Recent content by Neil Carroll

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Can someone please confirm something for me regarding these bricks , I've replaced bricks in the past when the faces have fallen off , it's a pain , but doable , however these bricks appear deeper than actual bricks , surely they will stick out , I'm assuming I'm wrong , can someone please...

I live in a Terrace built in the 1800s , I've attached a picture of the decorative bricks under the eaves , I've lived here for 25 years and have noticed over that time that the fronts of these bricks are starting the crumble , also more of a concern they are becoming misaligned , I'm assuming...

Afternoon , I live in a mid Terrace , I've noticed recently that the chimney is losing parts of the mortar and there are even bricks missing after harsh weather , the neighbour who shares the chimney left his property 5 years ago to move abroad and left it vacant , ( he owns it ) , I have no way...

That's ok , I've got no issue with it being described as mold , I just wanted to be as specific as possible , Cant really increase airflow , windows are open in warmer times and there is a fan which comes on with the light switch , thanks for the advice.

Well I say mould , it's the black stains that appear within the grout and can be removed with bleach , room is well ventilated with a window and extraction fan

Morning , Happy New year. I have an issue with my white bathroom tiles , the grout over the years is getting black mould on it , its as well ventilated as possible , however it continues to produce black spots , about 2 months ago I cleaned all of the grout out and replaced it with mould...

I've managed to set this up recently and the process of pumping water through goes really well , however Ive only used the stuff you put into radiators to flow through the system and it's only partially shifted the muck , has anybody got any suggestions of what I could manually pump through so...

I am wondering if this heat exchanger (DHW) section could be cleaned by adding a hose to point 33 and pumping non toxic cleaner into it and then having a hose from the other exit point going into a bucket and circulating the cleaning fluid for a period of time , othewise I don't see how it can...

So I've lifted some of the flashing up , just about the first foot and I can see that behind it the bricks literally have no mortar in them , I haven't inspected further , however it looks as if the wood lis likely to be a lintel , I'm assuming this is the problem , what ill have to do is remove...

I had my roof done approx 25 years ago , never been happy with it , I have a terraced house and the low level pitched roof joins the main building . Theres a leak , it's getting worse and worse and the bad weather this week had it leaking through the low level ceiling ( it's happened before ...

I had my roof done approx 25 years ago , never been happy with it , I have a terraced house and the low level pitched roof joins the main building . Theres a leak , it's getting worse and worse and the bad weather this week had it leaking through the low level ceiling ( it's happened before ...

Apologies , thanks John

Good evening , hope you are all well, I'm trying to purchase some small plugs to attach wires to a PCB , shops dont stock them and I've already ordered the wrong ones , please see the attached image , can someone please tell me how you measure these so I can ordered replacements , what am I...

So here is an example , always happens at specific scenes , my phone res isn't so good , the first image is the good one