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We have a half circle window in the front of our wooden conservatory (luna) , the bad weather has rotted the seals holding the windows in (rebates ?) - they were made of some sort of flexible compound and tacked on like wood , the maker has gone bust anybody any ideas where we could get some...

Have a wooden conservatory with a sun shaped window in one end - the curved pieces that seal the window to the wooden frame are split where they were nailed to the frame - can anyone suggest where you would go to get replacements cheers

We have a tiled conservatory and we live in subsidence area - over 9 years since it was built we have a fair crack in the tile grout over the width of the room and a couple of the tiles have lifted, i think the foundation was only at the basic depth so no surprise this has happened ( naivety !)...

Started digging a cross trench in my front garden to locate pipe, to start the process of putting a new one in - how deep would this be - have dug to 2 and half already and no sign ?

Severn Trent who dont seem to be bothered - we did have a leak before but you could see the water - it was repaired by a plumber after i had done the digging. This seems to be different - i would advise anybody getting a meter installed to get it near or in the garage as in our last house - by...

Ok have done this , no water in the meter hole and its still moves slowly with the stopcock off in the house - no sign of water anywhere no cracks or seepage so i guess there is a leak and a new pipe will be needed as i suppose it will be difficult to find the hole. cheers

My water company rang to say that our water bill had gone up a great deal in the last six months - seems we have a leak between the meter which is outside on the pavement and the supply that goes in at the kitchen round the back - there is no sign of water - what techniques are there for...

Good call, thats why it taken so long so far - dont want to move as we have all the things here and couldnt afford to get the same somewhere else where i can still do the same job (something to do with the government !) . I could probably live with it but my wife has struggled and caused her...

Its easy to judge from afar - we had our hearing checked ok early on in this saga - we have spoken to the neighbour and maintained a speaking relationship - the powercuts we had in the Autumn were evidence enough to show where the problem lies, now we have to get it fixed - at no time has there...

Move yes i have considered that but why should i be driven from my house by someone next door. When you involve the council you have to declare disputes if you sell - the next people to purchase the house will have exactly the same problem and we could be sued if we dont declare so i have...

Yep you got it, it stuck in your memory didnt it congrats- well its been some time and its still an issue which we have tried to live with rather than fall out. There are other threads asking about similar issues, its unfortunate the guy is not particularly easy to talk to about anything let...

looking for views on a boiler located in non insulated garage on East facing wall, this would seem not to be ideal as internal thermostats keep cycling through the night at 6 degrees Its pretty close to the quickest coldest bit of the building Why would some one do this ?

Good point but he s wasting money if the thing comes on at night when not necessary - progressing slowly with the negotiation. Although we did ask the council and borrowed the equipment we made it clear that we were not complaining just trying to find the source of the noise which is still the...

Rang Gloworm they said the frost stat can operate independent of the controller ie boiler hard wired - cause of the issue is this thing coming on all through the night , its noisy on fire up - why - its a cold garage - frost stat set at aprox 5 degrees and seemingly unadjustable - temperature...

You have a good memory - yes , had the council round and couldnt get a reading but have entered discussion with the neighbours but nothing concrete yet - have been up close to the boiler hence knowing its a "Gloworm" and it just makes a fan type noise difficult to imagine that a small unit like...

I understand a Glowworm combi has two stats one inside and one on the pipes. I assume the boiler is hard wired and a drop in temperature brings the boiler protection in regardless of the the controller being on or off What temperature should a boiler stat be set to ? Is the boiler stat...

They have switched the heating off but i believe the water is still on as they perceived that with no demand it would not fire. The issue is that when it fires it creates a high pitched sound as well as the droning of the pump. I am trying to establish whether something could be damaged and...

Proper recording equipment set up by the council- Noise seems to revole around fans - when the boiler fires the fan is very piercing and then it settles - still cant resolve whether the boiler fires even if no demand as they are away May also be down to positioning of the buildings -...

The Council have been round - leant us a recorder and microphone - made 12 different 5 mins recordings mostly at night - no results - low frequency noise can travel straight through brick and can be difficult to record - we probably all hear some but can ignore it. Here its a quiet village and...