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Now that it's raining, I've grabbed a video. Note that this is very light rain - the whole thing looks more like Niagara Falls when it rains a bit more heavily: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgGR3SVKIRE

It's the upper hopper that overflows when it is clogged up. When it is clear, the water runs beautifully down the pipes and into the drains. The problem only occurs when the hopper is blocked with leaves/twigs (or in one case, a bit of old felt or plastic or something that one of the roofing...

Okay, I now have the pictures - see below. Nige F - the overspill is from the hopper itself, none of the pipes appear to be leaking (at least not noticeably compared to the torrent from the hopper during rain). SurreyRoofingEstimator - thanks for the suggestion, but the roof drains into...

Hi, I live in a flat in a large regency house where the drainage hopper from the roof regularly blocks up with leaves/twigs etc. Picture of front of house: The entire roof space (maybe 20mx20m?) drains into leaded gulleys which then, as far as I can tell, empty into one hopper at the...

No drilling required... what I meant was that there will be no need to drill holes through the walls of the flat to route cables etc. - some of my walls are almost 2' thick! Thanks for the replies, I'll get a couple more quotes and see how they compare. Cheers

Hi, I have a problem where four sockets have ceased to work, and the electrician has identified the fault as a broken/faulty junction box somewhere in the flat. Rather than try to locate the box and risk damaging walls, floors etc. (I live in an old property - about 1804), I prefer the...

Hi, I'm repainting the outside surface of an old curved sash window, from bare wood. I've applied one coat of aluminium wood primer, and just wonder whether I should apply another primer next, or just go for two coats of undercoat, plus one gloss top coat? I will rub down each undercoat...

Hi, My central heating has sprung a leak somewhere as yet unknown. The carpet is very damp (and hot) around the bottom of one of my doorframes, and the plasterwork and skirting woodwork near the site is also showing signs of excessive dampness. I had a plumber round who did a bit of...

Hi, I have a leak somewhere near my bedroom radiator which has made a damp spot around the doorway, door jamb. The floor and walls feel hot here so it is almost certainly the CH leaking, especially as a lot of air is creeping into the system somewhere too and creating bubbles in the next...

Hi, One of my radiators makes "bubbling" noises a lot of the time, especially when the heating comes on in the morning. After a period of time, maybe a week or two, the whole flat becomes cold as none of the radiators are heating up. This I generally resolve by bleeding the offending...

Hi all, My kitchen sink plughole gurgles when the washing machine is emptying. Also, after I have used the washing machine or even run some water down the sink, the plughole will have a little "glug-glug-glug" about every 10 minutes for an hour or so. They both empty into a fairly long...

Err, I think I've got this right.. :wink: Anyway, who would have a supporting wall with a ceiling height window in it? If I go and see the place again, I'll lift the carpet and have a look and report back cheers

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I don't have access to the house yet, especially to lift the floorboards. But I imagine that if the floor joists upstairs are running from the front of the house to the back (i.e. parallel to the wall I'd like to remove) then it is not a supporting wall. The...

I have a question as I am thinking of buying a house and would like to take a wall out in order to open up the kitchen. I believe the wall is not load bearing as it has an internal window that goes up to the ceiling - see here: http://www.zerodanger.com/chapel_lane/dining.jpg This is a...

I was hoping to get one by this weekend when I have the plumber booked. I'll give them a call