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    DIY re-roof on semi galley kitchen

    Hi, Our galley kitchen roof has many cracked tiles, leaks a lot and has no felt (). It's a semi, and the neighbours had there's re-done recently. I'm thinking of doing it myself - it's not very high, my dad has some basic scaffolding I can put up at the side, plus I can sneak a peak at the...
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    Outer wall goes right up to inbetween rafters - no air gap

    I'm working on our roof - replacing bottom section of underlay and other things - and I see that the outer wall comes up and is at the same level as the rafters. Should I remove a few bricks from the top of the wall inbetween the rafters so that air can get up into the roof? Haven't had...
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    Does it matter if I'm missing a roof joist in a pitched roof? (1)

    We have a roof joist that is rotted away from near the top all the way to the bottom. It runs underneath one side of the roof dormer. I've pulled back the lead and lifted tiles, and there is a thick piece of wood running up the base of the dormer that is fine. As the roof joists are very...
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    New PCB in older Vaillant ecoTEC plus 618 R1 not responding to request for heat

    Firstly, I'm not going to attempt to do any rewiring my self - but I do have a Gas Safe plumber on the job currently (waiting for an internal pipe that is leaking a bit), and I want to get informed on our situation so when he comes back we can get it sorted asap. I have a Y plan heating setup...
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