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    Rotten window frame

    I have recently double glazed the front of my house and was hoping to wait with the back. The glass is in fairly good nick - but when I went outside to clean the windows today I noticed that the softwood frame beneath is completely rotten in places. Soft sodden wood flaking up from beneath the...
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    suspended floor

    I had my floors up recently and discovered that they are built over many small sleeper walls and suspended over bare earth. My house is around 30 years old. The house is built on a downhill slope with one long narrow room particularly susceptible to waterflow downhill from the driveway. This...
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    Vent problems

    I had a vent stack fitted in November (at a price!). I also keep the door to the dining room open and use lots of plug in air fresheners, burn scented candles and run an air purifier. The plumber who came said the odour was from the drainage pipe and the vent stack should solve the problem...
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    Vent stack - fetid odour

    I have recently moved into a nightmare house. Many problems. I wonder if someone can help me understand what I need to do? The house (single storey) has an old extension to one side (double storey). As far as I can see there is no external soil stack, but a vent "under the stairs"...
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