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Hi, I have a wall in the bathroom looking worse for wear after removing old tiles - plaster came off too! Unfortunately I have horrible blockwork type walls (black lightweight brick 1930's house). This blockwork makes it very difficult (impossible) to remove all plaster back to brick as the...

Hi all, I have recently had new central heating and plumbing installed and am bout to create a Utility room however the plumber hacked away at flooring and removed damaged floor boards and now this are of floor needs to be made good. Can anyone please advise on the best way to go about...

Hi all, I am hoping to get some advice on preparing a part suspended floor in loft above stairs. This will form a small room in corner part of which hangs over an unsupported area at edge of existing floor.I need to support areas A and B on the drawing. I have been advised to "hang floor from...

Hi, I had a new extension built and the plasterers left the screeded floor in a state. I have swept/hovered up plaster dust but there are many "blobs" of plaster dried on the floor. Do I need to scrape all of these off? Or can I just SBR the whole floor as is prior to the compound going on...

Hi All, I had an extension built recently and I have since been advised that the plasterboard in the extension area should not have gone down to the floor level. I have been advised by two separate people that it should stop a few centimetres above screed floor level. Does anyone know if this...

Hi All, My first post here - the first of many I hope as I have been [trying to] refurbish a house extensively! I had an extension built and the extension area has been screeded (with issues!). The extension created an open plan area for kitchen, dining room and extension as one room. The...