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    Best way to plaster this internal brick wall?

    The back wall in this room of my house had damp issues when my parents lived there. The roof had been leaking and the pvc window was damaged. The rooms were always cold because they didn't use the heating so condensation as well. The house was re roofed some years ago and I replaced the windows...
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    New doors, re use door frames in house renovation?

    I'm renovating my parents' house and intend replacing the internal doors. Getting rid of crappy sapele 1980's doors and intend fitting oak doors instead. Just wondering if I use the old door linings, what happens to the recess where the old latch plate is? Is the new plate fitted in the same...
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    Plasterers/carpenters is this acceptable?

    I've just had a stud wall moved to make a bathroom out of a small bedroom. Now have large front bedroom and smaller back bathroom to be. However, I think this is shoddy work - ripped paper, holes and damage. A sawn end of the board exposed. And a gap where the new wall meets the old. When I...
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