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Hello, I have an issue where the resting pressure on my boiler is rising slowly over a number of days. I then have to drain some water out of a radiator to get the pressure back down. I have removed the filling loop but this did not solve the issue. So I reckon the plate heat exchanger is...

Hi, Hopefully this is the right place for a question like this, apologies if not. My neighbour has applied for planning permission to increase our boundary fence to 2.5m, it's currently 2m. Their stated reasons for doing so in the application are to protect our privacy since they have built a...

Hi All, What do people think of this? I have a downpipe from the main roof which empties onto a porch roof which in turns empties into a gully. In heavy rain is there not a possibility of the water coming from the downpipe "overloading" the interlock on the tiles and then getting behind the...

So all shops selling non essential items are to close. Does that include Screwfix, Toolstation, plumbers/builders merchants? What about garages, Kwik Fit for example? Also makes you think about how long until items are in short supply as factories shut down/have workers off ill. Will we be...

Hello, In my house I have an internal (middle) load bearing wall as follows: 1) 4m in length then a dog legged 0.8m offset and then another 3.7m in length, basically the length of the house from front to back. 2) Single 4" brick from foundations to roof. 3) Extends into roof and supports the...

Hello, Can I repair a damaged cable using a back box, chock block/terminal strip and a blanking plate? Is this within regulations? Thanks Bob

Hello, As mentioned in another thread I had an extension built in 2011 and have a NICEIC domestic electrical installation certificate. Which was given to building control and then I received a building control completion certificate for the extension. Someone's comment about my certificate...

Hello, Eight years ago we had an extension built. While fitting a kitchen unit the joiner drilled through a cable, one of the RCDs tripped and half of the electrics went off. Luckily the electrician was on site. He had a look at the damage, said it was just nicked, flipped the RCD back on and...

Hello, I have a sink waste that after the trap has piping down to floor level where it then exits the house. At this point the plumbing for the washing machine trap joins the same waste pipe. It's one of those traps where you shove the washer waste tube down into the pipe. The top of the...

Hello, Sorry if this is a strange question but can the soil under a garage floor increase in moisture content when it rains? If we assume proper drainage and no gutter/downpipe/drains/water main/roof problems then can the soil for example under a concrete garage floor become "wetter" when it...

Hi, I'm confused about under floor ventilation. With a suspended timber floor the void underneath is ventilated with air bricks. So this must mean that the temperature/humidity of the void must match closely to that of the outside. There can't be much heat from the rooms above to lower the...

Hi All, Without going into the reasons why, I would like to confirm the continuity of one of the ring circuits in my house. But I don't want to go messing with the consumer unit at all. So can I turn all power off and then take a socket cover off one of the sockets on the ring in question...

Hello, I recently had a few issues with my roof fixed. Overall I'm very happy with the work apart from one thing. Without explaining why, I had a small strip of felt replaced at the eaves at the front of the house. Instead of replacing the full width they removed one row of tiles and fitted a...

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Hi, My roof extends over the gable sides of the house and the overhanging part is supported by the purlins that run through the roof and what I guess are the roof plates. These are painted to protect from the weather. I've always had them painted by a guy before but this time I thought I would...

Hello, I have what looks like rust patches on lead flashing, but I didn't think lead could rust. I've looked at it closely with a ladder and it's not corrosion or pitting. The flashing is 7 years old. I have attached two photos, these are from different areas of the house. The reason I've...

Hi, Last Spring I repointed some lead flashing, some parts had cracked other bits had fallen out. Looking at it yesterday I see that it already has fine cracks in it and some tiny bits are missing. I see two possible reasons for this, it doesn't look as though the lead is very tight around the...

Hello, In the type of construction shown here, taken from NHBC Standards 2011: The tile battens go from outer rafter to outer rafter, then the bargeboard covers the outer rafter + battens, as the bargeboard is higher than the outer rafter. Is that right? But where does the...

Hello, I have two cracked double roman concrete tiles on my extension roof. The cracks are hairline. I've tried on a few occasions this year to get them replaced but it has proved difficult to find anyone. Due to bad experiences in the past I am reluctant to just use anybody and have tried...

Hello, I have just discovered that when we had our soffit/fasicas replaced that the fitters have trapped the membrane behind the fasica board. This was 15 years ago. Our roof sarking is mostly felt apart from the first strip which is like a dpm material, it is this that is trapped behind the...