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Has anyone tried this new medium light weight cornice? In this case the material is called Duropolymer and is made by Arthouse and sold by Homebase. It's heavier than polystyrene coving and has a plasticy finish. The gun cement Arthouse sells for fixing is a water based stuff. Seems...

Has anyone tried this new cornice material? In this case it's called Duropolymer and is made by Arthouse and sold by Homebase. The gun cement Arthouse sells for fixing is a water based stuff. Seems the same as so called water based No Nails and the likes. The problem is...

Hello: can anyone reccomend a device that will both prevent most rain water from falling into the chimney pot and will allow a solid fuel stove or open fire to function efficiently? Have tried one that resembled a chinese hat with a mesh below but it caused the fire to emit smoke into the...

You know when interior plaster or render has been previously painted and the old paint will neither come off nor stay on. You think you've got all the loose stuff off but your new paint, even solvent paint, gets under the edge and loosens more paint. Has anyone got any ideas? A sealer...

This Easy Sand joint filler is necessarily as soft as chalk. It absorbs the emulsion and becomes even softer. Very occasionally tiny bubbles form. Also it can tear if I make the mistake of re-rolling over a still soft part. This has happened with Gyproc and Knauf. There is a primer...

Around this area in Wales many of the slate roof verges are finished with mortar. The slates finish flush with the rendered gable end then a strip of what looks like sharp sand mortar built up. The strip is about 8 inches wide, 2 inches deep and overhangs the gable end by an inch or so. I...

Hello: can you please advise the correct type of steel lintel and the weight of the lintel for the following: 9" solid brick lime mortar wall. Structural opening 2400 (plus 300 bearing surface) = 2700mm. Load on lintel outer leaf: wooden wall plate supporting roof trusses plus...

Hi: has anyone found a way of removing burned on soot from inside a red brick fireplace, short of grinding or sandblasting. Surely there's a solvent out there somewhere. Hydrochloric acid brick cleaner doesn't work too well. Ebay offers several products such as 'Calfire', 'Hotspot', and...

Hi: has anyone found a way of removing burned on soot from inside a red brick fireplace, short of grinding or sandblasting. Surely there's a solvent out there somewhere. Hydrochloric acid brick cleaner doesn't work too well. Ebay offers several products such as 'Calfire', 'Hotspot', and...

Hello: I would like to widen the aperture, presently a window, in a 9” solid, lime mortar, red brick wall, from 3ft to about 7ft to make a doorway. The aperture will be extended in one direction only towards the corner of the building leaving about 9” of wall at the corner upon which to support...

We had our roof reslated about three years ago. 12k it cost with a ten year guarantee. Water has seeped in via both chimneys ever since. We gave it about 2 years for the original dampness from the old roof to dry out but it got worse. We got him back about 6 months and he says he replaced the...

Hello: has anyone used Stihl SynthPlus chainsaw oil? I bought 5ltr from Ebay, about £20. It has the viscosity of used engine oil, no apparant anti-fling properties and, presumably as a result, doesn't last long compared to the gooey stuff I'm used to. Stihl says the serial number is genuine...