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Knock all the coating off to reveal the actual wall behind. It looks like we are seeing plaster on top of render. If the actual wall is...

It's reconstituted stone, not brick. These are made by mixing up and compressing lots of stone fragments with a binder to form what look...

Have a look at the floplast sump trap, or see if there is a similar product for other channels. At screwfix

Equally, you see the external face of car glass, greenhouse glass and even double glazed house glass with condensation on it - and you...

The cheaper lasers, even green are difficult to see outside unless you're on the night shift. You would normally need a pulse laser and...

There are models of the 12v drills/drivers that regularly get offered for a lot less than £50 on Amazon or eBay. I would suspect that...

Silt/debris is the main cause of soakaway blocking and having reduced life, so a silt trap and regular cleaning would be wise or even...

Building regs will not apply.

Is anyone concerned that the external wall is 50mm out of plumb?

Do you have loft insulation in that area? If not get some.

Walls will always be damp to some extent, that's normal. The issue is when they have excessive damp, and the damp is in places that...

It wont really matter for this little bit of floor. The hardness of the surface is not the issue, rather it's the bonding. Do whatever...

Oh, a hearth. Vaccuum the surface with a brush attachment remove all loose stuff, brush your SBR on, and I'd be inclined to brush on a...

Damp concrete will actually help screed to stick to it by controlling the initial drying and then setting. However 30mm thick is a bit...

The force required to push moisture up through a few mm of mortar is less than the force of gravity pushing it down and the rate of...