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Hi All I have a stopcock that has seized open and I need to replace it but can’t work out the size. It’s an old house, it has the number 88 on it Does anyone know what size I should replace it with. The pipe below it is 15mm but I can’t measure the pipe above it. However it looks like it has...

Oh I see, sorry I miss read what you were saying. Taking off the top layer where the mould is shouldn’t be too much work (famous last words.) ok I will do that, sbr then a bonding coat. Thanks @RrogerD

@JohnD I probably won’t retile it. I could hack it off but it’s seems more work then just filling the holes and plastering over it. I really don’t see the point. Also these older houses need room to breath so im just looking at repairing the walls. The house gets very warm in each room and as...

@JohnD House was built in the late 1900s, I’m in Surrey. It’s got lots of fun stuff in the walls. Like flint lol @RrogerD I’m going to remove the tiles and whole bathroom completely and take it back to being a bedroom. I mean technically I’m going to move it to the other side of the bedroom but...

Hi All, I’m in the process of completely removing an en-suite bathroom, and while taking off the tiles, I’ve come across some big holes (not caused by tile removal) and patches where the plaster has come off. I’ve also spotted some black mold, which is concerning. I haven’t finished yet, so I’m...

Hi Spark I have answered you questions below. What was it like before the stainblock went on? See attached picture that I took before I put the stain block on. Was the patch a different 'shape'? I’m not sure but possibly, I have potential made it worse. Has the 'pattern' of the patch changed...

I have a newly boarded and plastered Ceiling. (Done a few months back.) I have painted the ceiling in total, six times but I can’t get rid of the patches you in the image. It has had: Mist coat 2 coats of white paint 2 coats of Zinnser 123 stain blocker on the patch you see. 2 coats of dulex...

Thanks for the advice and insight, I will go for the double story extension.

Update, I used the Zinsser cover stain primer-sealer stain killer. It’s been on the wall over a week and I can’t see any issues yet.

Hi all, I think I made a big mistake. My plasterer recommended using Zinnser on the skim coat when it was dry. In the past I always did a mist coat but because this was an external facing wall I thought it was a good idea and assumed he ment straight on. So I applied the zinnser to both...

Bottle of whisky should do the trick.

@mrrusty and @motorbiking - I agree. I think I am going to do a 2 story extension at the back, I have been told it’s about £2100 per mSqr. The bottom floor will be around 6by4 and the top room 4x4. I did look at loft extension but they quote 70k for a 4x4 room. I laughed and showed him out.

Super thanks @motorbiking :-)

It is a semi-detached house. Just trying to work out if I will need to get a quote off underpinning or not.

Hi all, I recently purchased a two bed Victorian house that spans three floors. At the ground floor you enter directly into the front room and you walk through the front room to the dining room, where you can access the stairs down to the cellar which has been converted into the kitchen and...