in the house that use it, the 3 year old has a small bath with only 3 inches of water in (or he splashes it everywhere :) ) Wouldn't say we use a lot of hot water, but I guess if I'm comparing it to our old house where...

Yes correct, I believe it is old and plan to upgrade it in the near future. (only been in the house just over a week). The Boiler is a Glowworm Flexicom 18hx. So 18 Kw. The house has 14 rads in total. Surely I should be able to have hot water and heating together though? so would rather get the...

Thanks, yes I will try opening a bit more and see what happens, I was thinking that if I have CH and HW on together then it may be more efficient, rather than separate, but maybe I am thinking of it wrong.