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Hi - I live in a period 1870s mid-terrace and am thinking of selling. But there are some unsightly cracks in the wall of the central passageway that separates my house from my neighbour. The cracks run straight through the bricks and mortar but haven;t changed in the 10 years i've been here...

Hi all, We have a 15 degree roof on our kitchen extension, using sandtoft 20/20 tiles. When it rains some water drips off the gable end and down the bricks and over the patio doors. The builder says it wasn't in the architect plans to do anything about this. The architect says the builder...

After cutting back our hedge, I can now see that my neighbour (or a previous resident - which is where the complication comes in) has routed their rear outhouse guttering drain straight into the our side of the fence behind the hedge. His outhouse guttering overhangs on to our side of the...

Hi I just want to get some feedback on whether the work done on my chimney is indeed shoddy. I had a damp interior chimney brest and a builder diagnosed this as the chimney needing rebuilding. It is approximately 7 feet tall. after a lot of money and a lot of scaffolding the chimney is now...

Hi all - a newbie here with a no doubt silly question! My builder (doing an extension) has suggested to me that the easiest and cheapest way to create a base for our new 14x8 foot shed is to cover the plot in plastic film, build the shuttering to the correct level, then fill with concrete from a...