Recent content by LydiaEdwardianHouse

We have just laid and grouted a patio but can see a slight haze. They’re porcelain tiles and were treated with LTP beforehand. Any tips on how to remove the white sheen / film? Pic one of grouted area, pic two of non grouted

hi, we want to understand how to put an aco drain around a corner at a 90 degree bend. Can buy corners ones but they’re ridiculously expensive. Any advice appreciated

Ok thank you! Very annoyed as just paid a few £K for this to be done. Not ideal!!

Thanks for your response! Yes, that is being fixed, so it’s the cracks I’m concerned about. What is the solution? Is it a big issue?

Hi there Had work done on roof recently and a few cracks are appearing in the mortar - all quite wide (see ref pic attached). Be grateful if someone can say how much of an issue this will be as roofer ghosting us. Unsure if ok because tiles on top and sheeting below should do the job? Thanks

Thanks! Yes we are minimising water in house and have good extractor fans. V strange that nothing seems to help, IM hoping fixing the blown glazing might help?

Hi all We live in a semi detached Edwardian property with two large bay windows in the master bedroom and lounge. In the master, no matter what we do we seem to get excessive condensation each morning. We have tried a dehumidifier (didn’t work) so am at a bit of a loss to what we could do. We...

Thank you! That’s good to know. It was very thin and light, felt just like polystyrene so sure fine!

Hi all we have this wall in our house which seems to be covered in a polystyrene foam. Any idea why it would have been added? Seems to have been picked apart for some time and seems very easy to remove, but no signs of damp so wonder why it would have been added?! Insulation or to cover...

Hi everyone Recently sanded back our pine floorboards and got a beautiful look, however once we applied Osmo Polyx Raw it all went a bit wrong - it left a white sheen. Have since read you should ignore their advice and not just leave it but buff it and remove excess to avoid this happening -...

Ok thank you. That’s our concern - we just have to take his word that it’s the same sand but it looked very very different after immediate application

Oh ok so it will still go white will just take longer? Last time it turned white immediately! Know the weather is different but wasn’t anticipating such a huge difference

All one colour. He’s saying it will dry the same and it’s the weather but it looks entirely different and I can’t see how it will end up the same?

Hi there, looking for some advice on repointing work. last summer we got a guy in to repoint the parts of our house that he said needed doing, and he did a great job. However, we had no idea that it would make the house look so patchy (see first pic) so got him back in this week and basically...

We're due to have it skimmed next week but haven't had it done yet, no. Can't see any similar damage on other chimneys in the house and it seems to be just these two little patches here. We took out the cap on the bottom yesterday though that the previous owners added and A LOT of stuff fell...