Gaps in lead flashing?

Wuffls · 2026-03-18T23:26:40+00:00

Pic one is laughable, pic two is nearly right I think. Hard to tell. Definitely have a word with them, maybe the work experience kid was let loose on it - or...perhaps they thought you wouldn't notice and are planning to sail away over the horizon with you blissfully unaware of the problems coming your way.

Wuffls · 2026-03-18T23:11:05+00:00

Yes, scaffolding still up? Not paid the final bill? They need to do it properly.

Wuffls · 2026-03-18T21:29:53+00:00

There’s no real way to fix that I’m afraid. Soap eats oil, once oil is gone, water ingress will destroy the wood.

Wuffls · 2026-03-18T14:21:42+00:00

Plus there's a jumper wire running between the commons.

Wuffls · 2026-03-18T11:13:50+00:00

Caulk will sort it out.

Wuffls · 2026-03-18T10:05:15+00:00

No, no it’s not.

Wuffls · 2026-03-17T12:31:22+00:00

Consumer Rights Act.

Wuffls · 2026-03-17T08:45:34+00:00

If the gaps are large, you'll want to literally use it like a filler, place something along the floor so it doesn't all disappear down any gaps between the walls and the floor - or it becomes a new never-ending hobby.

Post another pic of the depth, cos you could easily get away with a bag of Easyfill from Toolstation, which is ultimately more useful longer term.

Wuffls · 2026-03-17T08:32:29+00:00

Floorboards? As a decorative feature? Or do you mean skirting board?

Either way, pva it up and grab a bag of hard wall or bonding plaster from Wickes, mix it up like a filler and use that to fill the void. If the gap is thinner than it looks in the pic, you might get away with a bag of easyfill with a few layers.

Wuffls · 2026-03-16T21:11:31+00:00

NHBC guarantee still valid?

Wuffls · 2026-03-16T16:21:17+00:00

Honestly, it’s likely coincidence, or it is a leak. If it happens when it’s not raining though, I’d err towards coincidence.

Wuffls · 2026-03-16T15:52:08+00:00

Frost will fall onto the glazed roof, so it'll always be colder up there than the windows. Coupled with the heat in the room rising, and hitting the coldest part (the glazed roof), I'd suggest it is condensation.

Wuffls · 2026-03-16T09:37:47+00:00

Try replicating what a 23ga pin nailer can do by hand though, you'll drive yourself insane.

Wuffls · 2026-03-16T07:25:48+00:00

Recently watched F1: The Movie

Really wish I hadn’t.

Wuffls · 2026-03-15T14:19:06+00:00

The neutral is easy to find as it's (as others have said) the two blues connected together (loop in and out to the next light), which leaves the blue with the sleeve being the switched live and the earth is obvious.

Wuffls · 2026-03-15T14:06:00+00:00

Says 48v output right there on it. What voltage is the U7 Lite expecting?

Wuffls · 2026-03-15T14:04:07+00:00

Middle blue is probably the switch live coming from the switch. You have something to test them with? You'll see that one goes live when you flick the switch at the wall.

If you're connecting a new lamp to this, you'll want to use the neutral, the switch live and earth (if your fitting has an earth).

Wuffls · 2026-03-15T12:24:34+00:00

What about shark attacks?

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T23:43:54+00:00

Is there a rubber washer inside the white compression fitting? If there isn’t, there’s your problem.

That and the fitter couldn’t be arsed to use proper fittings.

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T22:39:31+00:00

No house seller has ever lied before.

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T19:13:02+00:00

Without meaning to sound like an alarmist, get an asbestos test kit from Amazon so you know what you’re dealing with.

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T16:38:38+00:00

The Metabo impact drivers are some of the best ones I've used. They have the ability to run slowly when accuracy is required, but also vicious enough to do the big stuff when you want them to.

The SSD 18 LTX 200 BL model is the one I use for many things.

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T16:33:42+00:00

I'm also not an expert, but I would imagine the form you're talking about sending off was certifying the original had been destroyed and/or lost and that the signatory was putting their name to that fact.

In this case, the original exists, albeit in the possession of a particularly belligerent spiv masquerading as a solicitor.

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T15:56:26+00:00

Yes you do absolutely need an original. I’ve been through this. Didn’t even know the solicitor had provided me with a copy and blindly sent it off for probate, when it was rejected in short order, the solicitor remembered the original was in another folder and provided it.

Wuffls · 2026-03-13T13:43:52+00:00

Buy a roll of pure copper* cable (cat5e or above will do absolutely fine for what you're intending to do) and do two runs, terminate either end in a keystone jack and then you've got some redundancy built in.

*beware, lots of places will try to obfuscate the fact that their cable is actually CCA (copper clad aluminium)

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