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    GLASS HIPPED LANTERN - ORANGERY ROOF

    We are having an Orangery built and wondered if anyone has any comments on the make of glass aluminium roof to use. This room will be used 24/7 and is quite large some 5x4m roof will be approx 4.5x3.5m have looked at K2, Quantal and other makes, we do want this roof to last as it will become an...
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    Thermalite wall/chimney open fire cracking walls

    We have had an open fire for a few years and have been told that the cracks in our wall is due to the chimney the other side of the wall. We are looking to replace open fire (baxi) with a woodburning stove. Will this cure the heat issue? or do we have to take further action to contain the...
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    POSSIBLE LEAKING DRAINS, SOIL TEST ANALYSIS

    CAN ANYONE HELP GIVING ADVICE ON SOIL MOISTURE ANALYSIS. WE ARE SURE THAT WE HAVE LEAKING DRAINS UNDERNEATH OUR PROPERTY AND HAVE RECENTLY HAD SOIL TESTS CARRIED OUT(NOT BECAUSE OF THIS) WE NOW WISH TO UNDERSTAND OUR MOISTURE CONTENT EVALUATION. IS THERE A GRAPH/ANALYSIS WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE...
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    Concrete floor settlement

    Hi, we have a problem with our 3bed bungalow, 1000sq ft living space with breeze block walls. Having had some internal cracks looked at by our loss adjuster, we have movement of our concrete slab floor due to poor consolidation of subbase. Unfortunately our insurance does not cover this. He has...
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    INTERNAL WALL CRACKS

    Our 3 bed bungalow was built in 1985. Exterior walls are brick on concrete foundations and the internal walls are breezeblock on concrete slab. We have clay soil and a oak tree 12m from the point of the closest wall crack. All our cracks are on internal walls (not loadbearing) and the 3 which...
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