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Then the light installation was likely the start of the problem: heavy handed use of an sds started cracks, water penetrated, rust started to form expanding so opening crcks for more water to enter. Get freezing temperatures and ice effects added to mix

How about an old fashioned drawing board if you can find one. Must be loads still about.

First off I very much doubt it's concrete cancer which is a term assosciated with Alkali Aggregate Reaction, a serious but mercifully rare condition, and rather normal spalling due to the expansive forces generated by rusting rebar after water has got into cracks in the concrete and done its...

Did they actually have to make a visit instead of relying on photos as is their normal wont? Unless their terms and conditions specify how many visits they've made allowance for and you've had more then tell them to go whistle and you will raise an official complaint with RICS or whatever...

I'd have to say false economy not replacing the light but all you really need is an instruction sheet for a simlar one. Then go back to your inspectors who you have paid to protect your interests and ask why they have accepted such an obvious and basic error. I assume there was a load of...

Well it's your "builder" that's done the work so the finish is on him. I would expect to see a nice lead flashing over the upstand as a mnimum but a proper coping stone would be best with the roof covering up to it, again with a flashing. The roof light should certainly have an uostand: I'll...

Whatever layout you choose, make sure SWMBO is happy with it before you start.

That's very local damage: I wonder if something has hit that corner? Not serious either way,

I found the hard way that thet make the drum deeper for bigger load capacities so less space at back for peipework.

Make sure you don't get too close to their DPC if you're raising levels

I wouldn't worrry about the vertcals and you say you're going to fill the one to the right

That looks awfully rough work: I'm not sure how much can be blamed on rain.

Seriously weird this: Phillips are the devil's work though as I can never find the right screwdriver when I encounter one! If you look at the 2 diagrams the driver heads are actually drawn different! The first pic to my eye shows the shorter one and the countersunkhead. You should see a...

There are now.

Seems to me that your basic choice is either take everything down behind the kitchen and start over, maybe even extending the kitchen sideways which would maximise the potential but at highest cost or do some tarting up which could take many forms and many levels of cost. If you involve...

Isn't the simplest option to choose a new cooker the same width?

How long is the wall: crack looks pretty constant width which suggests shrinkage.

Is chatgtp going to come out with benders and fit the thing? I'm only an amateur plumber but it makes me laugh when AI spouts such garbage. At least the negative head would work but why pay for complication you don't need?

I think you'll be OK with PD then.

It will now depend on the shape of the workshop: when add ons are added to add ons the planners take a step back and apply pd rules to the whole addition to the original structure. If the workshop wraps round the back then it will become side extension and limited to half the width of the...