dormer tiling

Looking for a bit of creative advice... our neighbour found a section of our gutter downpipe in her garden this morning, it turns out that a hanging tile from our dormer has slipped out completely, pull the drain pipe down with it. There's only one tile that needs securing, but the issue is...

Hi, My 1920s home has a dormer window at the back and I want to install some blinds. I assume its ok to drill and put in wall plugs at the sides next to the window. Anything I should watch out for as it won't be brick behind the plaster. Thanks.

I've got my loft dormer rendered instead of tiled as I think its much better in terms of maintenance, Looks and Sound as the wind does cause vertical tiles to move creating a load sound which is less than idea at night when your trying to sleep and the fact the wind can blow them off when strong...

Hi, Can't seem to find details of the soakers/flashing required for uPVC window in stud partition with vertical plain tile cladding. Do I need a sill tray/pan Do I need to get heavy with the lead tools and boss out my own Do I need to put soakers in the ends of the tiles as I think I can see on...

Hi. I have now started to tile the dormer . I thought I had calculated window positions correctly to correspond with the plain tile edges but with the additional counter battens requested by Building control it now requires a slither of a tile :-( Windows are ordered already so cant change the...

Hi All, I am in the throws of building a full dormer on the house. Standard ugly looking thing Will be plain tile hung to all sides with EPDM and warm roof. Two , or maybe more questions... I can not find any details about flashing AND soakers for a plain tile dormer cheek. I have come to the...

Hi all, we are about to get a dormer loft conversion done and have a Party Wall Award and drawings. We are mid terrace and the loft company have designed it so the 100mm x 50mm soft wood frame of the dormer cheek will be flush to the inside of the party wall. To the exterior of this will be 9mm...