Recent content by kev23a

OK chapi now i get it. Many moons ago i remember going with my dad to a local builders yard to get some "mortar",which was a sand and lime mix. He then added cement to it. this is why i was confused. So 4 sand to 1 cement ? any admix ?

As i said, the house is only 20 years old,built with sand and cement,(not mortar). So it needs to be pointed with a sand and cement mix.

Got to agree with you Chapi,the guys ive asked about it,all seem to POINT me to somebody else :lol: I might give it a go myself,I have an easy fix scaffold and lots of time to spare these days. What mix do you think, 2-1 ? or is that a bit strong ?

its red face brick

I need to get some pointing done on my gable end. The area in question is the full width of the house.It starts about 1.8 m above the DPC,and continous up for aprox 2m,so about 22 sq m in all. This area is very poor.(cracking and falling out) It seems to me that this may have been built in the...

cheers mate, ill check this out in the morning.

my belling xou90gss oven cuts out after 35/45 minutes. When it cools down it comes back on. Any ideas guys ?

I was told that if hardboard was fitted to a stud partition before the plasterboard, it makes for very good sound insulation. anybody else heard of this ?

probably ,its called a programmable thermostat.his boiler is in the loft so not easy to get at.

is there such a thing as an easy to set thermostat on the market. my friend has a Salus RT500RF and as he is not a Philadelphia lawyer he cant understand it.

I cant see the point of gluing the boards to the new joists,because they will inevitably shrink as they dry out.The method i have used over the last few years is.Lay the boards onto the joists with minimal fixings,just a couple of 8x50 screws in each board, and gluing the T&G joints with PVA or...