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Our house has a thin crack in rendering - see photo. Our neighbouring houses have similar and one neighbour, who is a builder and who has lived in house for over 20 years, says to just fill as tend to reappear. Had a couple of plasterer out - one says he'd rake out either side, bond and then...

We have a Mira Coda exposed valve shower which is dripping - we have taken off hose and can see where water is coming from - see photo. It is still under warranty, but we're not sure if it was down to bad fitting from plumber, or is it just a seal which may be able to sort by local plumber. Any...

Cannot find out why we have leak in bathroom. Mainly water marks, but now couple of fine cracks. Roofer been up twice, replaced soil vent pipe, taken tiles off, cleaned gulley - no marks on felt. Still getting water in somewhere. See photos in album. Any ideas would be so welcome. Photos show...

We had a supporting wall knocked down, had SE calcs and building regs. The builder amended the nib by making it more square than using just the old nib part of the wall, telling us it was better support. I know he tied this into the existing side wall, but I am now concerned as to possible lack...

We have asbestos soffits - parts are cement based but large parts look to be insulation board - I know the latter needs a licensed contractor and we have been getting some quotes. However, some the advice/method seems to vary - due to HSE guidelines being a bit grey on exterior soffits work. So...

We are going to replace the flat roof on our garage with a pitched roof. The garage sticks out at the front of the house and, facing from the front, the left side of the garage wall is the boundary between us and our neighbour's front open garden. We are opting for boxed guttering as he didn't...

We have a flat roof garage joint on to the house at the front. We want to remove the old roof and replace with a pitched roof. The garage wall goes right up to the boundary so we are having to do box/concealed guttering on that side. It is single skin, but an architect has said it is fine with...

We have been in our house for a few months. We had a full electrical inspection done and an earthing rod was put in. We then had the overhead power cables put underground, so the meter was relocated into white box on outside of garage, not too far from where it had been inside the garage. An...