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    First floor chimney hearth repair and prep for tiling

    Thanks foxhole, going ahead with this approach
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    First floor chimney hearth repair and prep for tiling

    Hi I'm trying to level the constructional 1st floor hearth in our terraced Victorian house this weekend in preparation for it to be tiled but could do with some advice on what to do or not. I've removed all the loose rubble and old concrete back to supporting brickwork beneath leaving a hole...
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    Roof repair - worth replacing render with coping stones

    The old veluxes were done by the previous owner I think - right dog's dinner. We've been saving up to completely redo the roof and here we go. If we can get the neighbour to the rights permission to top the rendered parapet with coping stones, is it worth doing?
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    Roof repair - worth replacing render with coping stones

    Hi We're about to bite the bullet and replace our terraced house roof tiles and give it a complete refreshment. At the back of the house there's a brick-on-side parapet wall, and at the front of the house it's a rendered brickwork (photos attached). Our roofer has quoted to replace these with...
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