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When I did a couple of the rotted joists in the corner of the downstairs front room I just chopped out all of the bad stuff and then overlapped a couple of feet into the good. I did use coach bolts and plate washes, wrenching them up good and tight. I also supported the new pieces with bricks...

Thanks for answering. I don't recall exactly but possibly, Wethersfield smooth masonry paint. I've found a tub of the stuff in the garage. What about the removing of the old stuff? A scraper and bleach again I guess?

Any thoughts on what I can do to remedy this please? The lower panels, I attended to a couple of years ago. I took a scraper to them, removing the paint as best I could back to the render and then re-painted. It seems that the mold is within the paint. The upper panels I just washed with bleach...

My wife (quite the horticulturalist) seems to think that the would good down deeper than the concrete so would be impeded.

Sorry, I have that wrong. They're not 600 deep, they're about 300 deep and about 300 wide. It's a bit hard to tell as covered in soil either side. Don't know where I got the othe figures from, in my head. :-/

It's about 6m in length. It's an old stone / brick wall that developed a crack and so have taken it down. We want to replace with a hedge and so need the footings out to provide space for root growth etc.

Do you not think that it 'could' be done, but with fair bit of hard work? I'm not expecting it to go through like butter. More like just chipping away bit by bit. Currently, I have been using a lump-hammer and chisel. Working in from one edge. Surely anything has to be better than that! I stand...

What size jack-hammer do I need for breaking up strip-footings? They are about 400 wide by about 600 deep. I will be hiring. Likely, 110v electric. Hoping that I can do it myself in the one day. Thanks

Brilliant! That gives me some reassurance. Thank you.

I think it's movement due to clay. It's an 1890s semi with extension built in 1964 I believe, they moved-in in 1960. The long vertical join / crack was there when I was young in the 70s. It hasn't gotten any worse. In all reality we're not going to be getting anything 'repaired'. My mother is...

I think you may be. You're missing out. The ability to do a quick Google search for something, to access a document, a QR code, an email, order from Screwfix etc and not to mention Maps for navigation is invaluable these days.

It's an internet-based messaging system rather than telephone based sms yet both use your phone number. FB messenger is also internet based but requires a FB account. WhatsApp is better for sending pictures and videos as it's free. It also can be set to automatically store all pics and vids...

My parent's house has settlement cracks. There's a fairly decent one between the main house and the full height extension and others, below the windows of the extension etc. These are all historic as far as we can tell. They were present when I lived there as a youngster some 40+ years ago. We...

Interesting that the OP has gone awol. I guess they didn't like the answers given. And yes I agree, I would be pretty miffed if I was the neighbour.

It's not the caravan or motor home forums but moreso, the self-build forums that have all the knowledge and information. The former as you say, just seem to pay someone else to do it for them with no knowledge (I assume also no interest) in what's what. Which is fine until it isn't. I guess the...