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Lean to conservatory has a roof 3 foot by 5 foot with felt. The felt is damaged so I reckon needs to be replaced. I cut through part of the felt in the corner as I thought it necessary to remove the roof to replace glazing units. The roof was painted with a grey fibre glass type paint...

I need to fit a vent to a section of roof. The construction from the inside is: plasterboard Celotex and rafters old black felt Clay double roman tiles There are foxing marks on the plasterboard, by which I mean small brown-ish spots which have developed over this area since it was...

I have been working on a Cedar framed conservatory. It is 20 years old. There are two large sash windows which are top hinged. When the windows are closed and it rains there is a small pool of water on the cill at each end of each sash, which sits there and so will rot the wood over...

This is a felt conservatory roof some 20 years old measuring 5 feet by 3 approx. It was painted with some grey fibreglass paint over the summer and I placed a board flat on it and then stood on the board, when I lifted the board small sections of felt came away on the board. Also I cut into...

I converted two garages and a toolroom into two bed self contained annex accommodation on my parents small holding. They have a house 80 yards away. I have not submitted documents for final completion but I have had a visit from building control and I have the documents they want (EPC) My...

A downpipe and a tap are in close proximity to each other. The downpipe connects to the drain which takes the waste away. I would like to install some kind of sink and to connect it to the drain so the tap water goes down the sink and the sink can be used for washing items. Please see the...

In my ground floor bedroom I have what appears to be brown mould on two walls. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67356568@N05/8071151325/in/photostream In the picture, above the stone wall is plasterboard dabbed onto blockwork. It is a dividing wall, the other side of which is an outbuilding used...

The guttering has been removed whilst I painted it, so that is not shown. Your comments about the roof glass being too short has been made by someone else who came to advise a chippie on how to replace the rotten section ( in another thread). He advised to add a bead of silicon on the...

Overall elevation showing the large sash window. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67356568@N05/8003448499/in/photostream Detail of top of the sash showing the hinge and the gap. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67356568@N05/8003443992/in/photostream/ Detail of the bottom of the sash showing the...

I am after a thin flexible plastic strip about 2" wide by 4 foot long which can be screwed of nailed to cover the gap between the wooden conservatory frame and two large sash windows. On each vertical side of the sash and along the top to prevent rain from being driven in to this gap. The...

Well, thank you both very much, I will follow your advice very closely, especially Harbourwoodwork

My parents have a 20 year old lean to wooden conservatory which has rot above one end of the double door frame. Cotswold Treatments advised to replace the beam which runs to the small roof and to chase the rotten part of the door frame out and to renew, ideally to replace if possible. I am...

This has been recommended to me to use on a conservatory roof, on the hard wood bars between the glass units. "A high quality solvent based decorative and protective exterior quality woodstain, containing a flexible alkyd resin with water repellents that can also be used on internal timbers...

12 square metres. T&G Between Bristol and Gloucester. Robins timber probably, in Ashton but not sure where else. I think there is a place towards Oxford but I am not sure of the name. Any suggestions folks.

AGA cooker (2 door) oil fired which heats the hot water indirectly via the hot water cylinder. We live on Limestone, so scale is a problem. The pipe which comes off the flow to the HWC goes to the expansion tank in the loft. Before it gets there a T junction takes a feed to the bathroom rad...

I don't recall the O ring coming out of the nut when I removed it. It is held in place in a recess in the nut so it would not fall out, but the recess is there...

I'll talk to myself. On the current fitting instructions an O ring is shown inside the backplate nut, this seals the pipe with the nut or should. This was not on the instructions I have. so that is the issue. Not sure if I lost the O ring or whether it was missing?

A Mira Excel built in valve shower made in 2004. A WB Combi boiler supplies water, the mains supply pressure is quite high, it is a high lime scale area. The right angle connector connects the valve outlet pipe to the flexible hose. The back plate is screwed to the tiles over the pipe...

Thanks Richard, I was hoping you would advise. The tiles are 333x253. Small sections of the Marmox have been removed the blue filling to the surface on the other side, so it is pretty deep in places. I may replace that section. I have a small amount of tub adhesive left over which I...

I had to remove tiles from my shower as a leak on the outlet pipe caused water to drain down the walls between the tiles and the Marmox to the tray and over the upstand. In removing tiles to find the leak I was able to pull tiles off wetted areas easily but other areas I have damaged the...