Recent content by jshailes

We currently have a rather sloped garden, about a meter drop from the front door to the bottom of the garden. We've been considering the possibility of levelling it and I'm struggling to figure out the options. Ideally the garden would be the same height as the front door, so build a meter high...

We're currently in the process of plastering over artex and sanded it down last weekend. The plasterer told us to send a sample away for testing so I contacted a testing company (asbestos watchdog) and had long and interesting response, essentially explaining that asbestos got it's bad name from...

Before undertaking the tiling in the main bathroom I thought I'd try to get some practice by retiling around the sink in the downstairs wc. Having removed the tiles I'm unsure of what layers I've removed (in addition to grout) and how to prepare the walls for retiling. It seems like the tiles...

Flexible white layer on tiles directly around the sink

Hard concrete layer on top of the powdery concrete

Soft/powdery concrete in a wire frame

I have a condenser bolier and have heard that black grit can accumulate in the condense outlet pipe. The reason I've been looking into this is that the copper pipe into the waste pipe is blocked with grit and I'm guessing it must have been either a reaction with the copper or a product of the...