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I recall seeing in B&Q that they stock thin flat "strip wood" as I recall it is in the mouldings section Ken.

andyhuk, good evening. In no particular order, some ideas?? Depending on how many vents there are in the eaves?? insert some more. Ensure that the eaves are really clear of any residual glass wool that will stop the air flow. Open up the felt laps, insert small bits of timber, this will lead...

Suggest strongly, do not attempt a blow lamp repair? Have a look @ "FLASH BAND" a sticky backed material Clean of the lead, stick a wide strip down on to the flat of the back gutter, get it a wee bit up the vertical part of the gutter, then another piece of Flash band down and on to the...

Never too late even for some of the denizens that haunt this site?? Get this Estate Agent to actually specify what they think is asbestos? Could be?? Artex on ceilings and walls. Floor tiles. Flue pipe from old boiler?? + the ones you have eliminated above?? Could be that this Estate Agent is...

David Lindon, good evening. Do you know if the cavities have been retro-filled with Insulation?? if so the "white" material could be blown cavity fill?? Ken

One word. "Grenfell" ??? Plastic based Insulation looks great on paper but??

Something does not look right here? OK insulation wool directly over a party wall, fine. Generally wool type insulation above the felt??? And what about the "packers" if that is what they are under the battens on the other side of the roof?? robust or what? The battens them selves?? are...

Pros and Cons?? Pro for laying flat is that if you are using a brush and liquid gloss less runs especially for a DIYer Con [as alluded to above] you have to ensure that the previously painted side is hard otherwise stripe marks you cannot get rid of. Pro for standing up for a novice DIYer use...

sw19ric, good evening. If the wall is to be removed in a short period of time, I would point the wall sand / cement for speed because the wall is to be removed cement will work well enough given the short life span of the wall. As an aside? ae there any internal indications of dampness?? Ken.

disconnect the warning light??

So to be clear??? The boiler flue goes out through an external wall. The wall has been core drilled to allow the flue to pass BUT the core hole has left the floor joist hanging in fresh air??

I had a Juke, the Engine management light was on when it went in for its MoT. It was a Deisel and the DPFilter was a right Sod. Went to pick the car up expecting to have to pay for the DPF to be sorted, but?? The car Passed because, when tested the "fault" was not in the drive chain, brakes...

Try "Parquet flooring"? Ken

Very, very unlikely if at all that the mortar either the mortar between the bricks or the thin layer over the brick. Spreading a thin layer of mortar over brick work in the fire place area of chimney flue was common practice back in the day. Ken

Agree with above post, Soot.

Can we move if closer to the Fuel pump please, ?

Total nutters, all the warnings unheeded by mum and dad School trying to blow the whistle ?? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59523682

Right now no. but today there was heavy rain, I live on the West Coast, for work I went almost to Edinburgh rain rain rain. spray spray spray temperature a mild 11 degrees. But yesterday + 3 was best in the fog it went down to +1. It appears that the East coast and exposed areas they got...

Especially the Conservative party followers. The MSP involved appears to have totally missed the point that the UK Government is powerless, it is up to the Utility Companies to sort out, difficult when the devastation is stretching even into North of England, and Engineers are at full capacity.

In the Scottish Parliament a Conservative MSP questioned if the UK Government had been asked to supply additional engineering support???????? Even the Conservatives are whinging