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That's real food for thought. To be fair though, i didn't mention it before, but he did ask about the window and sill above and did look closely at it. I hadn't thought about painting on water sealant to the render . Certainly an attractive option financially :D . I could do that myself then...

Hi Alastair , i'm pleased to say he seems to know his stuff. Like you he straight away said he wasn't convinced the problem was the flashing. The builders who built the extension made a bad job of the render but the firm who i employed to finish the extension rendered over it again instead of...

Thanks Alistair , i have had two widely varying quotes so far with neither mentioning cavity trays , but they replied to my post on the Rated People website and both were plumbers rather than builders. I can see how and why it makes sense to have them fitted. Obviously it will mean additional...

I have a three year old Victorian style, South West facing, conservatory with a leak problem where it abutts to the building. Pictures uploaded to my profile. .The original builders (now bust) installed the flashing too high so that it does not protrude down onto the perspex roof panel but rests...

Reading my post back i could have phrased it better :) I am NOT having a go at the engineers. In my own industry there are parts that manufacturers say are now not being produced so our parts dept then don't hold them . Of course that is not to say that varying numbers of those parts...

I have a Vokera Flowmatic 20/80 Boiler for the last 12 yrs and have always had a full cover contract with BG. For approx the last 6 yrs i have called them out for a breakdown roughly once a yr and they have always arrived either that day or the next and only twice have they had to return...