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I am getting some Cedar cladding installed around a timber framed window.The window has a metal strip or bead along the bottom edge. This will not be wide enough to bring any rain water out over the cladding. Are these metal beads easy to remove - I tried but couldn't. The carpenter has put a...

Hi! Looking for some advice please. I’ve got a 1965 house with tilting windows with Spilka hinges. I’m going to refinish them because they’re still working BUT there’s some gaps opened around the bottom corners. See the pic. The near frame is the example where it looks like the bottom rail has...

Do you think this is only a tilt window? The handle doesn’t turn to 90’. Thank you!

Hi all I’m a complete novice looking for some advice after spotting some cracking around a concrete lintel on a dormer bungalow (mid 60s built). Is this something I should be concerned about? Recently spotted it although there’s no telling how long it’s been there. It can be seen both...

Hi all Hope you had a good long weekend. I've stripped our box bedroom back to brick ahead of getting insulated plasterboard fitted. In doing so I've found that there is a big gap between the existing window frame and the surrounding bricks (see picture). Is there a reason it has been left...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is in the right place but, i stripped my kitchen/dinning room back to brick when we moved in and the linel condensates to the point were its dripping down the window. There was foam behind the lintel/under the cavity tray(if that's what it's called) but it's all fell to...

First post. Do we need a lintel on top of the wood in the picture? To add a big window above, or rather three. This is a dormer room. There used to be taller windows which have been removed to do the work. We have had work done on the roof below the dormer room, which was leaking, and are...

Thank you so much for reading this - please help! The DPC around my bathroom window is shoddy and there's a big gap between the metal lintel and the aerated block. I'm planning to stick Gorrila waterproof patch and seal tape to the window frame and dpc on the sides of the frame and the bottom...

Thank you so much for reading this - please help! The DPC around my bathroom window is shoddy and there's a big gap between the metal lintel and the aerated block. I'm planning to stick Gorrila waterproof patch and seal tape to the window frame and dpc on the sides of the frame and the bottom...

Hi. We have a uPVC windows which were fitted probably over 15 year ago. There is a gap on the hinge side of both of the outward opening windows, which lets in a draft and noise from outside. The reason for the gap, from what I can tell, is because the window frame is slightly bowed inwards. So...

Hi, I'd like to make the size of my bathroom window opening smaller. I'd then get a new window fitted or if it's possible, use the right hand panel of the existing window. It looks like it may be possible to cut the window down the middle joining bar (to the left side in order to keep most of...

I'm unable to close bathroom window. I'm attaching two pictures, There is more gap on the lest is more, problem is on the left side. It looks like frame has come off a bit from the wall and while closing the window the metal thing is not going into the green plastic, that is preventing from...

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice. I've had a 1-2mm gap in the middle of the hinge side of a window in my living room. I tried some window wedges to pull it in and they did nothing so I bought replacement hinges. Today I fitted them but now the gap is bigger and extends along the top and...

Hello everyone, I hope that someone here may be able to give me some advice. I have discovered a crack that runs along my outside wall, along the top of my lounge window and I don't know what to do, but need to do something pretty soon as is getting worse. Do you think it might be worth me...

I've reviewed other solutions but mine seems different. The UPVC window is reasonably modern as it has deep double glazing. Probably 10 years old. I have removed handle & confirm spindle attached & working. It moves the shoot bolt at the top of window but not bottom one. Having checked with...

Hello, I had a few new windows and a front door installed recently, I have received the Fensa certificate. Should I also expect to receive an energy certificate for each window and door? Is this even a thing with new windows and doors or not really? I'm thinking the likes of an energy label...

Hi all, I am looking for a replacement cockspur wedge with only one central nub on the back. I've been looking online for ages and have nearly given up so any help would be much apricated. I need one that matches (even roughly) the specification in picture below. I think it must be an extinct...

Hi all We live in a semi detached Edwardian property with two large bay windows in the master bedroom and lounge. In the master, no matter what we do we seem to get excessive condensation each morning. We have tried a dehumidifier (didn’t work) so am at a bit of a loss to what we could do. We...

Hi, so I got installed warm roof on the conservatory including fancy glass panel . However the glass panel behaves weirdly, as when there is a sun light, it gets very hot in the inside and is basically emitting heat into the room. Also now there appeared some sort of weird blistering on the...

Hi all, I'm currently 1st fixing my security alarm cable in my own self build and I am trying to minimise any visible cable / trunking on / around the window frame. It's all hard wired as I am not a great fan of wireless. The frames are UPVC. I have already fitted 2 concealed Elmdene flush...