Repairs & maintenance

Articles in the Repairs & maintenance category.

Editorial illustration of a stylised brick chimney and stepped flashing on a slate-coloured roof, not a photograph of a real job

Chimney leaks: is it the pointing, the flaunching or the flashing?

Why a damp chimney breast is often a stack or leadwork problem, and how to tell pointing, flaunching and flashings apart before you quote the wrong job.

9 November 2026

Editorial illustration of stylised roof rafters with a beam of light, not a photograph of a real loft or job

Repairs & maintenance

How often should a roof be inspected?

When a roof inspection is worth doing: after storms, before buying a house, when a stain appears, and as occasional maintenance rather than a fixed calendar rule.

6 November 2026

Editorial illustration of a tiled roof slope with one slipped tile and a drip of water, not a photograph of a real job

Repairs & maintenance

Signs your roof needs repair before it soaks the ceiling

The early signs a roof is failing: stains, slipped tiles, moss-filled valleys, gritty gutters and damp in the loft — and when a repair is no longer enough.

2 November 2026