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Hi, just looking for some advice on how to go about treating an area of rising damp in front porch. The previous owners, had raised the drive too high ( pics attached)and I was seeing the rain splash going above the the dpc. I cut out a channel around the brickwork to see if this would help, but...

Hi, we had the garage converted about a year ago to add space with an open kitchen dining room. Since its been done, its always been cold. Floor was floating floorboards, chipboard then underlay, laminate flooring. jablite insulation laid over concrete floor and a dpm. Blockwork added to the to...

Hello, I've got a patch of render underneath the bedroom window bay, that is looking discoloured like a darker shadow on the render. Everytime there is a downpour, this area of the render always takes a hammering from the rain. Can anyone advise on the best way to clean this type of render. At...

I currently have a shared driveway between my semi-detached property, that originally led to a separate garage in the back gardens. I have lived here for over 13 years, and before i bought the house, the garages were knocked down and a 6ft wall was built on the shared drive way with separate...

I'm looking for some help with damp patches on rendering. Last year I had the house rendered, this also involved removing wall tiles off the bay, rebording and rendering the window bay between floors. The problem I'm now having, is that since this work was done, the gap between the wall and the...

I have had a daewoo fridge/freezer (Model ERF-33m) and the light no longer works when you open the fridge door. I've changed the bulb as this had blown, but it will still not come on with the new bulb. I took the microswitch to the repair shop, as i presumed it must be faulty. They tested the...

Hi, I am currently looking at getting my house, a 3 bed semi-detached house rendered. The house was built in the 1930's and is brick up to the bay window and then pebble dashed up to the roof. I'm currently looking at getting "Wetherby" render or K-rend, from what I've seen they have a...

Hi I have a 3yr old Daewoo Fridge/freezer, which has been working fine until recently. The model has a feature called multiflow, so when you opened the fridge door or freezer door, you could see the cool air pouring in through the vents, suppose to keep food fresher for longer. Foods are...

I've had this a problem for a while now, every morning we wake up during winter to find condensation on the front bedroom bay window, we do also get condensation on the front box bedroom as well. We have the central heating on until around 10pm, windows left open/closed, tried everything! I did...

Hi I have recently build a raised garden deck and everything had gone as expected. All that was left to do was before I sealed the decking, was to put some end grain preserver on the cut ends of the decking. I have since done this, but I now have several dark stains on the decking which are...

Hi i have a worcester Bosch 240 combi and after its been turned on running a couple of hrs the pressure is constantly rising to over 3mb. I have drained off the radiator to get the pressure back down to 1mb, but again the same thing still happens. Is this is due to the expansion vessel, if so...

I have recently had a new extension fitted, however were the extension meets the existing dining room and original kitchen the floor is out by 3 inch's. We were thinking of now having a step down into this new room from the dining room and the kitchen. The floor at present is currently up to the...

How easy would it be to move a 3 gang switch from one end of the kitchen to the other end??? I have just had my kitchen opened up and the light switches are by the old entrance which has now been blocked off. Would I be better running a new cable from the junction box and starting from scratch...