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The walls in my house are stone/rubble walls and in this room at some point it appears a concrete render has been put on the inside. We had a major ongoing leak in this room that was finally discovered to be coming down a chimney we didn't know existed (there are apparently two in the room, one...

drying out wall, rotten lintel

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I think I would get rid of the pillars and cap the gaps where they were, render and paint - much the same as you suggested...why do people leave us with these legacies to sort out!!:p Shame you can't get a colour that would match your house - I originally thought a sort of creamish colour but...

I used Zinsser BIN on a very knotty pine door, dabbed over the knots and then a full coat over the lot (as it was varnished and you don't need to sand if you use this as an undercoat) So far no knots have bled and as the top cpat was white I think I would have noticed them by now! So can...

I already have a wood burning stove in the adjacent room which is like a cosy snug, but this room is a bit of a non-use room, you use it to get to other places and it has nothing to draw you in. The mass heaters I am thinking of are not as you describe - but more like the ones they have used in...

Would love to build one of these in my house. Has anyone on here done it...what were your experiences? Or anyone considered it but didn't go ahead with it...why not? I have read up a lot about them but would like some personal opinions of people not trying to sell me the book!

I am planning to paint my bannisters and have read all the forums on the pros and cons of water based and oil based paints, satinwood, eggshell and gloss. So the spindles I figure I can get away with pretty much what I like but the bannister needs to be much more hardwearing...so what about...

No the shower is the one to the right of that. the label just says "leave" under it says "cooker", the shiny surface is because it has been sellotaped on!! Phew! Something less worrying than overheated fuses!

Thank you, I've done a bit more research, checked out how to remove the fuse wire, looks easy enough and checked out the cover issue....I think it is because I have the one fuse with the switch that the cover wouldn't have fitted back on (but at least I know what you mean now!)

Ban-all-sheds thank you for your reply. Sadly nothing in my house seem to follow the safe wiring in walls code. This is likely to be the same due to the configuration of walls, beams etc...see pic of where isolator switch is :( is relplacing a fuse wire a job for a pro? omega015 thanks for...

Hallo, We have removed our electric shower and therefore disconnected it from the isolator pull switch, however, the wire from the fuse box to the isolator switch is still live. Since it will be hidden behind new plasterboard I'd rather it was completely safe. Can I just turn off the mains power...