Recent content by jimmy86

Hi All, The mother in law has recently purchased a mobility scooter and has asked if I could build a concrete ramp up to the level of the PVC door threshold. This is my first concreting project and just had a couple of questions (I'll be using Blue Circle High Strength Concrete as this is what...

Hi All, So boards are all laid and decking is complete. Reasonably happy with the results for a first attempt at this sort of work. It's not perfect and I'm sure a professional would have a whole list of things that are wrong with it but for now it does the job. My only concern is as we have...

Thanks for the reply, I feel a little reassured. It is definitely a lintel, although it doesn't appear to be secured at all. I was just concerned because of the similar cracks in the render around all the windows on that wall and the poor condition of the brick work under the render and...

Hi all, Got some serious concerns after a discovery today. We are in the process of having some areas of rendering on the side wall of our house patched up as we were getting some damp issues and there were cracks appearing around the windows. On removing some render over a window, the...

the quote includes skimming 4 rooms and all hall and stairs with all ceilings overboarded and the upstairs room walls reboarded.

his quote was 3200 for skimming the whole house with overboarding ceilings (2 bed terrace). was on the cheaper end of the quotes we got but as was recommended and works with a gas engineer we have used who did a great job thought we could go for it.

yeah he is a brit. came recommended. think he might have just taken on more than he is comfortable with. do kind of feel that i got a "professional" in for a decent finish. tackle other diy myself. He is meant to plastering the whole house. The skim on the rest of the walls and stairs in...

Yes I agree joe. It looks like he has put some support behind the board. It still seems to be cracking along one of the joins in the boards though. Guess it cant be supported properly. Here are some pics the rad crack support

Thanks for the replies. Yes it looks like the bead is showing through, so guess it probably is him just being a bit tight, lol. Will have a word with him tomorrow and see what he says. Also just noticed that there is a fairly large crack where he reboarded a wall a re hung the rad...

here are the pics. hope it makes more sense now