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How lucky you are, to have a beautiful stone retaining wall thats not been marred by sloppy and inappropriate pointing. The render will be lime and sand, probably 3-1 or 4-1. Re-use these proportions. Raking out will be a long and tedious job: carefully use a thin cold chisel, and a small...

Owain, Point taken, but horizontal routing is very rare practice - perhaps in kitchens - and the Regs. say "covering to prevent damage" is req'd. Metal capping is a bare minimum, esp with two nasty screw points within mm's. I'd route horizontal cable in say, steel conduit or SWA. which our OP...

Definitely a no. You must not remove bricks from a c/b except ( for ventilation ) at a bricked up fire-opening. The c/b is disused now but some future occupier might re-use the flue's and fumes could enter the loft and then any sleeping space below. You should investigate how the humid...

Is this a suspended floor, or do the joists lie on the oversite? All affected wood must be replaced and ventilation provided. Why has the floor rotted out? Your proposal will probably fly, but there are many other unanswered questions. You could end up with a very creaky, and high FFL...

From your posts you seem to be new to DIY. I'd suggest that you google johnbridge.com, an American tile forum where work top/counter top tile is expertly dealt with. Maybe put your proposal to them. If your w/t has cut-outs, fixtures and returns, then it could get a bit complicated, but well...

It is linteled across and there is other structural detail in that soffit/low ceiling. Perhaps, leave well alone - it's not worth the expense and trouble.

You could use just about any available or left over powder to fill in and bring up to skimming depth. Or, you could go and get a small bag of "repair" plaster from a builders or plumbers supplies. Are you OK with finishing? The horizontal cable ( a spur? ) in photo's 1&2 needs some metal...

1. The slates appear to have been fixed to T&G boarded over the rafters - perhaps there are battens above the T&G? The boards are probably fungal damaged and, possibly, no felt has been used. 2. You could prop the sagging area back into a rough plane, and replace the rafters. But it would...

1. It could be wind blown and capillary action pulling moisture thro the overlap. 2. Why not water test the area starting low and working high with someone below to observe any results? 3. Doubtful that it's a "tent" effect. Experiment with off-cut's of your felt. 4. What kind of felt...

Lift the batten and examine the suspect area. Did you start your felt at the gutter/eaves and did you overlap by at least 100-150mm as you worked up the roof? Does your felt sag slightly between the rafters? It should.

You are referring to joists and not rafters? Joists are laid flat/horizontal and rafters are fixed sloping. 1. You could certainly replace the joists one at a time. 2. How come the tails rotted out? 3. Perhaps wrap any new wall plate in plastic, as a membrane. 4. Cement fillets will...

As noted above, the report only has a few so-so defects. Par for the course with any property thats a few years old. The gas and electric show no signs of faulty or dangerous situations. With any new property purchase it's best to have an elec. PIR ( periodic inspection report ) and a Gas...

It's definitely not old fashioned, and it definitely is the best scrim for ceiling board to wall joins, and many kinds of repair use. Terrific gear.

There's substantial evidence out there ref the unsuitability of using other than a lime in the mix render, and typically, a remedial finish such as limelite for damp situations. Any expert witness in a "damp" dispute will instantly ask what the mix was. Anything other than a remedial mix and...

1. Lifting the solid floors might create lateral pressure depending on the foundation depth. Unless the original floors were suspended. It would be cheaper and more convenient to buy-in a ground floor, wood floor rather than doing what you propose - that's if you go the lift and shift route...

The question was only theoretical, it wasn't a real job in the real world. The answer according to Gas Regs: 3.1, and General Installation Practice, is, as some of you were correct in saying, that any work on any part of a gas installation by a non-RGI is not allowed - including stand alone...

The donation of £100 has gone to NSPCC.

1. First, sort out the window. 2. Next, board the ceiling and understairs. 3. First fix elec. and figure out new pipe runs - recess elec. according to Regs, but dont yet run any pipe or clips, do that after skimming. 4. Knock off any small, isolated patches of old plaster, dont try to work to...

Retro-fixing a wc. Replacing with a different model.

1. Research will explain much. 2. In theory, even if a cavity wall's outside skin has no DPC it should not affect the inner skin. However, the cavity may be blocked - remove a brick or two from inside when you hack-off, and examine the cavity for bridging. 3. Chances are that the Damp...