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Cool thanks, I'll give that a go. Does it come in a tub premixed? Or a powder? Should I wet the area before applying it? Can you trowel it in? Again thanks.

I was wondering what you guys use to fill in the small scars and imperfections that are "sometimes" found in the skim coat once it's dried out. I know in a perfect world there shouldn't be any left , but sometimes the odd one can be missed. :cry:

Speaking to my neighbor, who has lived in his house since it was build (50 years+) said that the house was pebble dashed in about 1979/1980. the majority of houses in the area don't have render/pebble dash on. Does anyone know of a good brick cleaner they can recommend?

Thanks for the advice. Can you recommend a brand of brick acid i should buy? As for the 24%, i wasnt aware. To have more than 24% of a house rendered do you need to inform building control? What if the render was never a part of the original build? Thanks.

Hi, I'm in the process of removing old stained and blown pebble dash from my house and so far its coming off with very little effort and with very little if any damage to the bricks underneath :) All I'm left with is a slight sandy colour to the brick face due to the render mix used (not...

Hi, I'm looking to install some plinth lights in the kitchen, what is the best way to take a feed from the CU? There are 2 t&e cables installed, one goes from the wall switch to behind the plinth and the second goes from the CU to the plinth. So I need to take a feed from the CU, to a junction...

I'll just state i'm not a qualified electrician. I've just had problems with my oven randomly tripping the RCD after 2yrs fault free operation. I must state the RCD is tripping for a reason! Fix the oven... The oven must have worked in the past above 150c? So why isn't it working now...

Yeah there is a little white plastic cap on the top of the hinge, I'll give it ago this weekend. Cheers Crank....

Had a front door fitted about a year ago, and all is fine with the door, no sticking or catching, however I have noticed that there is a small gap between the hinge side of the door and the frame and therefore I can feel a draft between the door and frame down the hinge side. So... How do I...

Hi, I'm currently replacing my existing lead water mains pipe with 25mm MDPE. My waterboard has stated that the if the MDPE pipe is to be laid within the floor void of the house "it should be adequately insulated to BS6700". Ok I agree that the pipe should be insulated (even tho. the current...

Hi, I'm currently tiling my bathroom and wondered what is the best way of tiling internal corners. Do i leave a small gap for grout? or push the tile on one wall all right up against the tile on the adjacent wall? Cheers, Mike

looks a fantastic job. I'm in the process of tiling my bathroom... And wondered how you did the internal corners? Mike