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Hi, I have a built in Bosch HTHB23 oven. When you switch the oven on using the left dial to any setting (i.e fan, or gill setting etc) it maintains power. Upon turning the right dial to set the temperature the cooker powers off and trips the fuse box etc. Any suggestions\ideas? Thanks in...

Hi all, 1970's detached house with very shallow and low height roof. The loft insulation looks to be around 100mm in the original part of the loft and 300mm above the newer extension. The 100mm loft insulation area has been boarded directly on top of the joists, allowing for some storage...

Hi, I am thinking of renovating a 1930's ish four bedroom terrace property as a potential investment opportunity. Read about some new regulations coming in where properties cannot be rented unless have an EPC rating of C or higher. I think the property may have solid wall rather than cavity...

Hi all, I am thinking of renovating a 1930's ish four bedroom terrace property based in the midlands that has chip wall paper everywhere. Not sure of the plaster type but it’s defiantly not plaster boarded. I suspect upon removal of the chip wallpaper the walls will require a re-skim at the...

Hi, I am looking into potential investment into a terraced house built around 1930. There is a damp patch on the plaster in one room from a old leak which has got me thinking about the plaster type and any potential headaches in the future. Don't think it's plaster boarded and wondered if...

Hi all, Looking for a bit of advice please. I moved house and the bathroom suite is old and to replace the the shank and fill valve element. Toilet now fills alot better and quicker, however I can hear it filling every 1 or two minutes slightly. I held the top of the fill valve up to the...

Hi, I am looking to replace my hall lights, with LED modern lights and the fitting is different as expected. The new LED light only has a live and neutral does not require an earth according to the instructions. I presume I can just put black electrical tape over the earth wire My existing...

Hi all, I am looking for some advice\guidance please. We purchased our house a few years ago and it’s a detached four bedroom built in the 70’s with a very shallow height attic. These are fitted around the eaves in places for external ventilation. We had the tile roof replaced two years...

Hi, I have been looking at a victorian terrace property as a potential investment. It has no central heating and one room has likely not been heated for a very long time and has a wooden window. The wall under the window has mould and what looks to be damp as shown in the picture. Suspect...

Hi, I am looking at a terrace house built around 1930 and considering if it will need to be replastered. Wondered if some one could advise what type of plaster a property of this age will likely have and if there are any particual things I should worry about, be conerned\cautious about? I...

Hi, I have noticed this patch in the attached picture on one of the front walls. Is this damp? Incase it's a leak, I am considering asking a roofer to review the roof directly above. Wondered if this could be anything else or is it likely to be a leak?

Hi, I have a four bed detached house and had a new roof fitted a couple of years ago. The loft is quite shallow in terms of height. Since the roof has been fitted I have topped up a quarter of the insulation and also have additional people living the house now. During the recent snow\cold...

Hi, Any advice\comments on this would be appreciated please. Above one of my double glazed windows is a wooden plank instead of plaster board which cannot be removed. The room was re-plastered and the plaster obviously couldn't skim over the wooden plank. Instead the skim was done up to...

Hi, Any advice\comments on this would be appreciated please. Above one of my double glazed windows is a wooden plank instead of plaster board which cannot be removed. The room was re-plastered and the plaster obviously couldn't skim over the wooden plank. Instead the skim was done up to...

Hi, wonder if anyone could offer any advice please. I have stripped all the wallpaper back on the first bedroom in my 1978 house that we have recently moved into it. The intention is to re-plaster it. I have found a window plank at the top of the window and the previous occupier has also...

Hi I have moved into a 1970's house and one the curtain poles has come down and pulled the plaster out with it. I have refilled the hole with plaster repair and fitted them back up with raw plugs and self drive metal plasterboard screws without success. When I fit the raw plugs I had cut them...

Hi I have a 1970s house and the bathroom has a air vent about 1 meter from top on one wall. Also another bedroom has two air vents in it. I have attached pictures. When I decorate can I simply get fill these with plaster? I dont see what purpose they are providing or know why they are there.

Hi Looking for some advice please. My property was built in the 1970's and a few holes from old fixings and cables exsist in the mortar between the bricks on the rear of the property. I intend to repoint and fill the holes in-between the brickwork. As part of this I have noticed a couple...

Hi I need some repairs doing to my roof. Chimney repointed, Ridge tiles replaced, Roof verges re-rendered and caps fitted, Fascia board down two sides of my roof replaced. Some of the roofers who have provided quotes have suggested replacing all the roof tiles and replacing the roof at the...

Hi I have recently purchased a house built in the early 70's. There are some holes in the mortar on the external brickwork from previous fixings and cables being fixed to the walls. 3 bricks have also been replaced, but grey mortar has been used between the bricks instead of red to match the...