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Hi people, I just went up into the space in my eaves to store some stuff and noticed that there is a small hole about the size of a saucer in my felt, I can kind of see daylight through it and it looks like it has been leaking a little bit, Is this something that can be patched up, all the rest...

Hi guys and gals. The front of my victorian semi is looking a bit rough and ready. The paint is starting to peel and i have been putting it off. Cant do it anymore it needs painting. Obviously i need to wirebrush and scrape all the old paint off and then sand down the rough edges etc. But before...

Hi guys, I had a greenstar 32cdi boiler fitted around 8 months ago and we have never had any issues, It is fitted in a back bedroom upstairs that we use for students, and it was only when I was cleaning up in there today that I for some reason opened the front of the service door and noticed...

Hi guys, I have a mixer tap in the bath which incorporates the shower as well (theres an up and down pull tab to switch between the two. Recently the cold tap stopped working, It didnt turn as far as it should and no cold water came out of either the shower or bath. It is a one spout two tap...

Hi, we have a downstairs and upstairs toilet in our house and recently I have noticed that when my wife is showering upstairs the downstairs toilet bubbles and gurgles and water level is low. Just a minute ago as well I flushed the downstairs toilet and it filled right up then sank down to a...

Hi guys I have a really rubbish sunroom attached to the back of my kitchen and the door is falling apart, Its a weird size and I was wondering where the best place to get one on the cheap would be? Ive struggled so far, Any ideas?

Hi guys, I had new guttering fitted a few months back and have had 2 problems, One it seem to leak one end from under the Facia, Only a little but I dont want a stream of water running down my wall. Thats number one, Number two I recently fitted a water butt and everything has been fine until...

Hi guys, I have a hole in an exterior wall that I belive was intended to be a window opening for the previous owner, It is about 30cm tall and the same again wide. It has a sheet of plywood on the outside covering it and same again on inside with a kitchen cupboard in front, In the winter it...

With the wind we have been having in the south I am getting some drafts entering the house, I have rechecked the survey we had done about 6 months ago before we moved in and there was a section that said about an unused air duct that needed closing up or removing, Just wondered how I would close...

We have just brought our house not so long ago and a loft conversion was done a few years back, I am an amateur but can tell it is certainly a budget fit!, It does the job and looks ok but on closer inspection it is a bit rubbish, It is really cold up there and although i can see they have...

Ok so you got to love victorian houses, seems im never off these forums!! lol, ok so we have to replace our boiler in the next few months as ours is 30 years old and a bit ****, Our electric shower doesnt work and we dont want to renovate the bathroom yet so I added some cheap shower mixer taps...

Hi all, Have recently moved into our lovely big victorian house but as you may see on other forum topics it has a few problems as most victorian houses do!! I am about to fit a mixer shower which I have done before and have no issue with but there is an issue with the stopcock, I have looked...

Ok so the joys of owning a victorian house have struck again, We have a downstairs toilet and we knew there was a small leak but now it is getting used a lot (previous family had left it vacant for three months) it is leaking worse! It has two leaks, one where the ubend meets the toilet basin...

Hi guys first post so be gentle, me and the wife have purchased a three bedroom semi and the loft has been converted, albeit cheaply, Either side of the loft we have access to eaves, Firstly I noticed a stain appearing on the loft sloped ceiling and then a few patches on the wall where the...