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I have a flat in a Victorian property with original lead flashing on the window sills at the back of the house (the sill is wood, but with lead covering the wood). Someone has been paid to repair/rub down/repaint the windows, and they've removed the lead. Is this normal? I'm a bit...

Firstly, I just want to disclaim this post with a couple of comments. 1. I'm very grateful to the staff and contributors on this site and think they do a great job. 2. Any criticism that this post might contain is meant as purely constructive and will hopefully drive some debate rather than...

Just a quickie: Where can I get foil backed plasterboard? I'm doing the ceiling below a flat roof, so I'd like the extra moisture protection and heat reflection. I've tried B&Q and Travis Perkins, but neither seem to have any. Is there an online dealer that everyone is using? Failing...

I'm trying to refurbish my bathroom, but (as is always the way) I keep uncovering whole new avenues of work that need to be done :). The bathroom is an extension to the house, with its own flat roof. After what looks like years of leaking (before my time), we've had the old past-it felt roof...

I have just moved in to a new flat which has (as far as I can tell) a pretty dated central heating and hot water system. The boiler is a Potterton Netaheat 10-16, with a seperate hot water tank. The good news is, it's very well behaved with no squeeling from the pipes or banging noises etc...

I have just moved in to a Victorian property with bucket loads of period features (shutters, architraves, cornicing, ceiling roses, etc). Although there is some brilliant cornice, much of the detail has been lost under (what is probably) about 20 layers of white emulsion. In small patches...

my washing machine is suddenly totally unresponsive today. after setting the programme dial and turning it on, the on light is lit but no water starts coming in. there is no buzzing or any noise at all and seems to be completely no activity. it can't be the fuse, as the light on the...