Recent content by smilermike2003

oh and wants £1600 to do it,

a builder said to me it needs to come down and 7 courses of bricks under need to come out and be replaced, otherwise could cause problems one day, and leaving it , a surveyer would rip the sh*t out out it if i sold, and could lose up to 5k on price??

Hi , i have looked at the back of my house and noticed that the chimney brickwork on the roof is leaning by approx 6 inches to one side over the entire length of the chimney (about 3 foot), also the wall from gable to about 6 feet under looks slightly bowed out , it is a terrace house and the...

all i want is it to stay on the wall and not blow out in the future

dont seal wall? did i say b4 that the outside wall is single skin and also has be painted at some time,, but the paint looks very tired if you know what i mean

ok before i start to put scratch coat on, do i seal wall with upa and let dry? ok if i put in steps can you copy and paste correct way for me?... seal wall with upa. fix beadings. wet wall well. apply scratch coat approx 1/4" thick (slightly wetter than pointing cement). allow...

Thanks for that infojust one last Q, how dry should the mix be roughly? sort of like pugg that you use for pointing or wetter? Mike

can some one tell me the steps and the mix to render an outside bathroom wall which is single skin? i beleive the mix is 4 sand 1 cement, and do i wet the wall 1st how thick is the scratch coat?and how wet should the mix be? When do i put the finishing coat on ? i have never done it b4, but...