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    EDPM bubbles

    Hi A roofer has just done my small bay window.He used solvent based adhesive and I do not think let it tack off. The edpm has bubbled pretty bad Will this settle by itself or stay like this ?
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    Could driving rain get under them tiles in blue

    Please note picture not a video . Thanks
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    Drainage cap

    Can anyone point me to the correct cap to seal this open drain in garden. 4 inch. I cannot find correct cap. Just want it sealed off to prevent pests coming out
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    Penetrating rain through crack in solid whimpey no fines wall

    Can driving rain get in through a crack in outside render in a whimper no fines house. Picture attached
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    Plumber flooded loft

    I had a ball valve changed on cwst. When changed plumber never put ptfe on washer or tighten nut up all way. So water water leaking constantly from main fill nut. Loft filled across large area with 2 inches of water. Ceiling bellied a inch. And massive cracks. Plumber thinks abit of...
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    Installing a inspection chamber - Drains

    I think I need to install a rat valve on my soil pipe . The house soil pipe is inside the wall of a concrete house. So no access. The soil pipe is cast iron / porcelain . I have block paving where the soil pipe goes into main drain . To install a rat valve I will first need to get inspection...
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    Planning notice / building regs

    I think I need to install a rat valve on my soil pipe . The house soil pipe is inside the wall of a concrete house. So no access. The soil pipe is cast iron / porcelain . I have block paving where the soil pipe goes into main drain . To install a rat valve I will first need to get inspection...
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    Identify roof tile

    Hello Does anyone know what the name of these roof tile are ?
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    Hive mini without smart hub

    Hi If you have a system boilor with a honeywell wireless analogue dial thermostat. With Drayton controls wired by the cylinder for hot water and also turn heating on. If I got the hive mini installed without smart hub . Would I still be able to control hot water or does the mini override it...
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    Msin earth bonding

    If you have 10mm earth bonding on water main to meter. And the gas pipe for cooker is next to water main. Can the gas bond be linked from water. Or do you need two separate runs of earth cable from.water and gas back to meter ?
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    2.5 mm Earth bond on msins water

    Just had a new rcbo CU installed. The gas is bonded OK but the mains water is on 2.5mm bond terminated into a ring maim socket. Does this earth bonding need upgrading to pass to get a electrical certificate ? Or can something be wrote on certain?
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    Catch on UPVC door

    The latch on one of my UPVC door is going down when you pull the handle but not if the catch hits latch It is a latch what you can screw off. It is in a rental property and when I have been there once I have seen the tenants little daughter taking screw out latch. Is there a spring behind...
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    Drain valve to stop rats

    Will this Drain valve fit old drain or just new plastic ?
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    Immersion heater / plastic storage tank

    British gas changed a galvanised tank to a plastic one last Sept. New tennant decides to use immersion heater. Plastic tank fills with hot water and pops a very small leak. Rings me . Good job I get there in time . Isolate and drain. Find out this has killed people in past and its not law to...
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    Laquer paint

    I have just had a tenant move out and she was a cake maker. She had put a few burns on the worktops in various places . Replacing the tops is not a option at moment. I had some laquer spray which I sprayed the worktop with . This made the rings marks go. However when you look at the top from...
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    1/2 x 15mm flexi tap connector and 3/4 x 15mm flexi tap connector

    I have a 1/2 x 15mm flexi tap connector and the tap connector end is fitting straight onto the top of a 15mm isolation valve . Then I have a 3/4 x 15mm flexi tap connector but the tap connector end will not fit onto the top of a 22mm isolation valve. Why ?
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    Wallpaper Joint

    I have wallpapered a wall in my house. I sized the wall properly . Pasted the paper then waited 10 mins and pasted it again. I then hug it and let it dry. One joint never stuck down 100%. I pulled it back abit and got aload of paste on the wall and at the back of the paper . it stuck down...
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    Cold water storage platform

    Hello is there any legislation or anything to state a CWST in a loft needs to be ion a platform. I had insurance work done and they have removed the old tank and left it on 3 x 2 beams and its cracked leaking the remain of the tank in. I need abit of proof to say you cannot leave a heavy...
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    Ridge leaking

    Ok, so after the winds yesterday I noticed water in the front bedroom . Only when it was raining and windy very badly (driving rain). I got p on my ladders to have a look today and noticed the mortor on the hip ridge has blown. Ignore the lead on left of ridge the mortor has gone on right of...
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    Dyno rod nightmare

    Ok so I was at one of my rental properties last Thur and the tank started leaking int he loft ( F N E). I opened the cold tap on the bath isolated the main and put my hand on the hole on the old steel tank till the water level went below the hole. I then got some of the old sawduct around the...
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