Recent content by Big.Wayne

Hi MarkusM, any chance you can take a high res image and post it up please. Include the lowest portion of the wall and the ground directly below also.

Hi Cantique, how do you know the ceiling is attached with nails? Also normally joints are taped to add a little reinforcement. One or two Drywall Screws should be enough to re secure the board, if there is a slight gap between the board and the joist above it you may be able to wangle a small...

Hi Scott, what room is that in please? Kitchen or Bathroom? When you say the corner of the wall do you mean the silver bead running vertically or do you mean the flat window reveal? I can't quite make it out from the photo but is that reveal plasterboard or a solid wall?

I've always used Gyproc Ready Mix Joint Cement, works out more expensive to use but dries nice and quick, doesn't shrink and sands up amazingly smooth and to a feathers edge. I tried one bag of Easy-fill and didn't get on with it as it was quite resistant to sanding compared to the Gyproc Ready...

I'm not sure if we can write off treatments like anti-sulphate as nonsense snake-oil, there is some science to it which makes sense but it's hard to tell from the O.Ps photo what the exact problem is that has caused the surface plaster/render to debond. If it's an ongoing damp issue then I...

Salt Neutraliser 5L SALT NEUTRALISER ANTISULPHATE / TANKING / MASONRY, STONE, BRICK, PLASTER 1L Antisulphate 5L

Hello rhodes73, that looks like an easy repair job but I am wondering what the reason is that this section has had to be removed? . . Is there an underlying issue that needs to be dealt with to avoid the same thing eventually happening again to the new patched area? I was reading that...

Hello Bain85, Which room/s are the damp patches appearing on the wall? Is it an internal or exterior wall? . . . Probably wouldn't hurt to post up a few pictures.

Hello nickjones87, I'm only a beginner but the photos you posted look very similar to the ones on this salt damp page: http://www.britpres.co.uk/services/damp/salt-damp.html