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I wasn't sure where to put this but as it is about water ingress I plumped for the roofing forum. My conservatory has a leak, it is 13 years old, see pictures. Looks to me like it is getting in either under the sealant on the wall, or under the sealant bead that runs vertically an inch or...

I have a problem with the facia boards on my porch, see photos. The timber is quite sound, it doesn't seem to be rotten, more a case of it de-laminating. Not sure how the water got in, but the delamination seems to be happening from the outside, that is the bit facing out. I think some water...

Hi, Can a gas cooker (i.e. a free-standing unit with burners on top and an oven underneath) be connected with a flexible pipe? I ask this as I am thinking of buying a new cooker and want to be able to move it around a little bit (just a few inches each way) if I fit new units and worktops...

Hello, I am thinking of replacing a gas hob with an electric hob. I will get the gas hob removed by a registered gas fitter (at the same time as he/she does a boiler service). The hob will be in a space which had an an electric cooker in it many years ago, there is a wall-socket underneath...

I have a conservatory built roughly three years ago. There are eight panels and four of them have cracks. The cracks are all on the UPVC frame radiating from the corner weld, all at the bottom of the frame. They are just hairline cracks, barely visible unless you are looking for them. The...

Hello, I want to make loud door bell. I already have a push button outside the house and wires leading inside the house. I was wondering if I could use a sound bomb an an old 12v mains unit? Would the sound bomb make its loud noise when the circuit was completed by somebody...