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Hi, We have a uPVC window in a dormer, and we've recently had the roof of the dormer changed, along with the tiling on the side cheeks. We also had the interior replastered, and since then I've noticed that when we have heavy rain, the interior window sill gets very wet at the edge. I'm not...

Hi, We currently have some roofers in to re-do our roof and install some velux windows. The house is victorian and was converted to two flats in the 70s/80s. The veluxes are being installed in loft rooms on the upper floor. Yesterday the roofers cut the two holes in the roof to install for the...

Hi, I bought a shelf which I would like to fit to a solid wall in a Victorian property. The wall is the dividing wall between us and the neighbour, so I assume it's brick. From what I've read they tend to be about 225mm thick, so I should be safe to drill in to at least 100mm? The shelf is...

Hey, I'm trying to replace a 1-gang light switch due to a faulty toggle which keeps falling out of the switch plate. I've attached a photo of the existing circuitry, but it consists of fairly straightforward live and neutral in to the switch, and an earth cable which is screwed in to the...

Hi, We have some fairly old UPVC windows in a Victorian property which seems to have a pretty large and deep gap in one section of the frame where I can feel a draft. There's some material along the length of it already, not sure if that was done during installation or at a later point, but...

Hi, We live in a first floor flat and I noticed today that there's quite a lot of damp below our bay window. I had a look at the window and noticed that firstly there was some water pooled inside the frame itself, and secondly, that on the outside, some of the upvc seems to have come away from...