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Builder/roofers opinion
Hello, I would like a roofer/builders advice on the following roof if possible. Obviously this is a roof that peeled off a building during high winds. I don't feel that the roof has been maintained and secured properly but obviously I'm not skilled enough to say. Any advice would be extremely helpful please.
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Straightening a warped door
Does anyone know the best way to straighten a warped door? I found an original (to the house) 1940s 4-panel door that had been left outside for a long time leaning against a wall. It's exactly the same as ours and we were missing one so I took it for restoration. Anyway, it has restored really nicely but even though I…
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Any electricians on here, please help
Hi All Our upstairs lights are not working, my husband changed the fuse but they're still not on. It must just be coincidence but our ceiling were skimmed today but only one upstairs. Please help if you have suggestions. Thank you.
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Sticking Double Glazed Doors
Hi everyone, My house has aluminium double glazed doors in every room leading out to a balcony. Two of these doors stick so badly in the summer that I am unable to open one of them without a great deal of effort, and have to get my husband to open/close the other one for me. This is a real pain, as you can imagine. I…
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Binding carpet remnants (to use as rugs).
Has anyone done this themselves and what did you use? A local carpet store charges £5 a metre!
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Drain Backing Up, Any Advice Please?
Hi all, I wonder if anyone could advise me? Toilets and washing machine drain been backing up here, you know the drill, fills to the top then slowly drains away. Lifted the manhole cover in the back garden and it was nearly filled up with a big clog of toilet paper and waste. Did what was needed and got it all out into…
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Ferroli boiler stop starting
I have an old Ferroili boiler that has just started to stop start every couple of minutes, when on Central heating, seems ok at first, but then after about 20 minutes keeps turning itself off, then on again, etc I have been ripped off before so any advice would be welcome so I know what's going on when I call heating…
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Boundary questions
We're currently looking for a more suitable house to continue caring for my Dad, who has Alzheimer's. We have sold our existing property but are having trouble finding another which meets the required criteria. One that we have seen is perfect inside, but I wonder if you can assist with my queries regarding the outside,…
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Filling in holes in brickwork
Hi Taking down an old lean to soon , that is on the back of the house ,before i do that , i want to make good some holes in the brickwork , from washing machine pipes etc , what is best to use , expanding foam , or some sort of ready mixed mortar? or? Cheers
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Advise Following HomeBuyers Report - Roof support/trussing
Hi All, Just got my homebuyers report, and it notes that there is "insufficient bracing" in the roof space: Just wondering if anyone with more experience can comment as to whether its common to see this kind of thing due to continual development of building regs, and its unlikely to need doing unless we are doing something…
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Garage roof materials
My garage is leaking like a sieve at the moment, it is covered with those black bitumen corrugated sheets laid on top of a continuous OSB sheet. It's a very gentle slope from front to back, and the trouble is they get so distorted the water just sits in the corrugations then blown back up through the gaps when it's windy.…
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Filling in rat holes with cement
Hi, Have just discovered damage done by rats outside under a garage. [Have set bait traps and the rats are taking it, and we have de-cluttered the outside area]. Now we have a big hole which goes under the cement foundation of the garage. The hole itself is about 10" deep and three feet wide, and some tunnels dissapear…
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Scratched wooden floor
Hi my dog's claws have scratched the floor in my lounge over a large area. Some are deeper then others. The floor is a light oak and actually looks like laminate with narrow sections. The floor was down went I bought the house so I don't know where it was purchased. I'm wondering if it could be sanded and who would I ask…
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Electrical help please
Trying to sort out the mess of a wiring job done in the office at our new house, any ideas what this is? Can't see any markings on it at all. http://s846.photobucket.com/user/Chris_Fielder/slideshow/
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Moving to new home in the sticks with electric heating
Hi there, My boyfriend and I are in the process of buying a house and recently discovered that it has electric central heating. The agent had told us it was recently converted to gas from oil (we questioned an old oil tank in the garden) however after a chance chat with a neighbour yesterday she confirmed there is no mains…
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Fitting mirrors to existing sliding wardrobe
Hi I have some sliding cupboards which I want to put a sheet of mirror on to the face if as they are currently just plywood and not appealing I have seen a company called mirrorfit online that sell made to measure mirrors I need size 2.2 m high by 90cm wide and 3 pieces I had some questions For this size in a bedroom…
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controlbox for an electric resliner
I have a recliner sofa that I got from Reids Furniture 4 years ago. The control box for the motorised recliner has gone faulty. I know because I swapped it with one from the other side. It was made by a Chinese company Wemen Electric Machine Co. Does anyone know where I may be able to source a replacement as Reids haven't…
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Replacement trampoline net
I need to replace the net on our trampoline. It hasn't survived the storms. I bought the trampoline from asda £100 approx 2010/2011. I think the make was jumpking. Have goggled and it seems on amazon and other sites the nets are £80+. Its not relevant to the cost of the trampoline but it seems wasteful to scrap it too. The…
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Dishwasher faulty
Hoping someone will be able to point me in the right direction here, I have no idea about white goods! I have an integrated slimline Beko DW450 dishwasher, which isn't cleaning my dishes anymore. It seems to fill correctly, the bottom fills up, and it sounds as if it is working, but isn't actually heating or spraying water…
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heating controls
hi all what is the best way to control your heating, i have a combi in an outhouse along with heating control panel with a room thermostat in the house. My boiler is switched on all the time, but on the conttrol panel there are three options among, continuous, timed, off. i have been leaving this on continous and just…
