Recent content by LJohno13

Thanks Ree - when you say NH do you mean Non-hydrated or Non-hydraulic? Tips on cleaning the back would be welcome - I've tried all sorts to clean the black off: wire brushing, oven cleaner, wire wool, all sorts, even tested bleach on it at one point and it didn't make a dent. Unless there's a...

Cheers for that Frank, that's really helpful. So for the interior I need to be going for a non-hydrated lime and working out whee I want the colour to be, cheers. I've posted a few pictures below:

Ree - It's the actual chimney breast in my dining room inside the house, thankfully the exterior work was done around 4-5 years ago before I bought the house. The brickwork itself is in decent nick as it had been plastered over and left that way for around 50 years (on my best guess) - I'll try...

Afternoon all Could someone tell me what sort of lime I ought to be using to repoint an internal chimney breast? It's a Victorian, brick chimney breast. I have raked the old lime out so that it is ready for repointing but I'm confused about what I should be using to repoint it/ where to buy...

Thanks for the quick reply Freddy - have you used this before? NPower are kindly fitting normal insulation for free, which I will put on top of the acoustic roll, so it's the sound absorption quality that I'm mainly concerned with. Thanks again.

Hi All Have installed acoustic plasterboard onto resilient bars hung from the joists in the bathroom. I'm about to fill between the joists with acoustic roll to block the sound out and would appreciate some advice on the best sort to use. The total area is roughly 2x3m so I could probably get...

Dear All I'm looking for some advice on how to support the chimney stack when removing a chimney breast. The chimney breast is in the bathroom and runs from the first floor to the stack (ie not all the way to the ground floor). I want to remove it to give a square bathroom. I will be...