Recent content by Frednewton

Thank you for your advice. I did exactly as you suggested and it has worked fine.

Hi, am lightly sanding an emulsioned paint wall prior to repainting, but the paint keeps peeling off right back to the bare plaster. I've now got a huge area without sound edges. House is 1989, probably two previous coats on the wall. No damp. Any tips, please?

Thank you, that's perfect, it is the comb filler that I have.

Thanks, I've managed to do it with some wire mesh stuffed in the hole, and then a cartridge of Stormdry repair mortar. Couldn't fit the cartridge gun in the gap either, so pushed it in by hand bit by bit, but it does seem to have worked. Next question, the 'rat man' thought that the rat had got...

A rat has entered my property via a hole in a brick cavity wall through which some pipes run. Ideally I would fill it with cement, but I can't get to it because a pipe runs across it. Is there some kind of 'liquid cement' or similar from a gun that I could use? Note that expanding foam is no...