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Our installers are about half the way through laying 45cm Expona vinyl tiles and there are locations where the corners seem to be 1mm and 2mm out, and one spot where there is a 3 to 4mm mismatch. (I just counted 26 corners out by at least 1mm, though I counted quickly and may have missed...

I was planning on fitting GU5.3 or GU10 downlighters with a view to fitting LEDs later into those fitting. Obviously with that arrangement anyone could switch back to halogen afterwards. Having read some of the negative opinions on downlighters as being fire traps, I'm wondering if...

I know this topic comes up repeatedly but I am surprised that the two electricians working on our house seem convinced that we need fire-rated downlights. A single-storey extension has been built to the rear of our semi-detached house and attached to our living room and kitchen. We want...

We've had three velux roof windows installed a couple of days ago into a 16 degree roof on our new extension. Tiles are Marley Mendip which are good to 15 degrees if installed correctly. Flashing is EDW. All three windows are leaking. Photos of the installation can be seen at...

We have a 16 degree pitch roof on a new extension. The roofer has so far installed Jewson breather membrane and battens. Concrete tiles to be fitted later. One visible small hole is visible in the membrane. In addition during rain over the long weekend, three or four spots have let water...

We are six weeks into the build of our 3.5m extension on our semi-detached in south London. (3.5m out x 8.7 m wide) Building control spotted a weeping willow 21.5m from rear of extension and insisted that 1.4m specified foundations were not adequate and we needed 1.8m. (On checking NHBC...

I've bought EDZ flashings to be used with Velux windows as instructed by my builder, roof to be fitted with Marley Mendip tiles. The roof has a pitch just over 16 degrees, and I now see that EDZ is intended for 20 degrees plus, whilst EDW is for 15 degrees plus. The builder is insistent...