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Excellent, thank you. Just the sort of tip I was looking for.

Hi, I've noticed some small hairline cracks in the rendering on one of our external walls (see photo). The cracks have slowly lengthened over winter. In a perfect world I'd have this sorted properly and then have the wall re-painted, but it doesn't seem to be causing any problems at the moment...

Hi, I'm wanting to sanity check a DIY idea I've had before I do anything. Our bedroom is a bit cold, and I've spent quite a bit of time improving the insulation which has helped. One of the last cold areas is around the dormer window. We will be getting a lot of work done to the central heating...

Just returning to this thread to share the good news that I finally stumbled upon a fix to the problem. I put some duct tape over a joint between two bits of the brown fascia on the outside, and since then there's been no whistling despite plenty wind. Will need a more permanent fix but at...

That's great, thanks. Final questions - to clarify, the types of fittings shown on the photos are brass, not copper? If they're brass, how do they end up looking green too? Regarding the "crack" in the earlier photo, I had a look again and fortunately it was a bit of fluff that just happened...

Thanks again. Any advice for what dezincification might look like? I'm just wanting to have an idea what to look for so if someone's coming to check the CH and they're pointing things out that I know what I'm looking for. Also, I would guess there's no reason that dezincification and...

Thanks for the reply. Here's a close up of what I thought might be a crack - I was going to go and take a better look at it, didn't notice when I was taking the photo. Is there a way to tell oxidisation and dezincification apart? Anything I can look for?

Hi, I've found that the CH was needing topped up fairly regularly, every couple of weeks. Long story short, when getting my go-to guy for CH to check a couple of leaks I found, he flagged up that in general the CH fittings were showing signs of bad dezincification and that given their age...

Can't be, her snoring is a much louder, baritone sound, not the high pitched squeaking I can hear.

That's a good tip, I've just been sealing over the suspect bits. I'll need to get some more sealant and I'll try doing it properly. Cheers

No trickle vents, but thanks for the suggestion.

I did already try using duct tape to seal around the windows. The noise persisted, and I've also heard the noise from outside, so I'm not sure this will help. I will try it again, though, in case I didn't seal things very well last time. Just thinking as I was typing the above - when I've heard...

The sound is a high pitched squeak, rather than a lower drone like I would expect if it was that pipe, but it's worth a shot, thanks! I'll try partially capping the bottom of the pipe to see if that does anything.

Of course, I should have included them to start with! Sure, here’s a photo from a drone survey done by some roofers. I’ve add a couple of yellow arrows to highlight two tiles that are loose on the dormer windows. Here’s a better look at the loose tile shown by the left arrow Here’s a...

Hi, A nail that was holding the fascia on had popped out, I sealed the hole it left and put some duct tape over it.

Hello again, An update - trying the handle trick didn't help locate the problem. Can't say I hear the noise when I do it, at least not over the sound of the handle moving. The noise is present when the windows are open, so I'm quite sure it's not (entirely) air coming in around the window...

Hi, We are weighing up whether it is time to bite the bullet and replace our roof. Obviously it’s subjective, but I'm looking for any advice to help decide if we're at that tipping point where replacing the whole roof makes sense, or if patching things up is a better idea. Here’s some...

That's very helpful, thank you. I'll cover it up with something I can easily remove to see if it stops the whistling, to at least see if it helps diagnose the problem.

I've noticed that there appears to be a small exterior gap running the entire length of the bottom of the window, as you can hopefully make out in the photo. It's honestly about the only possible issue I can see. There's an identical window in our kid's bedroom that has this too, and it isn't...

Oops! I misunderstood, will try turning the handle tomorrow when I get the chance, see if that helps shed any light on things. Thanks!