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Hi, I wish to remove this overhanging part of the roof, to make way for an extension. After removing the lower tiles, how can I fix the last half tile on the bottom row? Do I need to remove a triangle of tiles above?

Hi, my Franke tap is slow. I have tried it without the filter, ensured that the valves are open and pipes not kinked, and checked flow before tap is also slow. It got even slower after the filter was changed, but as per above have eliminated the filter, and also note others have observed...

Hi I have installed a Saniflo Water Genie 500w macerator. The pipework is 1 1/2 rising 1.8m with 4 90 elbows before it starts the descent. After that there is 8m with 4 more 90 elbows and a good fall. When it operates it seems to be pulling the water away, at least the water line drops in...

Hi Can anyone recommend me a paint. Here are the requirements White walls and ceilings. These are low end rental properties and the room sizes are quite small so the brighter the better I will be spraying When decorated the flats have any external walls dry lined with insulated plasterboard...

Hi, what should this gap be filled with, group, silicone, or caulk?

Hi The copper pipe at the end of the flexi hose is coming from my boiling tap overflow. Its a loose fit and will leak when water in overflow. How do I seal it inside the plastic reducer (assuming thats what its called) Thanks

Hi The project is a conversion of agricultural building. The external walls are not plumb. External walls have battens then 62.5 mm Kingspan insulated plasterboard, and 3 mm skim coat. The walls are not plumb and no allowance has been made to correct this by spacers on the battens, I...

Hi, I am having some work done, and am getting charged for variations when I am not sure I should be. An example is insulation. Kingspan Koolthem was specified, and there is some aspects of this installation that are not being done as per the manufactures recommendations in the datasheet for...

Hi, My brick courses are out by around 25mm/m horizontally. Bricks are poor quality imperial. What is the best way to minimise the visual impact of this. My builder is suggesting a plastic trim around the windows (aluminium windows). I am thinking it might be better to just cut into the...

I am doing a new build, and the architect has asked for quotes for soil surveys and engineers. The quotes are coming back at around 3k and 4k. The site has an existing building which will be demolished. The soil is aluvium (clay, silt, sand and gravel) to 10-15 meters, then chalk. There is a...

I had some fibre cement boards tested and they were negative for asbestos. Does anyone know of a skip company will accept the certificate I got (via email) from the testing company. I took the samples myself and posted them off so I would forgive any skip company who was a little sceptical...

Hi, I am considering buying a 1979 house with subsidence and wanted some advice to see if it worth pursuing and paying for a SE report. The left hand gable wall is bulging and there is a vertical crack in this. The centre of the bulging seems to be below floor level and the vertical crack ends...