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Hi there, we got some great advice and help with a roofing problem a few years ago so here goes with another...... We finished an extension 3 years ago with rendering being the last job. little bits of the top coat started to come off fairly soon after so earlier this year we got the bloke who...

Hi We are building a 2 storey extension to a mid 1800's house, blockwork to be rendered. Approaching roof where we have to match existing dentilled brickwork - at this stage we are not planning on touching existing roof so can't really see the bones of it. mad as it sounds, we are living in...

Hi We have always shared our home with slugs who only come out at night - I must itterate that they are NOT invited guests! 10 years ago when we moved in the Building Society put a retainer on our mortgage until we had a damp proof course done (injection). We knew no better then and did as...

Hi Are there any regs which prevent you from having sockets in a hallway or landing? We are having some work done on existing wiring and 'while we are there' could we add sockets in these locations? There are none as of now and they would be really useful then we could get rid of the...

Hi After posting about (a relatively paultry) damp problem, I got loads of helpful comments!! So how about this one..... We are preparing a chimney for use in a kitchen so we can put the cooker in the gap between the jambs. Steel lintels are in at the bottom and this week we got a...

Hi We have a single storey room at the front of our house. It is pretty old (pre 1800 ish) and we have a resident damp patch in one of the corners which has been there since before we bought the house. We had an injection DPC done on buying and as the damp appears to start about 4ft up I...