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We’ve discovered a large crack in the join of brick extension to our house. We had already noticed some cracking along the mortar lines of the bricks near where the extension was toothed-in to the house but they are quite small and appear to have been there for some time. The large crack near...

Hi all. I’m in the process of clearing my old patio and under a slab and builders sand I found the soil pipe from our bathrooms. After cleaning the soil away I found that it is cracked. It’s in a very awkward spot as it’s comes out of the house at 45 degrees and to replace would mean removing...

We have a very tired and uneven raised patio of approx 40m2 in our garden that goes from the kitchen down to a retaining wall with steps. Initially we planned to install a new patio including the rebuilding of the retaining wall as it has sunk a inch or two on one side. Not including the...

We had a new kitchen installed before last summer and have now realised that our “builder” may have used the dot and dab technique when laying our porcelain floor tiles. The tiles are 600 x 600 and we’ve noticed that upon tapping some of the corners, there is a hollow sound; In other words, no...

Hi, we are in the process of buying a 1960s Bungalow that has a 6% pitch flat roof. According to the survey, it recommends replacing the roof some time soon. I've enquired about replacing this with Single Ply Sarnafil but have been quoted £25k.Having done a bit of online research I came across...