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I opened up a panel on the other side of the house to see if I could get an idea on how that is held up. I'm starting to think the whole window frame is held from the top instead of the bottom due to the lack of a window cill. Any suggestions on what I should do next? I cannot see anything...

I was able to lift the window sill and I don't think there are any structural issues with the house. I can see the outer joist looks to be fine and covered in felt. But I'm struggling to find what the window is attached to. Photo looking down from the window sill; I can see one of the screw got...

This is the outside of the house. I'm thinking that has happened the outermost joist which is holding up the façade has failed. I don't see any other cracks inside the house. Both top and bottom window sills have dropped by 4cm. I'm guessing if I can somehow remove the outer panel I might be...

However when I looked more on the outside I seen something more concerning. It's not just the window the whole front part of the house has dropped down by 4cm. I don't know if the black marks on the bricks here mean there has been water ingress which has compromised the beam running across...

So I opened the window to see if there was any screw going right through but I cannot see any.

I noticed today that the window frame (that spans two rooms) crooked and there is a big gap between frame letting day light in. It looks like it's falling into the internal cavity of the room. Would this be fixable without having to replace the windows/frame etc? I was thinking of exposing the...

The clear plastic sheet (even if it doesn't look clear anymore) has holes in it and I put duck tape on until the weather improved last year. Now I'm looking to replace it and I'm wondering is there anything I should take into consideration before starting this? Even the fixings. Should I try and...

So back in March I did open up the motor but I only got this far But tonight I finally got about to removing (cutting away) the plastic housing that hid the bearing which was covered in rust Knowing what I know now it probably wasn't feasible to repair this even if I had bearing pulling...

Unfortunately I didn't. I just replaced the shower with like for like and got a Mira Elite SE as it has exactly the same footprint as the QT. I still have the old shower as I want to open up the motor to see if I was right about the noise was coming from the bearings inside the motor. I still...

During a storm the other week I noticed in my parents house a concrete tile had fallen down. When I got up to it I didn't notice any nail holding down the tile and it seemed to held in by the mortar. In the third photo you can see it's a very small run just from the chimney flashing to the...

During a storm over the weekend part of the cladding has come loose and I was wondering what sort of adhesive should I use to stick this back in place? I was thinking to wash it down with sugar soap and the using Tec7

Yup. Me too. Trying to upload a photo and I just get an error.

Don't have a wet vac was looking to get one from ScrewFix tomorrow but thankfully messing around with the hot tap managed to remove the airlock and I've no installed the shower. Thanks all for your help. :)

I was messing around with the hot and cold taps at the sink and noticed the water stopped for a bit on the shower feed and then started to flow a bit more so I opened both shower taps (not to be confused with the electric shower feed) to remove some pressure while I redid the nut and now when I...

I undid the connection and I just get this dribble even though the tank is full and all other cold water taps are now working too.

I'm actually replacing it for an old one that needed replacing and this shower is designed to be used with a gravity system.

I'm trying to install an Mira Elite SE electric shower that is gravity fed but the feed has an airlock which I'm not sure how to fix. I've no way to isolate the feed from the tank so I've shut off the mains and emptied the header tank. I did have an airlock on the cold tap too but once I...

I have a Mira Elite QT electric shower and while it's working fine there is noise coming from it that doesn't sound too healthy. As you can hear from the below video there is a loud screech when the shower is turned on I had a look at the brushes and while there is a fair bit of use I don't...