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Hi, i have a silicone guy coming to reseal my walk in shower tomorrow but noticed there is water sitting in the outside clear vertical channel (not sure what the technical term is). I peeled some of the silicone away (before i took photos) from the outside at the bottom of the plastic strip...

My house is 7 years old and when in loft yesterday I noticed the roof sheathing at some of the joints are not butting up against each other. In particular this one where i can see the felt through the gap (pics 1-3) Here are some others - There's no evidence of water getting in. Is...

Hi, I've had this dark staining on one of my roof boards in loft for at least a couple of years now. House is 7 yrs old. Its not damp to touch, doesn't wipe off when I touch it and is just a small patch. Is it mould? No signs of dampness in loft and hasn't gotten bigger in the last year (I took...

I was just in my daughter's built in wardrobe and noticed this stain on the wall in one of the cubby holes. Its an external wall and the bungalow is 7 yrs old. Any ideas what it could be? It's about 5 inches square and doesn't feel damp. She had teddies stored there. I've just painted over...

I was lifting insulation in my loft to check for evidence of a mouse infestation and found the following which looks like a mouse has been gnawing at the plasterboard floor. Is there a way to repair it? I was thinking of putting a small plastic lid over it & using aluminium foil tape to...

Any ideas what this dark staining could be on the top of my loft insulation? It's just on a small section near the eaves which are ventilated. It doesn't feel damp and no signs of a leak around it. We do get cluster flies at that side of the house which tend to try to hibernate in the loft (I...

I was in the loft today and noticed some small seeds lying below where the boiler flue exits the roof. They are the small dots in 4th pic. I'm guessing they are somehow coming in from the flue hole. The house is 7 years old (original boiler) and looking at the roof looks like the plumber had...

Hi, currently taking the silicone off my walk in shower to reseal it and wondering if the bottom of the shower glass should be sealed on the inside? It was sealed by a mastic man when the house was built and he did seal the inside. I'm thinking that all the grime etc would get in under the glass...

Hi, just a quick question. My walk in shower will be needing resealed soon and I'm wondering about the bit where the shower screen meets the metal wall profile. When the shower was first installed the inside was fully sealed including the bottom of the profile, water was leaking to the outside...

Hi, we have the following set up for our kitchen island - It's an Icon 60 fan and originally had white flexi ducting running through the loft to the soffit but the ducting was full of holes (from installation) and didn't fit properly as wrong size was used. My electrician replaced it with...

Hi, my bath has a leak from below (seems to be coming from the waste). When i felt round the washer just below the bath at the top of the trap it was wet & my hand was black off it. I had a plumber out from my home insurance home emergency cover. He tightened up the waste in the plug hole using...

I recently had my axial bathroom extractor fan replaced by an electrician but the flexi hose ducting wasn't replaced at the time (it's 6 years old). I've noticed it has black mould inside the ducting and just wondering if I should replace it myself? Other than the mould it's in good condition...

In my bathroom I have a small gap on one wall where the tiles meet the coving (I'm guessing due to settlement). Looks like the grout has maybe cracked and fallen out.(See photos). Just wondering what would be best to fill the gap please?

Hi, just noticed this crack in one of the tiles in my shower. Not sure if it would have been there since installation 6 years ago or if these things can just happen? It's in an awkward place to replace and I've put a bit of clear silicone over it. Is there anything else you would recommend...

Has anyone had any issues with an inline fan leaking? I have a National Ventilation Monsoon UMD100T in my loft on a plinth. I was in the loft yesterday and noticed a pool of water beside it. The ducting connections to the fan are secure so I thought maybe there was water sitting in it. I opened...

Hi, I recently took off the external grille for bathroom extractor fan to access the ducting which had ripped on a screw and needed cutting and reattaching. On putting the grill back on instead of the louvres facing away from the house i wasn't paying attention and put it on facing sideways to...

Hi, my house is 6 years old and i noticed a dark staining around a weep hole vent under my porch to the right of front door (see photos). It's not damp to touch but there was efflorescence on the mortar which I've brushed off but you can still see slightly. Is this just a weep hole vent doing...

Just noticed a patch of dampness near rear corner of garage floor. Garage is 5 yrs old, cement floor. DPC runs along bottom of breeze blocks. I raked away the chips from the outside of garage & all the way along builders seem to have put polystyrene in plastic - is that normal? (See pic). The...

We have an Icon 60 150mm extractor fan in the kitchen which uses 6 inch flexible ducting. The ducting needs replaced as it has a couple of holes which I just discovered (the builders had covered them in tape 5 yrs ago which is now failing). The ducting run is roughly 4 m long and vents through...

My axial extractor fan in ensuite has given up the ghost and looking to replace it with a more powerful inline fan. My husband's friend who is fitting it is a retired bathroom fitter and he was going to use the existing flexi ducting which isn't insulated however everything I read online...