Recent content by manc1982

Hi All, hoping for some advice as i'm really confused about what to do! I've got a victorian terrace house with high ceilings. I'm currently looking at decorating, there is no coving and picture rail currently. Ideally i'd like to fit both but i'm wondering if just a picture rail with look ok...

Thanks for taking a look, it's much appreciated. I obviously know bugger all about this stuff lol. In terms of the pointing itself, i read it should be up to 30 days to reach it's full strength, i'm guessing the fact i can brush some the surface away after 6 days is probably not much to be...

Yeah i'm pretty disapointed tbh. The guy was a specific repointing company with good reviews but i guess i put too much trust in that and should've done some more research myself really. It's done now though, i'm just wary that i might've created myself an issue down the line when i come to...

I think Accrington bricks yeah and it was a cement mortar. I had no idea about the lime mortar thing until after the fact, kicking myself about it now :-(

Hi all, Hoping you can help me out with a couple of repointing questions that have been bugging me! I've recently had my house done, its an old victorian terrace built with engineering bricks with a narrow gap between the bricks. The bloke whos done the repointing has grinded out but has...