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I am concerned because I wouldn't want any issues when it comes to selling the house, and from my reading online all windows and doors must be fitted with trickle vents, unless there is an alternative, dedicated ventilation system fitted? The doors they replaced both had vents, and they were...

Yes it's built of the living room (Which has no windows/external doors). There are no other trickle vents on any doors or windows downstairs. Although actually there are 3 skylights in the same room as the bifolds which have small trickle vents on - So maybe it's fine? The two trickle vents on...

Hi all, I have recently had two bifold doors replaced in my kitchen/dining room, but the installers didn't include the vents on one of the doors. From my understanding, not enough vents goes against building regulations? I'm trying to figure out if the vents on the one door is enough for the...

I don't believe so.. the room is an extension and quite large at 57m2. Not sure if there are airbricks anywhere

Hi all I currently have 2 sets of bifold doors being replaced in my kitchen/dining room. One of the doors has trickle vents, but the fitters have told me that measurements of the other door were way too tight so they can't include the trickle vents on the other door. Is this a problem? I did a...

Yeah i'm going to take it back today. This is the 3rd time I have tried colour matching this tin, I get it isn't always gonna be accurate, but don't understand the labels - it looks like they put different amounts of one of the colours?

Hi all, I took an old empty tin of valspar (Which is coloured to be F&B Strong White) to B&Q to get another tin. This original tin wasn't saved on their system as it was from the previous home owners, and they left the tin here when I moved in. I now need more of the paint so I took the tin...

Hi all, so a couple a weeks ago I had a limestone patio installed and a few days ago I notice one of the slabs now has a hairline crack running through half of it. And today I noticed a few slabs make a hollow noise when you step on them. Not sure if theres any movement on them when this...

Not sure what you mean? It's just a hairline crack, nothing like the picture you linked

Hi all, I had my patio installed a couple weeks ago and the landscaper used a grout which he brushed in. The problem is everytime is rains the grout seems to gets soft and I can scrape bits out with my finger - Is this normal? I also noticed one of the slabs (limestone) seems to have cracked...

Hi all, Can Valspar colour ups differ across different tins? A few weeks ago I had Valspar colour match Farrow & Balls Strong White and used it to touch up the kitchen which was already painted in Strong White. It looked perfect, but I needed more paint so yesterday I went and got another one...

This is what I was thinking too, there's room to go under the sill and still not be bridged. Isn't the point of a sill to cover transitions like this and to prevent water from entering gaps?

I am chill, it's a genuine question as to how is the comment helpful? I can't go back in time to change which job gets worked on first. I moved into the house and the decking had collapsed making the garden not accessible, so I decided to prioritise that job a few weeks ahead of replacing a door...

Very helpful thanks! The landscaper knows very well that the doors are being replaced later this month, as we spoke about this prior to the job being done. Not going to thank him for leaving a 3 inch gap that a new sill won't be able to cover? So whats the point of your comment exactly? Are...

I will be speaking with them in the morning, but just wanted some other opinions so I have some knowledge heading into what will likely be bit of an arguement. It seems they simply cut the slabs in half, which is why they are too short

Hi all, I have a landscaper currently installing my patio and I feel like he is bodging parts of the job, and I would like your opinions please! We have steps leading down from house to the patio, and the top step into the house has a gap of about 3 inches (See attached). Surely the slabs...

Hi all, I'm currently having a patio installed and the landscaper has left a 2-3 inch wide gap between the slabs and the garden wall + steps. The job isn't finished yet, but I'm concerned it's going to be left like this. I have sent him a message about it but no response. So I thought i'll post...

Hi, I'm currently having a patio installed, and for the steps I wanted a rustic looking brick to be used as the face (The veritical part on the steps). We were unable to find any nice ones, but I found these 'Brick slips' (Which are basically just bricks cut thinly into tile shapes). They look...

Hi, I noticed the extension (Built approx 10 years or so ago) has moved away from the house slightly (See pics). There is a visible crack forming on the outside, nothing showing inside, apart from some damp which I assume is due to rain coming in from the crack. My question is what would be...

Hi all, I have an exposed brick wall in my house that became damaged. I wasn't too sure on how to fix it so I bought some mortar from B&Q and filled the gaps where the damage was. Looked great but now that it has dried its all bumpy and doesnt match too well to the previous mortar (See attached...