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    Previous roofing repairs advice

    Exposed metal in freezing conditions will cause water to drip on the underside. Can you not line it from the inside?
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    Lining a cast iron gutter with uPVC gutter

    No, just the vulnerable bit, the joint, unless the cast has rusted through the sections of guttering, should be water-tight.
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    Lining a cast iron gutter with uPVC gutter

    If you cut a piece of slate, say 10 inch in length, by whatever will fit in the bottom of your guttering where it is holding water, you can lay in on a pebble/stone so that you can change the angle slightly, to stop it holding water, once you are happy with the angle you can acropol it in the...
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    Working safely on newish corrugated cement fibre roof

    I have made my own crawling boards out of 12 foot lengths 9x1" rough saw timber, lined on one side with carpet underlay or camping mat foam stapled on.
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    Lining a cast iron gutter with uPVC gutter

    I can't see the guttering inlay working.
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    Lining a cast iron gutter with uPVC gutter

    If I was repairing these joints, I would clean first , wire brush/blow torch, then dab Acropol into the joint, and around to about 3 inch either side of the joint, then using a strip of fibre glass matting, lay it over the joint, then keep dabbing the matting with acropol until the matting has...
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    Undercloaking with counter battens?

    Would a continuous dry verge help?
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    New patio doors letting water in, installer says it's fine

    You could put some tape over it temporarily to see if it makes any difference.
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    Fire fighter.....

    Went to a Premier League game yesterday for the first time in about 25 yrs . I was shocked at how sterile it has become!
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    ballast to concrete ratio please?

    Be aware, it will take a while to fully cure in this weather, especioally if you are going to stress it with a large gate.
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    Fire fighter.....

    They are still doing the same job.
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    Fire fighter.....

    So what do we call these women I have seen at the circus spitting fire & throwing knives?
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    On the hunt

    I remember going for walks with my grandad and his whippet, we would go on this large open park and it used to tease the hell out of all the other big dogs, boxers, alsations, dobermans, but they could never catch it!
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    What are my options for boarding void above garage to create a 'loft'

    Also probably cheaper to remove what you have and build a new roof than to try and convert what you have already.
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    Leak

    Last Picture 2220 will be letting water in, give it a clean and reseal it.
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    New patio doors letting water in, installer says it's fine

    Must be in the design, or they wouldn't have drainage holes.
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    Leak Coming In Behind Concrete Cill

    Yes, were you showed the gap that hadn't been sealed, that cill is called a face drain style, and there are different sizes
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    Help with grp to tile edge.

    Looks waterproof to me, I would probably add a lead strip about a metre long and 9" wide , to protect the joint between the fibre glass and those 3 tiles, apart from that it looks neat.
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    Leak Coming In Behind Concrete Cill

    Well, looking how the original fitters have left the window, you have to wonder if they bothered sealing both ends when attaching the stub cill to the frame.
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    Roof leak question

    Go up there next time its raining hard.
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