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Hello all, I’m the client in an occupied full rewire at the moment. I’m aware that these jobs are pretty messy and annoying for the spark, and that floorboards need to come up and damage MUST be done to get the work complete. After working in my loft, which was boarded, has lighting and...

Hello all, I’m currently having a complete re-wire taken out on my house. As I was leaving it earlier I noticed the electrician had pulled up a floorboard and I could see underneath in the cavity below my house. There was some loose-fill insulation there that looked a lot like wee white...

The hinge on this huge Top-hung has bent way out of shape. I know it’s relatively easy to replace hinges on these but this one is on a second story, and there’s just me. So for now I wanted to bend it back… anyone have any ideas? I’ve tried heating it with a hairdryer to no avail, bang it with...

I recently moved into an old house that was generally in need of some TLC. Been ripping out carpets and stripping walls ever since being worried about asbestos etc but it’s been in the back of my mind that maybe the electrics are out of date. How is this fuse board looking, unsafe? I always...

Hello All, I moved into a new house a couple of weeks ago and was pulling up carpets. Under one of these I found bitumen adhesive and stupidly decided to sand it (as it was tacky). Later found out it may contain asbestos (currently in for testing) and have since encapsulated the floor...

Hello, The roof in my brick outhouse (we use it as a shed) has finally bit the dust and has a leak. The ceiling is bowing in and I’m looking at getting it replaced (the entire roof). I’ve noted this isn’t the first time this has happened as there are scrape marks on the ceiling where the door...

Hello all, Apologies in advance for being completely thick about all this but I wondered if anyone could give me any ideas as to why the boiler has started making this noise. A google search tells me to keep an eye out for a low hum (kettling) but this high pitched noise hasn’t been described...