Recent content by Mat D

Hi James, I actually asked someone I knew who was a building surveyor to take a quick look in the end in exchange for a bottle as I was worried about it. He said the builders were just lazy, instead of cutting a breeze block they left the lintel one sided. It was obviously a few years ago...

It's about 5.5 inches the the end of the lintel from the edge of the frame. Thanks for the advice, you have put my mind at ease a bit if it looks like it's just settlement.

thanks for the speedy reply. On the outside there is a hairline crack following the mortar. That crack in the right hand wall runs about 1m along the wall like that, until it narrows to nothing. Just chiselled some more plaster off, the crack is about 2cm. Is it normal to have such a small over...

Hi i've Read quite a few helpful posts on here before, so thought i would sign up and see if anyone can give me some advice with this: We are in the process of doing up a 1960's bungalow we bought last year. I've just got stuck into redoing the living room which has a big window/sliding door...