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Thanks very much for the helpful advice. Needless to say my surveyor did not pick this up...

Thanks for this. I think i'm going to be outside of any claim period (think it expires after 10 years). Most other houses on the estate have a few weep holes running horizontally directly above the flashing. So presumably just a horizontal cavity tray? I can't see any with the stepped set up...

If I was going down this route, I think Stormdry is the way to go? Water us existing at the front of the bay window (was seeping out between ceiling and window frame, before I drilled a few holes in the ceiling to at least direct the water to one location.

Thanks. I've got someone coming out on Friday with a borescope. The best I can hope for is that we have cavity trays but nobody bothered putting the weep holes in. Had a look round some other bay windows on the estate, most have 3 or 4 weep holes going horizontally just above the flashing...

Hi all. After some advice please. 12 year old house. A couple of weeks ago, in amongst all this horrendous rain, our bay window started leaking with water coming in from the ceiling (of the actual bay). I drilled a couple of holes to catch all the drips in a bucket. roofer #1 came out and...

Hi. We've got a double socket in the kitchen (this one - https://amzn.eu/d/aRSMzWm) When we've got our Ninja air fryer plugged in and running at full whack (2470w) I've noticed the plug itself, that side of the socket, and the cable get warm (certainly not red hot). Is this potentially an...

Using the oven tonight. Tripped out again after 10 minutes. Flicked the breaker back on and it's happily been on for the last 5 minutes. Oven heating up fine and fan working. These intermittent faults are the hardest to diagnose!? @Harry Bloomfield

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I had an electrician come out and sods law that the oven turned on, didn't trip and performed faultlessly for the 20 mins he was there. He couldn't see any obvious damage to any of the wiring and suggested it may have just been a bit of moisture on the new...

Thanks all. Changing an element is one thing but further testing/fault finding is a bit beyond me and tinkering with something like an oven is probably not advised. Ive got an electrician coming over to look. Difficult one as fault finding/fixes might end up being more trouble/costly than just...

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It's definitely not the element. I simply turn the oven light on and it trips within a couple of seconds.

Apologies. It's tripping the RCD. Just been back to the oven and turned the knob to turn the lamp on only (no heat) and that also tripped the RCD.

Hi. Zanussi oven. 10 years old. Couple of months ago, main oven was blowing the fuse. Replaced the element and fixed it, no problem. 2 months on, main oven has been blowing fuse again. Strangely it had been taking 5/10 minutes of being on before it blew. In previous experiences a bad element...

Hi Last year I had some french doors installed. They are now catching the bottom of the frame. I've taken then cap off the hinges and tried adjusted with an allen key, however I'm already at the 'max' height and the only adjustment I can do is to drop the doors which obviously worsens the...

Thanks. I'll look at sorting this tomorrow. Regarding treatment for the water, I know you can buy things to attach to pipes, but is there a product that you can pour into the tank, open all the hot taps and flush it all through? e.g. FERNOX DS-3 LIMESCALE Remover 2KG https://amzn.eu/d/crjGw0r...

thanks chaps. i've found the isolator valve and that stops the tank refilling when the hot taps are on. can I just check a couple of things - 1. how do I stop the crud going down the 'drain' when I scrape it all off? I've got a wet and dry vac but don't want deposits going through the pipe...

hello. this water tank is at the top of a cabinet in the bathroom. I think it's for the hot water only, as running the cold taps does nothing, whereas it starts to refill when the hot taps are on. we've had an eggy smell in the bathroom and it seems to be coming from this tank. am I safe just...

thanks. I think I'll replace the fascia too. do you know how important keeping those circular air vents would be? obviously there for a reason at the moment but I don't tend to see any other canopy's with these in....

thanks. think upvc would probably be my preference. is there an advantage to shiplap over tongue and groove? I assume overcladding would be a quick botch as you just cut to size and screw it onto an already failing board... if you rip the rotten boards off, will there be a frame underneath to...

Hi As per the attached image, the wooden 'slats' (proper name?) on our porch canopy are rotting. My plan was to sand and repaint but chunks of wooden came off with the paint so that's clearly not an option. I'd assume/hope these are purely cosmetic? The gallows(!?) below seem sound. Any idea...