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I removed some of the tiles on the rear tiled section between the ground and first floor on my 1960s Chalet style home to remove an unused old extractor vent. A piece of sarking felt was missing (for the old vent tube), and I could see half way towards the front of the house until an internal...

Plumber fitted new boiler recently and the new flue goes through a small pitched ground floor roof. Is this a bad job or am I being overly critical. Moreover, not sure the use of sealant/mastic under the sheet metal is a long term solution. Would value some opinions.

Hi all, first time posting, I'm hoping some of you kind folks might be able to help. A purlin in the roof of our new house was flagged up by the survey. One of the lap joints has separated, leaving something like a 1" gap (pictures give a good idea of the extent of the problem). The surveyor...

Looking for some advice on roofing if I may: I’m building a cabin with cold roof in SW UK and concerned about the air gap between insulation and OSB deck. The roof comprises (inside to outside): 12mm Q mark plywood Thick vapour barrier (black DPM) that is fitted best I could but without butyl...

Hi, Currently having a new roof installed and they have found rotten timbers and some structural issues. They have done the front side already which also had issues and have asked for an additional 1k to cover the extra work and materials involved with changing some of the timber and adding...

Hi. I don't have any building experience at all :eek: but I am going to have a go at making my own tool storage shed out of blocks (roughly 3m by 1.5m and just high enough to walk in). I'd appreciate any comments and suggestions on my "plan". As I progress I'll think more about each step before...

We had our verge mortar replaced one month ago. The roofer took off all the tiles, replaced the under cloak, and then put new mortar down and replaced the tiles. Would anyone have any ideas of what went wrong? The mortar has come away from the under cloak along its full length, and a few...

Hi We are in the process of buying a house that got planning permission as a 'conservatory' but as it has opens into the house with no external doors, and has no independent heating it does not meet this criteria and is an extension. We got an architect round who said the timber beam supporting...

Hi there Had work done on roof recently and a few cracks are appearing in the mortar - all quite wide (see ref pic attached). Be grateful if someone can say how much of an issue this will be as roofer ghosting us. Unsure if ok because tiles on top and sheeting below should do the job? Thanks

Hi All, new here so please bear with me. I have recently replaced the flat roof on my brick built shed and am thinking I am wanting to insulate the roof as I am getting condensation on the underside of the roof boards. I have some left over loft insulation, enough to do the job, so was thinking...

Hi, I've had all the gutters and downpipes to the main house replaced - previously plastic/cast iron mix. The new gutters are 5" seamless aluminium in a Victorian style and downpipes 68mm cast aluminium. The upper part of the side gable was previously a rotten wooden gutter with fall to the...

We've got a flat roof on top of our apartment block that is approx 30 years old, and are looking for general advice on maintaining it, as we are concerned about the discoloration. Some basic questions we have are: - What is the roofing material? Zinc? Tin? Lead? Something else? - Is the...

Hi all. We suffer from a lot of noise in our top floor bedroom. The walls are slopey - directly below the roof. The insulation there looks minimal to me. There appears to be enough space to add further insulation without losing the 50mm gap needed for air circulation. Can I just slide in more...

Hello, We have a bungalow with a dormer roof which has vented soffits (image attached) in cold weather the soffits allow cold air into the roof so the edges of the ceiling are colder and moisture condenses on these cold areas which leads to mould (image attached). I have recently fitted a loft...

So we recently bought a house that had a chimney breast removed and supported at loft level on brackets. I noticed when heavy rain there was water coming through the chimney stack and hitting the ceiling causing a stain below. there was already mushroom caps fitted and the haunching on the top...

Hi all, I'm looking for some opinions on the cause of some wet rafters in the attic. The rafters to the rear (north facing) elevation are all wet on top and down the sides. The rafters on the front (south facing) elevation look to be okay. I'm trying to work out if the likely cause is a roof...

We noticed a leak by our chimney in the loft a few months ago when it rains. We have had the ridge tiles replaced and a new chimney cap placed to try and solve the issue. The next suggestion is repointing the chimney, though it’s not very obvious that this needs doing. Is there any other...

Hi all, I’m hoping for some advice. This morning the other half walked under the loft hatch in the office and was dripped on. I went up there and found this. I’ve called some local roofers and have two coming out next week to quote. But, seriously, what is this I’m looking at. There’s...

Hi there, Since we moved in to a newly built house we noticed annoying damp stains, patches and the paint crumbling in a living room floor are - you can see it from the staircase. We've been trying to establish the potential cause of the issue and we failed. Had a plumber testing our boiler...

I have a 1930s semi-detached with a 5-section bay window at the front. At the top front bedroom we noticed a damp patch in the ceiling of the bay window. Ah, water leak. Had a guy in to inspect it, which we paid £300 for. Went up on a ladder, had a look at it inside and also poked around in our...