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i have had a beautiful new cabin built, but I am boarding it out myself. The structure is timber and is stuffed to the gunwales with Celotex. The walls have 150mm Celotex panels which leaves a 10-20mm air gap between the front of the Celotex and the front of the studs. I have been advised that...

Sorry, but I have searched high and low around the forums and I can't find any reference to my particular issue. Basically We have a disused chimney in the sitting room on the ground floor, the chimney breast in the floor above has been removed and it looks to me as though the chimney has...

Damp around base of old chimney that has been blocked off at first floor level.

At present I have a 10m x 3m roof draining into a leaded trough which then drains through a 68mm down pipe directly into my water butt. Unfortunately there is no overflow on the water butt with the result that after a shower there is standing water in the trough as it cannot drain. Next to...

Obviously thats not what I want to hear :cry: The building is old and I would expect there to be some issues with it. But for now I would like to ensure that there is no extra water getting into the structure through the render (I don't even know if that is likely as the cracks are pretty...

We bought a house a couple of years back which was re-rendered around ten years ago. Speaking to local builders, they remember the gang who did the job as not being much cop. i.e. the job was done on a price. As far as I can see, it is basically a case of making it good and painting with masonry...

Thanks to Glasgowgas for a succinct and speedy response... Now how can I tell if the gas fitting is still live?

Hi, I've just moved into a new house which previously had an all electric cooker. The previous residents have taken their cooker with them and I was resigned to having an electric (don't mind electric oven but gas hobs are the only way to cook IMHO). Anyway, I've discovered this...

Images of possible gas fitting