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Following on from another thread, I'm considering replacing the whole roof, as the occasional repair has been proving costly. I'm new to this, so bear with me. When we say 'roof replacement,' as opposed to 're roof,' does a roof replacement involve the complete replacement of the entire wooden...

In actual fact, he did indeed send his workers to do the job and not attend himself. That was for the flat roof job. What's happening now is an issue with the pitched roof, the 'repair,' was done by a different company. It's been given a temporary patch up by a local roofer via home...

The flat roof and pitched roof were two different jobs, done by different companies. My concern at present, is the pitched roof.

The roofer I mentioned above actually was recommended by a neighbour. Neighbours flat roof has been fine, mine leaked 3 times. Existing problem has been with new cement and flashing, to base of chimney, on pitched roof. Had it done last year, failed this year. I'll try and get roofer to put...

Once again a tradesperson has provided a sub standard service, and naturally is trying to avoid putting it right. And once again, even if he does put it right it may again fail and I'll have to pay someone else to do the job. By which time, prices may have gone up. Had a leak at the chimeny...

Be interested to know how they insulate their taps in Scotland. Deep fried batter probably...

Our back kitchen one froze, and the boiler is right next to the inside copper pipe... It has an isolation switch which I now use, plus a tap cover for good measure.

Both have insulating hoods, I wouldn't drain at around 1C, but at -4C I prefer the added precaution. Takes minutes to turn off and drain.

I've had a tap freeze in one property, pipe didn't freeze fortunately. You can get a tap cover for a fiver, slips on in seconds. Worth it...

Nice. Are you also turning off the water to the outside tap?

What I've done the past few winters, was to wrap a small towel and duct tape around the pipe where it meets the wall, and then put tap covers over them. Being the nerd that I am, I've gone outside at night and checked the taps at various temperatures, during the recent cold spell. Up to -2C...

Good point, but if there's electrics underneath I'd consider waterproofing if that were a feasible option. Have had a bathroom leak, that shorted out the lights in the kitchen below. Had a boiler leak in our other property also. Rarely happens of course.

Thanks. Have the electrician coming next month, for light installations. I'll get him to have a look, before I start playing around with it. Found a disconnected plug close by, about the same time period.

Have had a couple of EICR electrical inspection this past decade, they were up there making sure everything ok.

Yes, this seems like the logical explanation.

Have to be careful of condensation, and during freezing spells you want warmth to prevent pipes freezing. Will lower temps damage a house? When I'm home alone in say November, my heating is off with a dehumidifier on. Do this every year, nothing has fallen apart and there's no mould. But...

Our condense pipe is from a pump, going through the wall to a gutter that leads to foul waste. I wrapped several layers of thermal wrap around it with aluminium tape, as its too awkward to fit standard pipe lagging. Took care to make sure the insulation meets the wall, and the tape blocks any...

Thanks, yes that would explain the wire on one end. The internal damp on the other end is a a mystery though, and I don't like mysteries when it comes to damp. No other damp in loft, I checked old pipes, inside of tiles, rafters. Nothing apart from that one spot. Weird. Plumber coming...

Should have mentioned, it goes into the loft floor. If not a water pipe, what would it have been used for and why would it be damp? Thanks.