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I think its residue Timbo as its alot more white in some areas. Do you think over spraying it would be the best solution?

Hi all We had some grey upvc french doors fitted last year. The installer left expanding foam stains everywhere so I bought some Soudal foam remover. Having followed the instructions to the letter there was a horrible white residue left on every point I used the remover which looks worse than...

There is an angled mound of cement under the lead which slopes down and away from the wall. The lead is sealed into the main brick wall. The seal is tight.

Hi Steve. It’s lead

This picture might explain better

Hi cdbe. I can’t remember anything like a cavity tray being installed. There is a bedroom window above the area though and the bottom corners both need pointing by the looks of it. Could it be coming from there maybe? I doubt it’s coming from higher than that as the bedroom window over hangs the...

Hi all. After 18 months we have just started to get rain water coming in to the house between the top of the bifold door and the plaster. The rain has been heavy and upon investigation there is a small hair line crack which runs the length of the first mortar line of the three rows of bricks...

hi all. We live in a long detached house built in the 60s. There were 2 chimneys when we moved in last year, the one for the old boiler which was sat in the kitchen has been completely removed since we had the boiler replaced and relocated. We now want to completely remove the large fireplace in...

Hi all. I’ve just laid 18mm Elliotis Plywood over the top of existing solid floor boards which are suspended in my kitchen diner. There are also a number of air bricks on the external wall for ventilation. Question is, should I have primed the underside of the plywood before screwing down? To...

Tony. Mine will not be too far off your pic except its got another a bedroom above the left and right side. Sounds like my job has been over engineered. But better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for all the replies chaps.

Hi John. 7.5 m room. 5.5m opening for bifolds. SE has asked for 440 x 215 thicker piers each side of the opening which I’m fine with and agree with as there’s alot of weight. It was the extra wind posts in the cavities inside the 440 piers which i thought was a bit OTT. However the SE emailed...

HI John. There is around 750mm of existing brickwork/wall, on the inner bricks, either side of the opening/bifold doors. Then one side comes to a internal wall, which is stud, then the other side comes to the external side wall of the house. Again, the SE has come back to say don't bother with...

Hi steve. I get what you are saying about the building regs and the original calcs but if problems occur later in life then who will be liable? Not the SE as he has further recommended windposts (at a later stage) the engineering brick pier at 440 x 440 gets me out of this though which is good...

Hi woody. The actual amount of beam which sits on the pier at each side will be 250 mm but there’s alot of wall either side as stated above. There’s actually another room to the left hand side of the bifolds on the ground floor. The SE said it was to do with wind against the size of the bifolds...

Any ideas Tony?