Recent content by mick1970

Thanks all. Yes there's not much plaster on this part, but on other parts of the wall it is more evident (the width at the top of this part is about 22mm, but on other parts it's only 16-17mm due to plaster. I've replaced the skirting in other rooms, where it wasn't so bad to start with and...

Hi all I have this rather ugly corner on skirting in a room I’m redecorating. I’d normally replace the whole lot but previous owners plastered over the edge of it and I don’t really have the time or inclination to get into repairing the plaster if I ripped it out. Any suggestions for prettying...

Thanks - I’ve inherited about 15 spare and picked up another 25 last weekend from a house rebuild in Reading via eBay. The roofers on the last job said they’d never seen them before

Two tiles marked, ridge tile is in line with these

Thanks all . I think I will shop around for some alternatives!

The trigger was water coming through a ceiling , I was able to get to the ingress point by taking out some insulation , there was a rip in the felt that the water was getting through. I’ve patched that myself on the inside for now. I’m a bit paranoid about the state of the roof , last owners did...

Hi I am in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Any idea what would be a reasonable estimate to replace 2 cracked tiles on my roof. I’ve also asked to check the felt underlay underneath . House is a bungalow so not working at massive height but scaffolding is seemingly required. £700 + VAT? Thanks Mick

Just to close this out.... spoke to neighbour again and it all comes down to some spurious agreement with the previous landowner that isn't worth the paper it's written on (which is none).... So , no , there's no grounds for the new landowner leaving a gap.

Thanks all. Yes I couldn't understand the logic. I wonder if there was some kind of agreement with the previous landowner (neighbour has been here for decades) but if so suspect there's nothing formal backing it up... I'll just ask him where he's got his information from.

Hi We have a field to the back of our house that recently changed hands. Previously there was about a 6m gap between our back fence and a barbed wire fence in the field. The new owner is now planting a hedge right on the other side of our fence line "to keep people from coming in and dumping...

Thanks very much for the information and the link. The IR heater has worked well so I think what I'll do is talk to my usual electrician about getting one wired in, and order a different one that has a remote/wifi on board so I don't need to use a smart plug. In the short term, is there an...

The trouble is the built in lead is too short - when the heater is mounted at the correct height, the plug is 2ft off the floor with the lead hanging straight down. When you say never use an extension lead, what's the issue - extension lead perhaps not of good quality (could be the case) or...

Hi all, appreciate any insight on this Electrical novice here. I have an 1800W infrared heater mounted on the wall in my conservatory/lounge. This is plugged into a 4 way gang plug (as built-in lead too short), in turn plugged into a Meross smart plug so I can turn off and on remotely. All...

This is a timely thread as I’m in the middle of insulating the summer house I inherited when I moved into my current house … I’ve been using it mainly as a home gym so my intention was to make it a little easier to heat in winter months. I’ve therefore gone for the options that are easier to...

Well to sort in the short term I put a tarp over the top , weighed it down and tied it with guylines to the corners (enough to survive the recent storms!) . Water ingress seems to have stopped . So I'll make do with this until the weather is clear enough to look at replacing. I may go for one...