Recent content by Guy Carnegie

Not pretty. This is the bit in front of the bins. Rake for scale. That's probably the worst bit. Not spending a fortune on it though

I have a shaded area of my garden which was poured with concrete about 8" thick about ten years ago, and the surface has blown with frost cycles. I want to tidy it up, but I'm not about to bring in the big guns to break it all out and repour it or replace with something else entirely, at a cost...

Might be worth doing but looks like a lot of work and curious how it would look for a single house in a terrace. Would only consider it if ROI is well within 10years though as planning on moving house around that time, unless substantial increase in house value. No point if I'm just breaking...

What does that external wall insulation look like?. I wouldn't want anything that looks "out of place" from the street. How does it 'terminate' around window and door apertured?

Looking to improve the efficiency of our house and am a bit confused as to the best way to insulate out walls. I live in a granite end terraced house on 2flrs. Our front wall has a large window in smallish sitting room and front door in hall. Door between hall and sitting room is hard against...