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Hi I've got a lean-to roof which has cover width of 8.42 double roman tiles. Am I OK to cut tiles and drill a new fixing hole? I will will try and ensure one of the humps is on the outer edge of the roof. I've got some verge clips which I hope will support it a bit, perhaps some epoxy resin too...

Hi About 3 months ago the door lock on our washer was clicking constantly. I ordered a new branded door lock and fitted it fine. The plastic connector from the wiring harness to the lock showed some evidence of burning but it fitted OK, still, to the new lock and functioned fine. This...

Hi I've got a new toilet to replace by existing bathroom toilet (I haven't fitted it yet). According to the instructions there is a tube that connects the refill valve to the overflow tube (marked as 'refill tube'). There was no tube in the packet and the output hole from the fill valve had a...

Hi So I'm looking to box in the current porch, take off the current flat roof and add a lean to tiled roof. Similar to the design shown. how would I interface the upvc door unit with the eaves of the roof. Could I just screw a timber joist to the frames and set the rafters off this then...

Hi I'm wanting to board out the loft. 1st putting down some additional 6 x 2 joists and then chip board. currently the roof is purlin, rafters and ties via the ceiling joists. the ceiling joists are nailed to the rafters at the wall plate and where the ceiling joists overlap in the...

Hi we have a loft space currently boarded over 6 x 2 joists with 150mm rockwool insulation. full of boxes of books and other random stuff we haven't touched since moving in. Ideally I want to create a space that could become a spare bedroom, probably used a couple of times a month...

Hi I need to install another air brick to aid ventilation to the underfloor void. It's a daft question but having bought the external air brick what do I use to channel the airflow through the cavity and through the inner block thanks

Hi I'm looking to create a ground floor new window opening on the side elevation of a end terraced standard 2 storey house. there are no further windows above the proposed opening. The floor joists of all floors bear into the adjacent walls. the proposed wall is a gable wall which the roof...

Hi So I'm going to be building an edwardian style conservatory at the back of the house. here's a picture of the rear apologies for the trampoline being in the way but you can see the house none the less. it's a bit of a pain cause I have to take the window out, brick up a bit of...

Hi Just before Christmas a retaining wall collapsed at my house as a result of tree root movement. Unfortunately the insurance says its not covered so I have to rebuild it myself. The wall is about 200 years old. The tree has been chopped down. The wall that has collapsed is about 25...

Hi I've got drips coming through the felt and the roof rafters have patches of soaked wood (presumably from the felt touching them). The drips seem to be worse at the apex and gradually get less the further I get to the eaves but basically it is wet all over the roof not in a particular...

Hi! here is my current loft layout. It is pretty close to scale. the legend gives some further info. the joists are currently 3" x 2". I want to use the space to house about 100 50cm cubed boxes full of eduaction papers. I'm pretty certain the current floor will not be strong...

Hi I have just moved into a house with an Vaillant 824/2 E boiler. Heating seems to work fine DHW was only getting luke warm. I noticed the CH flow pipe was getting hot when DHW was operated so changed to Diverter Valve. this seem to have solved the CH flow pipe problem and now DHW get...

Hi, So, I've got a few broken concrete tiles on my roof. - They are interlocking. - There is no offset on each row. - The broken ones are not nailed I get it that I need to wedge up the tile the the side to release the overlap/interlocking bit BUT in order to release the broken tile...