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Why Is My Chimney Leaking?
A chimney usually leaks for one of four reasons. The flashing where the stack meets the roof has failed, the mortar capping on top of the stack has cracked, rain is falling...
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Straight answers to the questions we get asked on the doorstep, written by the team that does the work.
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What Is a Dry Ridge System?
A dry ridge system holds the ridge tiles along the top of a pitched roof with mechanical fixings, screws or clips into a timber batten, instead of bedding them in mortar. A...
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Do You Need Planning Permission for a New Roof?
Usually not. Replacing the roof on a house with materials that look the same, at the same height and in the same shape, does not need planning permission in England, because...
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Can Spray Foam Insulation Stop You Selling Your House?
Spray foam insulation can stop a house sale, but it rarely does so on its own. What usually happens is that the buyer's surveyor finds foam sprayed across the underside of...
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What Is Roof Ventilation?
Roof ventilation is controlled airflow through the roof space, designed so that moisture rising out of the house can escape rather than condensing on cold timber and the...
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Why Gutter Maintenance Matters
Gutter maintenance matters because the guttering is the only thing standing between a roof's entire rainfall and the walls, timber and foundations underneath it. A pitched roof...
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Why Roofs Leak in Winter
Roofs leak in winter because winter is the season that finds every weakness at once. Four things are happening together. Water gets into small cracks and freezes, expanding by...
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What causes damp patches on ceilings and walls
Damp patches on ceilings and walls come down to a handful of causes, and the single most useful thing you can do is work out which one you are dealing with, because the fix for one...
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How to Extend Roof Life
You extend the life of a roof by doing three things well, which are catching small faults before they turn into big ones, keeping water moving off and out of the roof, and...
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What are the risks of DIY roof repairs
The biggest risk of DIY roof repairs is a fall. Falls from height are the single leading cause of workplace death in the UK and have been in almost every year since 2001, killing 35...
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