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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I reinstalled this corner shower tray last year using backer board and tiles. When I re-tiled I grouted the shower tray-tile joint which leaked. The door frames are sealed with silicon with the joint on the walls. So I removed as much grout from these joints and applied silicon to seal in...

I have a guttering downpipe adjacent to a tap. The downpipe goes into a clay pipe and is cemented into place. I want to use a sink of some sort to allow the tap to be used more to allow the water from the tap to drain into the claypipe. I am not sure what kind of outdoor type sinks are...

On the joint between the tray and the first line of tiles there is a line of water on the joint. I wipe this away with a tissue and the water reappears. It seems that the water comes from behind the joint and so the seal is not waterproof? I used Ban microflex grout and then sealed it with...

It is -10 C and the boiler does not fire up. The WB Danesmoor was fine yesterday but locked out this morning. The oil tank supplies oil to the AGA and the boiler and is in the forcourt of old pigsties exposed to the elements. T junction at the tank splits the supply using 10mm pipes. One...

Without it leaking over the grass. The one I have looks full ish but it is not leaking. Is there a test or measure used to check?

The Dudley Niagara dual flush valve for my compact WC has failed. The large flush works. The small flush does not, one of two nylon hooks at the top of the central white column sheered off which means the linkage mechanism which actuates the valve does not work. Spares are not available...