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Hello, I believe someone has tampered with the lock to the side gate in my garden. Picture attached. The handle is not in its usual horizontal position, it is slightly loose and further down. When turning the handle the mechanism does not catch the latch and does not retract into the lock...

Hello, I have a semi-detached house built in the early 1900's. The front and back of the house are solid wall (no cavity) and the side is cavity wall, or so I have been told. We are planning to externally insulate the back solid wall and insulate the cavity at the side. However, because of...

Hello, I live in a Victorian house (very early 1900's) and the floors are not insulated, which makes the downstairs noticeably cooler than upstairs. Currently it is fully carpeted downstairs which is all brand new when we bought it, but when carpet gets older we plan to change to engineered...

Hi, I am planning on building 2 brick planters against my house wall for grow some climbing plants onto the house wall at the back. I cant crack the ground because it has been cemented very deep, which makes a perfect stable base for the intended brick planters. Approx size 1: 2 bricks...

Hello, We have a situation where damp is coming in through an inner wall of a bedroom. We know the source of the damp as the shower unit is on the other side of the wall. Called a plumber who re-sealed the bottom of the shower base with a silicone product to stop water seaping in...

Hello, We have just moved into this house with a PARAGON E System. No one knows the alarm code as previous owner has been deceased for years. Also we are not sure if it is even working as there are some wires and some appear to have been cut when carpets were refitted by sellers. We have...

I live at the end of a semi-quasi property. On the detached side there is about 1.5 meters to the boundary fence. Since we moved in about 5-6 years go my neighbour had built a wooden extension from the wall of his house to the fence itself, using the wooden fence panels as his wall for the...

Hello, I have a Ravenheat RSF820/20 combi boiler, I didn’t buy it, it was there when I moved in. Its been functioning well so far, but with a few hicups that I was hoping for some advise one. 1) The pressure gauage that has a note (must be kept above 1 at all times), during seldom use in...