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That's what I wanted to hear! Thanks Woody. You're probably right, and it's just me being over cautious. Just worried me that no wall ties had been installed when the house was built. I don't expect there to be further movement of the house. A lot of the movement was down to trees being...

Well! Here goes... Helical ties horizontally have been recommended accross the cracks. This I will do, however, for peace of mind I also would like to fit wall ties. It just seems pretty poor not to have wall ties fitted to me. But I was kind of asking whether those in the know thought this...

Funnily enough I was just searching around and found Helifix and Wallfast that do something which looks simple to install. I'd like to do it myself (well, certainly the wall tie installation), so now I just need to find out if I can buy the ties and driving attachments myself, or whether they...

It appears that the house we've moved into has no wall ties! Although we're not sure, we think the house was built in the 1930's. Both internal and external walls are brick, but having just had insulation pumped into the cavity I asked the chap doing it to check if there were any wall ties, and...

Thanks for the speedy replies! Mosez, in answer to your questions, I'm assuming the hob and cooker are all in one, but don't know. It's a freestanding rangecooker, so I'll have to go see one, or at least see the installation instructions to know if they can be seperated. I think hob and oven...

We are currently renovating our old-ish house. Recently we had a new electic meter installed, and the chap who did it \\\'down-graded\\\' our main breaker to 60Amps. Apparently the tails weren\\\'t big enough to support more. I now want to install a new range cooker, and the one I have my eye...