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I have the 8 inch putty knife. Can you please send me examples of the jointing compound, when I Google it u can see easi fill 20 and Co. Not sure which is the best one and is ready mix better or powder ? Do I also need a plastic float ? I have a wide knife thing with its own handle and its like...

Ooh dear. I'm just looking for the easiest way out. If I were to skim it, will this be done with multifinish and is the idea to loose the non flat area into the rest of the ceiling to create a gentle bump ? What tools /materials will I need ?

Can I use an orbital sander with say 120 grit do the trick ?

Can't do that. Will I have to skim the entire ceiling. Quite a size. I'm not confident in doing that.

Hello. We have had an extension and major works 2 years ago, got a crack line running across the ceiling, it was about 3 - 4m long, one was 3m long and the other 4m long. I filled it last year and sanded It but I think my filler mixing was bad, the filling doesn't stick and after a few days...

We never thought about this.brilliant idea. Wouldn't planning be required to do this ? And does it matter if nobody else has implemented cladding on the terrace ?

Good points raised here. Not sure what you mean by the engineer who designed it wouldn't have got a penny. The mesh you are referring to, is this the EML mesh or fibreglass mesh ? The walls were so bad that the front elevation wall was detaching away from the part wall, one way to fix this would...

Honestly I really suggested that, then it turned out that if the wall was rebuilt it would also affect the next door in the terrace since they have thesame problem. Secondly we were told that there is a risk of damage to the next doors wall if the front elevation wall of this house was removed.

Mate just doesnt like the look of plates in the front of the house, wants it all hidden at all costs. I guess the reason why the plates aren't so nice looking is because there was an expectation that External wall insulation will be applied, but nobody thought about the bowed wall. I noticed a...

Yes a family friend, but helping out to oversee what is being done and also introduced the engineer who did the calculations etc. In hindsight as you said, adding an additional joist to the existing one might have been a neater way to do it. I thought about the idea of an external wall...

Thats why I showed the diagrams, the joists were too skinny and not in a very good shape, with todays regs one cant get way with such, you will have to use an 8" by 2" or worse case 7" by 2" timber. The existing joists were not so strong to tie to. I couldn't trust the integrity hence why we...

I didn't provide the full picture before posting on her. Attached below is the complete picture of the setup and site conditions. If you look at the joist directions in red, you will notice that they span back to front and not sideways. As such helical ties mentioned above would be difficult to...

Was going to suggest that the red render be hacked off, this would mean the plate will need further adjustment. As it is, the plate is 6mm or so. At least a good 20mm - 30mm render will be required to hide the plates, secondly the wall is bowed out, in the worst places 80mm out. So it looks like...

Its a refurb not insurance. So what do you suggest ?

Ok I think the reason for the random spacing is probably due to objects/obstacles in the way, I seem to recall that the window location is not centred in relation to the room, there were also internal walls and a column in the way. One thing that could have been done was to galvanise the plate...

Can you please expand on the fitting ? What is wrong with it. Secondly, if it is covered with sand & cement render, there is no chance of air and water reaching it, how can it rust ?

I am thinking of building a retaining wall for a proposed patio. I was wondering if the retaining wall needs to be arranged as a double skin wall or if a single skin wall will suffice. Any other precautions that I need to take with the building of the wall. I intent to use the left over class 2...

Hi, A plate has just been fitted onto the wall of a friends house to hold the front elevation wall in place and to stop it from bowing. Now he wants to render the wall, but was wondering what needs to be done so that the render can cover the plates etc. Is there like a coving that can be used...

Hi All. I have a wall that appears to be bulging, the front elevation wall is bowing and coming off the party wall. The loose bricks were taken out, re-laid and the wall plastered. As an extra measure, I am proposing using a wide angle bracket to hold the party wall and the front elevation wall...

Hi, We are renovating a house and have noticed that the existing single storey outrigger doesnt have a foundation and DPC, there is nothing that can be done about the foundation bit because of the adjoining property in the terrace, however I am keen to prevent damp issues and was wondering...