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We've started hearing rats under floors, in walls and in the loft. Not every day, but after previous issues with our last house, hearing them once is enough! It's a semi detached converted bungalow, I've had a good look around outside and no signs of any entry points. Air bricks, gully pots and...

We had a service the other day and since then we've noticed it takes a long time for the radiators to heat up. e.g this morning the heating was on for 2 hours and it only really took the chill off the rooms, but wasn't warm. Usually 2 hrs would be more than enough to become uncomfortably warm. I...

We just moved into a new place with a flat roofed double garage. Roughly 5.8 x 5m with a fiberglass(?) roof. We've spotted a few issues with it: 1. Water pools on the roof From my calculations it has a fall of 1:128 and on the lower edge there is a bit of a lip that holds the water back. It's...

I'm in the process of redoing our kitchen, nothing drastic, just replacing units like for like so the only major thing I need to do is replace the kitchen taps. Currently removing the old kitchen and have hit a snag with the taps as I can't turn off the stopcock to the mains. For a start it's...

Hey all, we bought a 2 bed Victorian terrace almost a year ago and last night the electric suddenly cut out. We were in the kitchen cooking so had the lights on and whatever else is plugged in/on standby around the house at the time (internet, sky box, fridge freezer, boiler etc). So hardly...