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Hi all In the process of opening up to the builders opening on my 1930s house and I cant find a lintel just a shallow arch on the chimney breast.. there's no sign of movement at all. Do you think the current arch is acceptable considering its held the chimney up so far with no issues Thanks in...

What would be the best way to unblock if possible, I only need this system to last a couple more years if I can .thanks

Hi all I have a 25year old conventional boiler and I'm trying to bleed my radiators as a few are cold at the top and I'm not getting any water out. Just hissing. Just spoke to a plumber who advised that its sludge in the system and recommends replacing the boiler and a power flush etc.. I'm not...

Hi all What's the best way to lean very sooty brickwork on a fireplace Thansk

Hi all I've ripped out my fireplace and fire back in my 1930s house and got the the constructional hearth as I plan on having a log burner installed at some point Unfortunately I've come abit stuck, as you can see I've got the constructional hearth. Then behind that I have the inner leaf of...

Ok that's great thank you, what is a suitable timber, also there is a void underneath the threshold atm should I level with some sand and let the new bar sit on the top? sorry for the questions I'm very new to DIY!!

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Hi I was hoping someone could advise me on best way to replace the threshold base (not sure what it's called!) on my front door as it's really rotten, also what type of wood would I need, pretty sure its currenty original to the house atm so would like to replace with something similar so it...

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Was this a normal way of building in the 30's then?

Yep I'm not massively concerned, I was just wondering if this was a normal wal of building the walls, was more concerned about the exposed timer to be honest? Thanks

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Hi I've just removed the plaster off one of my bedroom walls in preparation for the plasterer to come and sort out. I was assuming that the wall would just be brick all the way top to bottom as this alis what the plasterer said. but it would seem it's been built with some type of black breeze...

Hi I had to remove all the plaster of one wall as it all debonded, I've got a plaster coming to do a skim of hardwall and he advised to lining paper the hardwool once skimmed to keep costs down etc as the room will need to be fully renovated in a few years time Thanks

Hi can you put lining paper directly over a wall that's been skimmed with hardwool? Thanks

Hi Bonnie I was trying to avoid the Plaster board route as I have very shallow door frames etc Thanks

Hi, i Keep getting let down by plasterers i Only need 1 wall plastered that had very bad debonded plaster, the wall is already stripped back to brick, no plasterer seems to want the work so need to fix myself so we can move back into my bedroom. What's the best way to get a good enough coat...

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Hi Ken What's involved in dot and dab with plaster board? Sorry for all the questions I have never done any work with plaster board or plastering before so I'm a complete newbie as I've always got plasterers in to do all the work in the past! Would you think fixing plasterboard would be a...