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Many thanks for that will get it looked at ASAP. I'm almost certain we had a gas safe certificate when we bought the house as it mentioned putting a vent in the cupboard where boiler is. Just looking at paper work for boiler and it does state that vertical flue can be no more than 12m so guess...

Hi I'm after a bit if advice. When I was up in the loft the other day I noticed that the insulation was soaking wet under the boiler flue. After a bit of looking around I noticed that there was was water dripping from the bend on the flue where there is a connection. Could anyone tell me the...

Many thanks for that. I've had a look and wedges all seem OK however only the 1st 3 steps have any glue blocks. Will follow your advice and fit some 18mm ply and will also look at adding a bit more support Many thanks Dave

Hi all I'm after a bit of advice. My stairs have always creaked since we bought the house 3 years ago however over the past few months I've noticed that they have got worse. Today I've have had a look under the stairs and have noticed that most of the wide winders have got splits in them as...

Thanks for that Hugh. I've had 2 different people around today to price. 1st one said he would do it all without removing the concrete ring as it would take to long and as it would be a live drain would not be easy and would be cheaper.The 2nd person said to do it properly he would remove it all...

Hi all I'm after a bit of advice with regards to our proposed new extension. We have had planing permission and building regs sign off for a single story extension. I've also had approval from southwest water with regards to removing the manhole that is 1.6m deep and approx 1m wide and moving it...

I've had the same sort of problem in my loft space. One side of the roof was absolutely soaking looks exactly like yours the felt was literally dripping (always seems worse in wet weather) I added some lap vents and upgraded the insulation. This helped abit still didn't cure it. So I had a good...

Many thanks for that I was actually just looking at that as it looks better than the other dry verge system that a few of the houses around here have. I know prices vary but do you know how much roughly something like that would cost its only one gable end as we are attached the otherside...

Hi all, I was up in the loft adding more insulation and i noticed the leak pictured bellow. Today I've been outside and had a look and took some pictures of the verge. As you can see there is one obvious area that has a piece of mortar broken off. could this cause the leak that is in the...

Many thanks for that I thought as much. I did look at the tiles from floor level yesterday and didn't notice anything obvious but I did notice a couple of cracks in the verge mortar so will get it looked at Dave

Hi all sorry for the long post but i will just give you a bit of background of my issue. We bought our current house 2 years ago noticed the roof suffered with very bad condensation over last winter. The previous owner had fully boarded the loft and also built a scenery around most of the loft...

Hi all I'm after some advice with regards to insulating my loft which also includes the raked ceiling. Currently the loft is very poorly insulated so I've bought some 200mm knauf insulation and I've also purchased 4 boards of 50mm insulation board for the raked ceiling section and 20 lap vents...

Many thanks for your reply. yes we live close to the coast and on the top of a hill so when it's windy and wet we do tend to get hammered. sounds like roofer 3 is on the same sort of thinking as he thinks the board/render may of become quite porous and allowing water to possibly run down...

I've got some better pictures of the flashing will post up tomorrow. Yeah i had just moved the insulation across as i was trying to find the initial leak Cheers

Hi all, I've currently got a leaking roof that's causing me a few problems. As you can see by the pictures it has let water into my daughter's bedroom!! So far I've been let down by numerous roofers not turning up and the 3 that have turned up have all said different thing's. One has tried fix...

Hi all I'm after a bit of advice. I have just started to finalize all the plans for my new 4x4m timber frame rear extension. So far I've sorted out my build over agreement with Southwest water. I've also got an architect drawing up full plan's for me so i can start getting quotes in for the...

Hi all thought i would give you an update and to ask another question :D . I have just spoken to sww with regards to our build over agreement that is almost all sorted. They have told me that I will not be required to relocate the existing manhole as they can use the neighbours drain for any...

Brill thanks for that. He did pop around yesterday to have a look and was on about vapour barrier and damp proofing and so on but it was all lost on me!! External finish will be rendered so no need to match brickwork. At least this way i can get someone that i know instead of using someone...

Hi all, I'm after a bit of advice. We are currently planning our 4x3m rear kitchen/diner extension and have a architect coming around on Monday to do some drawings for me. We are having to go to full plans as we are building over a public sewer. I was then going to use these plan's to get quotes...

Sorry if this sounds stupid but who would it be best to use on drain projects? Is it ground work company's or civil engineering type company's