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Hi, Thanks. I have a survey booked - they initiated this to fit new smart meters. When they come out to do the survey I'll ask about my feed from their supply into the house. I'd prefer to change it and hopefully can arrange that to coincide with their work. It will require some digging and...

Thanks Scally-Ho, Harry, and Stuckinarut. Yes I have the location for the stop tap in the street and I have the right tool to close it off. Slight complication... I have two water supplies coming into my house - both shared with a neighbour either side. This one feeds the downstairs shower room...

Hi, I am after some help / advice. I have a steel pipe coming into the house that goes into an old stop cock that is jammed and the head has twisted off. A plumber added a second stop cock further down on the copper 15mm pipe a few years ago this was. The problem is the water pressure is low...

Many thanks - and yes - you are spot on about the asbestos, spotted that when I was in there the other day! So something else to think about...

Hi, My dear old mum has a Unidare Electricaire model R10/73 which was originally installed in her house from new in about 1968. It's gone wrong a few times over the years and the fan has stopped working this weekend. I'm sure I could get the fan fixed - but the whole thing is falling apart...

I am not an expert in this area, but similar to your experience I am buying a late Victorian building which is suffering damp. As a result I am busy learning about the causes and cures. What I have found out during my investigations is condensation is a likely cause. Hydroscopic salts...

DIYedboy, One way of getting an estimate could be to look at your home building insurance. It will probably have a rebuild value. If you've already got the land and services then I'd have thought as a rough indicator you could use your current insurance rebuild value for building a similar...

Hi, I don't mean to worry you but I would have thought that gap had a reason for being there, I think it's to stop 'thermal bridging' between the plaster on your wall and the cold floor. So yes you are right it will now be less draughty - but won't you now get the cold creeping up the wall which...

Hi, I am buying a late Victorian house in Essex. It has a large garage and workshop, which are two old chicken houses which have been pushed together and joined. The garage is OK'ish and the owner told me that it was built on footings. But the workshop was just built on top of a concrete...

These old hen houses have been converted to a garage and workshop. The workshop (rear of picture) is a separate shed joined to the larger garage. The workshop base was not underpinned and has slipped over the years and the shed is out of square!