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It's the house wall - inside an alley between my house and next door. It's pretty bad - can push a house key straight through the mortar.

Just read rule number 9 for the forums..........sorry. Didn't mean to offend. ___________________________ lynda, moderator Thanks :)

I bought a house 18 months ago and one of the mortgage/survey stipulations/recommendations was that the entry wall to the house should be re-pointed. I never got round to having it done. I am now selling my house and know that it will show up on the next survey when the buyer has it done. So i...

For all you who gave me advice, heres what has happended. I got my brother in law round and replaced my bedroom window glass for safety glass and got him to put trickle vents on all the windows. Cost was £95.00 Then got a builder round to quote for the 2 lintels (plus some pointing work...

My advice is to go to a FENSA registered company - they notify building control of any changes made to your property regarding windows and doors as they can self certify their work. If you do decide to do it yourself, you are supposed to notify Building Control first with details of what you...

If you do use this sort of paint - you must display a sign warning that it's in use. It's a legal requirement.

Guys I really appreciate your help. I know you're all right, i shouldn't worry too much. I am getting my safety glass done at the weekend for £60 by my brother in law. After that, i will get the BC round to see what they think. I know that i will need an air brick in my living room as i...

Yes they are - normal UPVC ones. I think they are metal inside (as much as i know about windows). But then again, the old single metal window that was there before sat under the outer bricks anyway, so the inner bricks didn't rest on it. I'm a bit confused now though. I don't want to...

I take your point and appreciate your help. My brother in law said there was not a lintel above the window. On the outside, i can see a row if bricks standing on end (soilder like). They are on top of the window frame. The inner skin of bricks in my kitchen is where i cna see slight sagging and...

Right, i see. I have a builder round tonight to quote me for the lintel above my kitchen window which i'm worried about, but also regarding putting in an extractor fan in the kitchen and 1 in the bathroom. I suppose i could get him to quote for putting in air bricks into the rooms that have...

Thanks I can see the inner part of my window frame sags slightly. But the 1st window and this replacement one rests on the outside row of bricks....if that makes sense. Am just worried that i am going to have to get a lintel put in there and all the plastering will be wrecked etc. Just want...

Can anyone help? Soooo worried about this. Have looked at the inner part of my kitchen, can see that the brickwork sags slightly.

Hi all I have a post in the window section regarding regs but think this following matter is one for the builders.... My windows have been put in by my brother in law. The house is a 1908 2 bedroom terraced. I don't think there are any lintels above the windows, i know for a fact that the...

Just had a call from a Manager of a national firm, shall remain nameless, who said: 1) All windows must be fitted with Trickle vents now 2) The building regs guy will cost me £70 to inspect, then about £600 for building/planning permission etc for remedial works 3) My windows that were...

Just noticed on another website a paragraph regarding Bay Windows My living room has a bay window. It's not a square one, it's angled (3 pieces of glass). The top of the house does sit on top of it, but rather it jutts out with a flat roof. Hope that makes sense?! Would the bay have to be...

Ok, i think i have got it.......... My bedroom window: will get the glass swapped for safety glass. All my window openings were existing, so i shouldn't have a problem with lintels - hope they had some in the first place ;-) there is a small peice of glass above my front door: will get...

Thats a lot better news than i had earlier. 2 questions then: The fire escape hinges? Can these be fitted to a new window retrospectively? How do i know if i have got them already? Secondly, my bedroom window is about 12 inches off the floor - this would need safety glass then? Is...

Ok I've done a foolish thing, but i'm sure i'm not the first one! My brother in law has fitted some new windows for me over the past year (he works for a window maker, though not FENSA). I now want to sell my house, and had no idea that i needed this work certifying. It will cost £70 to...

I recently put some insulation in my loft, rolls of fibre. Couldnt afford to do all the house, so to maximise coverage, i rolled them out across the joists rather than between them. Is this against regs? Woudl it cause me a problem when selling?

Ok, well thanks for your advice. I'm going to install the light from a Fuse Spur off the socket. As for the electrical certification, the sparky i asked to do it said he would thoroughly check everything and then class it as his own work. So i guess that gets me and the person who did it out...