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Help my house is falling down - Sarah Beeney - TV is at it again...
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would the polis come round my house for harassment?
I saw that programme, and what the Beeney fails to appreciate is that whilst pulling cables is relatively straightforward, it's the bread and butter of our trade, ie the bit that actually keeps us busy for a few days at a time. Without it we would go bust or have to charge solicitor rates to make a living. Never mind the fact I hate peolpe pulling cables for me, cos they don't know how to treat the cable itself. Also failed to mention that even if you can get a sparky to 2nd fix only, they would still need to be invilved upfront to design the circuits.
i cant believe that men can think like that against women, i actually think its disgusting.!!
What if she lost her keys?
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A link to the actual programme, would be nice.
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I have changed the title for you, Wozz. (the more you put into a title, Mate - the better.
Here is a list of "Help, my house is falling down episodes 7th July 2011, 14th July 2011, 21st July 2011 and 28th July 2011.
7 Jul 2011:
Sarah helps to rescue single-mum Carole's dream of living 'the good life' in a 1950s bungalow in Lytham St Annes.
When Carole inherited her dad's bungalow it should have been the perfect place to live her dream, complete with hens and vegetable patch. But alarming cracks have appeared in the property and the floors are sloping, leaving Carole worried for the very future of her home.
Sarah and her team use specialist cameras and equipment to discover that the drains under the bungalow's 1980s extension are cracked, causing water to seep into the surrounding soil and the foundations to sink. The rest of the building is built on a concrete raft foundation sat on top of an unstable mixture of peat and sand. This has all left her home literally splitting apart.
The solution is to put piles under the home to support its foundations. It will eat up a considerable amount of Carole's budget but will leave her with a stronger, safer and more stable home.
This episode also demonstrates how to spot and avoid subsidence, and tips on how to know and understand your home's foundations.
14 Jul 2011:
Can Sarah help save a 14th-century Essex farmhouse from utter ruin?
Andy and Andrea Green are at the end of their tether with their home's leaking roof, the cracking render, rotting beams, and a dangerously decayed bathroom floor. The 500-year-old house has been in Andy's family since 1908. Can Sarah can offer a solution?
With timber specialists, roofing experts and plumbers on site, the results show terrifying problems: a deathwatch beetle infestation and impending structural failure in the cellar beams.
21 Jul 2011:
Sarah meets mum-of-four Christine Davis, whose home of 23 years in Woolwich is riddled with problems and threatening to slide away.
Christine's roof is on the verge of collapsing, and, worse still, the dangerously damaged electrics and a rodent infestation are making the home a disastrous health hazard. Can a digger, a timber specialist, a mouse-catcher and a clean out of the gutters return this property back into a place the family are proud to call home?
28 Jul 2011:
Sarah faces one of the most shocking properties yet where mysterious leaks have turned Denis Richardson's home into a swamp.
A permanent smell of sewage lingers in Denis Richardson's basement flat in London's Gipsy Hill and the home is a health hazard of faulty wiring, collapsed walls, and running waste water. If that wasn't enough the garden is being taken over by Japanese knotweed.
A damp specialist describes the leaks as the worst case he has come across in 20 years. As they prepare to tank the basement they also discover that at some stage all of the internal load bearing walls have been removed, leaving some of the shared walls without foundations.
---------- Post Auto-Merged at 13:32 ---------- Previous post was made at 13:14 ----------
I have changed the title for you, Wozz. (the more you put into a title, Mate - the better.
Here is a list of "Help, my house is falling down episodes 7th July 2011, 14th July 2011, 21st July 2011 and 28th July 2011.
7 Jul 2011:
Sarah helps to rescue single-mum Carole's dream of living 'the good life' in a 1950s bungalow in Lytham St Annes.
When Carole inherited her dad's bungalow it should have been the perfect place to live her dream, complete with hens and vegetable patch. But alarming cracks have appeared in the property and the floors are sloping, leaving Carole worried for the very future of her home.
Sarah and her team use specialist cameras and equipment to discover that the drains under the bungalow's 1980s extension are cracked, causing water to seep into the surrounding soil and the foundations to sink. The rest of the building is built on a concrete raft foundation sat on top of an unstable mixture of peat and sand. This has all left her home literally splitting apart.
The solution is to put piles under the home to support its foundations. It will eat up a considerable amount of Carole's budget but will leave her with a stronger, safer and more stable home.
This episode also demonstrates how to spot and avoid subsidence, and tips on how to know and understand your home's foundations.
14 Jul 2011:
Can Sarah help save a 14th-century Essex farmhouse from utter ruin?
Andy and Andrea Green are at the end of their tether with their home's leaking roof, the cracking render, rotting beams, and a dangerously decayed bathroom floor. The 500-year-old house has been in Andy's family since 1908. Can Sarah can offer a solution?
With timber specialists, roofing experts and plumbers on site, the results show terrifying problems: a deathwatch beetle infestation and impending structural failure in the cellar beams.
21 Jul 2011:
Sarah meets mum-of-four Christine Davis, whose home of 23 years in Woolwich is riddled with problems and threatening to slide away.
Christine's roof is on the verge of collapsing, and, worse still, the dangerously damaged electrics and a rodent infestation are making the home a disastrous health hazard. Can a digger, a timber specialist, a mouse-catcher and a clean out of the gutters return this property back into a place the family are proud to call home?
28 Jul 2011:
Sarah faces one of the most shocking properties yet where mysterious leaks have turned Denis Richardson's home into a swamp.
A permanent smell of sewage lingers in Denis Richardson's basement flat in London's Gipsy Hill and the home is a health hazard of faulty wiring, collapsed walls, and running waste water. If that wasn't enough the garden is being taken over by Japanese knotweed.
A damp specialist describes the leaks as the worst case he has come across in 20 years. As they prepare to tank the basement they also discover that at some stage all of the internal load bearing walls have been removed, leaving some of the shared walls without foundations.
Perhaps the electrical work is a preparation for a sequel programme? "Help My house is burning down"??????
Ooooh - update.
Mrs KME was somewhat incensed, and sent off:
wait for it...............
A reply......... :
Mrs KME was somewhat incensed, and sent off:
And.......Today there was................
wait for it...............
A reply......... :
Which leaves our trade............where????
that is ridiculous!!!!
wonder if I can do my gas line then?
a bit of copper into the floor void, then some 1/2" hose pipe will be OK so I dont have to make any bends.!!!!!!!!
wonder if I can do my gas line then?
a bit of copper into the floor void, then some 1/2" hose pipe will be OK so I dont have to make any bends.!!!!!!!!
Yes, paddler - we`re on that track now.....I`m going to copy the fleamails to my AE (same one as Snakehippy), AND to NIC head office - lets see what they have to say.......
It was only a few days ago I had a self-conglatulatory email from NIC, `cos they`ve had mr. Tony Cable on telly again. Whoopee - doo - dah, FFS!!!!
We need some sort of standard resolution on this.
BTW; have you read the 2 letters on here:
Does Your House Need Rewiring? - Channel4 - 4Homes ?
(soon to be 3 - think my coppersworth has to get stuffed on there.......and you lot as well.....c`mon, you KNOW you want to!
It was only a few days ago I had a self-conglatulatory email from NIC, `cos they`ve had mr. Tony Cable on telly again. Whoopee - doo - dah, FFS!!!!
We need some sort of standard resolution on this.
BTW; have you read the 2 letters on here:
Does Your House Need Rewiring? - Channel4 - 4Homes ?
(soon to be 3 - think my coppersworth has to get stuffed on there.......and you lot as well.....c`mon, you KNOW you want to!
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I like the one about 'Caroles' subsidence....and how you can spot it. If I get chance I will take a pic of the road in question. It is the road that inspired Blackpool Pleasure Beach to bulid the 'Big One'. ... :coat
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