Recent content by sandy10

May be a stupid question, would diesel work as well, as I have some at home! :shock:

Thank you, I'll try the wd40 :) I was considering nail varnish remover but think that will also damage the lacquer

Hi guys, Did some work above our spare bedroom window over Christmas, and used some flashband. Rather stupidly, left the roll on a table and forgot about it. My GF has been cleaning today and lifted it up to reveal a large black circle on the table where the flashband had been sat...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Shocking if these tiles are acting as a lintel! I'm on my ipad so can't upload a pic, but there are definite holes here I'd imagine are where the water is coming in. The pointing above this isn't too bad.

Hi, During the recent storm we had a lot of water running inside a window, coming in over the top of the frame. As it's on the first floor above a pitched on the first floor, access isn't possible so I deglazed the top light of the window to lean out - the mastic seal above the window was...

Thanks for the input.

Hi, We opened up our fireplace a month or so ago and after some cosmetic work and having it both swept and tested by a certified sweep we used it for the first time last night and all was well. Tonight we used it again and when I popped upstairs I could smell smoke which I traced to...

Hi, I've been advised previously that "as it's being sat on top of the original constructional hearth, it will be fine. The "returns" to the sides of the fireplace are on the borderline of the Building Regulations for new build properties".

Hi, I recently had engineered timber flooring laid on top of my existing floorboards. The flooring installer cut this around the existing concrete constructional hearth. Therefore the hearth now sits 17mm below the level of the flooring. I now want to infill this void, and inside the...

Hi Reg The floorboards I would cover are OUTSIDE the requirements of Building Regs - ie they are more than 225mm tucked around the face of the opening. The rest of the concrete will sit on the constructional hearth, so really the end bits are for aesthetics only, in making the new hearth...

Apologies, it's 350mm. IF a board needed to be raised (it's having engineered timber laid over the floorboards anyway) it will cause disruption anyway.

Hi, I'm planning to create a concrete hearth to the front of my fireplace, which will continue inside the fireplace allowing me to have a nice fresh upstand to tile. The constructional hearth is 750mm wide x 330mm deep. I want to make the concrete hearth extend to the full width of the...

Out of my budget! I'm forming a concrete hearth and tiling with slate tiles. I hope 10mm is sufficient.