Recent content by skadster

Thanks for the reply Ree. That's why i was asking about potential problems ree. I was hoping what i wrote in my first post regarding lining, easi-fill and sanding etc. were an option I could take. Without causing more damage. The sanding particularly worried me as the plaster is that old, I...

Thanks Ouch77 Thanks to the others who replied too, really appreciated.

Hi all, I've stripped back my hallway wallpaper which has exposed old plaster. It's pinkish reddish with hair coming out of it. So I'm sure that's the old horse hair and lime plaster. The plaster is sort of mottled in places (but still quite firm) with small dings here and their. I know I...

Hi, Been a bit ill recently so haven't managed to get a lot done. First fence though.

Thanks for the reply again ouch77. There wont be any gravel boards, it's just vertical slats/spars. Gravel boards would have been good as you suggested, but I have no say in that. I see what you mean about the jig, I use to use just a long inch wide bit of wood before, but I'll probably...

Hi again, Yeah dockey lol. Not thinking should have said large stones. We refer to anything here larger than fist sized as a dockey. I'm in Angus Scotland. I'm using eight foot posts sh74. So I've got the first run of posts in, used both lines as ouch77 suggested (thanks Ouch), thats...

Maybe pick one of them up today. I just used a normal level yesterday, placing it on two sides as I tamped the concrete in. Only got the first and last post in due to time constraints, picking up materials etc. Wish i had a pinch bar, ground was fill with dockeys. Hell on the wrists. Will get...

Thanks again Ouch77, sorry for the late reply, got caught up this last couple of days. My friend didn't specify quantity as the supplier also builds fences, so he assumed the quantity would be correct. I can only think with so few posts, the supplier was possibly thinking of 3m between posts...

HI Ouch77, Thanks for the reply. The concrete I'm just going to make myself. 3 aggregate, 2 sand and 1 cement. Thanks for the tip about the line top and bottom, as I only remember setting a bottom one. I also couldn't remember adding old rubble to domestic fencing (I remember doing it...

Hi all, I'm erecting a fence tomorrow in my pals garden, I done a bit of fencing before, but was decades ago, so just seeing if what I'm about to do is fine. my friend has two 9 meter sections of fencing to erect. The fence is to be six feet high. Posts are eight feet in height, wooden...

I would have done that mate, but the existing woodchip has completly bonded with the plaster as it's been up there that long, could get real messy! Gday2uk :Why didn't you just drill some small holes? You can feel when you hit a joist and are much easier to fill afterwards I would have...

Hi all, I am putting up a ceiling fan in my living room but the existing light wasn't on a joist, just attached to the lath through the plaster. I had to knock a hole in the ceiling to find the joist as the fan weighs about twenty pounds, but as the house is about a hundred years old the...