Recent content by Bob_the_guilder

Any advice at all?

Hi, I have uploaded two pictures. I will have to do this job myself. I don't have any previous experience doing this sort of thing so would appreciate any guidance you can offer. When you say get the flue swept you mean I need to clean/sweep the chimney? And what do you mean test it? If I...

Hi All, I have opened up the fireplace in the living room. I want to make it ready to burn an open fire. What steps/stages do I need to follow - what do I need to do - to make it ready and safe for an open fire?

Okay. I will get a surveyor to look at it. Anything else you suggest I do?

Why a wind up? You just being facetious or what? Cavities are filled with foam for example as insulation so why not concrete? That's my question. Repair the wall, replace old mortar etc. and fill the cavity with concrete - that's the builders suggestion.

Thats useful Frank. I will do as you say and inspect for what is wrong and repair it. A builder suggested that I fill the cavity with concrete- a little bit at a time. i.e put some concrete in let it harden then some more next day etc. Is it a good idea to fill it with concrete?

I bought this house two years ago. It was built in 1892. Tonight I was in the living room. I noticed for the first time that the plasterboard had moved away from the external wall (inside the house but this wall is an external wall) and oddly there was a draft coming into the house. I tore away...