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Oops cheers. I suppose that could be covering the original wood. :)

Hello 1930s house assume with newer roof, not sure on this. Any idea what these soffits are made of ? Plastic looking at clips, hoping not asbestos ? Any ideas ? Thanks askin as want a fan fitted and to extract though soffit, if not it's a big ass drill or tile vent I assume. Cheers

Hi I've read the threads on condensation so will look into that more now but I wanted to know what this plastic type roof membrane is? House is 30's semi do you think this is breathable? Looks like just plastic to me. Spoke to a builder mate would said just cut holes in this to get the moist...

ok me again ! thanks for the reply, gave me confidence to keep hacking plaster off so have found the arch so basically under that everything can go also the bricks on the arch the fronts have broken away, if i was to expose is there a way to make them look better...

hi there had a little more time to look at the fire place decided i am going to plasterboard it up but leaving the hole there the new photo the red box, that lower part of chimney is kinda hanging down can that come out? and still the pink bit u think would be fine to remove...

photo here think this is an arch the wall had a radiator on it so the markings is staining from that I believe. had all the boards up and the joists looked good. just checked again and no rot thankfully cheers for your help I need to get a proper chisel to get more plaster off...

Hi ya, yes it does look like there's an arch above! So anything below that can be removed I assume. I am happy now. If I go with the exposed brick what would be the best tool to remove the plaster? Seems about 2 inches of it!

thanks for the quick reply. I am going to either expose the brick work around the chimney and mount a tv over the opening ( putting in concrete lintel i assume wouldnt look good then) or open up the chimney and plaster the whole thing leaving the opening. the floor is a work in progress...

hello moved into a 1904 house a month ago. in the dining room I removed a radiator which was covering the old fireplace. I was left with the following. //www.diynot.com/network/welsh/albums/ the purple area was where an old fire was I think. but the cyan area is this just...

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Sorry you feel that way Shed but thanks for your comments, I was just being overly paranoid and I didn’t know the dates would actually matter. As solicitors and the like are involved I was a little concerned. FYI, I think you’ve actually misquoted me there but maybe I deserve that. If...