If you live in a council house, there are various things you need to do to look after your home. This includes keeping it in a good state of repair, avoiding condensation and mould build up, preventing blockages, decorating, and filling minor cracks or holes.
This page includes various advice and information to help you look after your home.
If there is a repair which is our responsibility, please contact our team as soon as possible.
- Preventing condensation and mould
- Preventing frozen pipes and heating breakdown
- Advice on lead paint in the home – applicable mainly to pre-1960s homes
- Asbestos
How to videos
We’ve teamed up with our housing repairs contractor, EQUANS, to create a series of short how-to videos to help you with some common DIY tasks around the home.
Please note, these videos are a guide only. Make sure you feel confident in taking on the task yourself and follow the safety/guidance instructions of any products you use.
- Fixing a leaking wastepipe
- Boiler pressure release outlet defrosting
- Unblocking a sink
- Changing a door lock
- Changing flush pipe connection seal
- How to strip wallpaper
- How to bleed a radiator
- How to change a lightbulb
- Unblocking a toilet
- Fixing a stuck TRV
- Preventing and treating mould
- Reset a tripped consumer unit
Other useful links
- Cadent – for gas supply issues, including if you smell gas
- Severn Trent Water – for water supply issues, covers some Tamworth postcodes
- South Staffs Water – for water supply issues, covers some Tamworth postcodes
- National Grid – for information about power cuts in your area