Extremely thick or sticky and difficult to apply rules out MS polymer sealants so thanks for the info.
In addition to the Osmo wood filler, I'm thinking about trying Toupret wood filler, Cuprinol Trade All Purpose Wood filler and Prestonett Ready Mixed Wood Filler. Have you any experience of...
Thanks very much, opps I'll take a look at Timbabuild.
Is the Osmo water based wood filler any good or are there any other one part fillers that are worth using?
I am in the process of doing up my 1930's wooden front door, the door has a porch and upvc doors in front of it so it not actually an external door. I have stripped all of the paint and am looking to fill the joints with a flexible filler before priming and glossing the door. As the filler needs...
Brilliant response, Vinn! Much appreciated.
As I'm rubbish with heights I will contact some local roofers to get some quotes but will ensure they remove the liner, explain how they will seal the top of the chimney breast and will pop in a couple of air bricks. Can I just check that the...
Thanks again, Vinn. The owner of the roofing company has had a look at the stack and cannot understand why there is a leak. He has offered so solution if the latest attempted fix doesn't work and said we have the "Rolls Royce" standard of stack work.
He seems unlikely to want to spend any more...
I have quite a lot of photos from various stages but will try to upload a photo from inside the loft showing water on the wood, one of the damp patch on the bedroom external wall (the chimney breast is on the other side of the wall) and some of the stack before the bellcast was fitted to the...
Thanks, Vinn. I had a new roof fitted last year and ever since have had problems with a leaky stack (damp appearing on the wall and ceiling of the bedroom adjoining the chimney breast). There is also a damp patch on the wood in the loft which is underneath the chimney back gutter. So far the...
Hello All,
After multiple attempts to fix a leaky unused external chimney it looks like the stack will need to be removed to roof tile height. I wanted to find out if there are any issues to consider before the work starts or if it will be fairly straightforward as the chimney is external? Will...