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lol, fair enough. I suppose I was thinking that the newel posts would be the same as the handrails, but looking around it seems this is not always the case. If the spindles are white, then white newel posts goes pretty well too. Given the bottom newel post has had to be repaired, I think...

Also, do you have any idea what in on the newel posts at the moment?

paint all the newel posts, you mean? I hadn't thought of that option. any particular brand/type you would recommend?

Thanks JobAndKnock! Sounds like very helpful advice. Unfortunately, it is a newel post on one of the mahogany handrails. Any suggestions? It is annoying. In the past someone did a right job on this part of the banister.

The distance is not the same between all of them, but it is between 9cm - 10cm from the ones I have measured.

Hi, I am soon going to start renovating the banister in my Victorian house. I recently had some install some new spindles, as the old ones were completely destroyed. These are still bare (pine) wood. The handrails and the newel posts are original. The handrails have been painted white at some...

cool, thanks. Yeah, I believe it was slate originally.

Finally, in terms of the roof being old and not looking in great condition as a whole, here are some photos of the felt and the lead flashing on the chimney stack. As you can see the felt is not in great condition. Also the gap between the flashing and the tiles around the chimney seems large...

Also, here are some photos of the parapet wall and the lead gutter.

Here are some photos of the lead work around the area of the leak, including a close up of the suspect join. I can't see any cracks, but maybe I am missing something. One thing I haven't done is look at the join under the roof tile, which I suppose I should to too.

Sorry for the slow response. Took me a while to get up and take some photos. I've been in the loft, but I can't see any wet patches. Attached are some photos. It it hard to get up close. I suppose I will have to have another go because there must be a damp patch somewhere. One thing you can...

Overall the roof is quite old, though obviously the gutter is pretty new. I was expecting to have to replace it at some point, but was hoping not yet. I might take some photos as it would be useful to get some feedback. If I need some proper work redone on the gutter, then it might make...

The building is about 5m wide, so I will check the number of joins over the weekend. I'll check these too while I'm up there, but I don't think they are loose fitted.

Thanks for the responses! I will get back up there and take some photos of the join and have a look for any cracks. Yes, I saw this too, but forgot to mention it. I think this is why they are getting wet like this, yes. I am assuming that the tiles are not meant to rest on the gutter in...

Hi, We had the front parapet gutter on our house completely replaced about 3 years ago. It's been fine until storm Alex a couple of weeks ago. Then a wet patch appeared in the room below. I left it for a couple of weeks to see if it was a one-off due to the large amount of rain. However...

Hi, Thanks for the response. Yeah, I was wondering whether it is too small a job for a plasterer to take. I usually find it hard to find a tradesman for small jobs, to be honest. So you think the two options are filler or get a plasterer in?

We recently had a new window installed. The old one has a horrible plastic trim around it, which the new one does not. I now have this small patch of wall that needs to be patched up. Not entirely sure how to do it. I've attached some photos. Would filler be sufficient. It is a lathe and...

Hi, Thanks for the response. Sorry for the late reply. I have been away for the last week. Sure, I will do that in the next day or two. We had the whole front elevation re-rendered. We had an EPS external wall insulation system installed with a thin coat render. In hindsight I think...