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Would it be okay to treat my entire roof with BAC 50 to kill the moss? I have plain concrete tiles covering most of it - which should be fine. But - I do have a small section of lead roof. Will the BAC 50 do it any damage? thanks!

If you find it again let me know! What about something like this: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Prowarm-Backer-Pro-Insulation-Board-Single---1200mm-X-600mm-X-6mm/p/166935 It’ll be on to brick. One external wall but with cavity and one internal. I need to be careful with the floor - don’t have much...

Can you recommend a reasonably priced cement board? edit: yes they can be tiled directly on to!

Instead of spending on aqua board or similar - can’t I just go with green board and tank that? or - not much difference in price overall?

Here's what I did with my ceilings which contained asbestos and my floors which are 9"x9" Marley asbestos tiles stuck down with asbestos-containing bitumen... Ceilings - paint with blue grit and get the plasterer to skim them. You can also board them, but that involves locating joists and...

Hi We're looking at re-doing our aging bathroom in the new year. As we didn't fit it, and there's not much we like about it, we're going to strip it all out and start again. If we have a blank canvas - what's the most cost effective way to tank the bathroom where we would like a walk-in shower...

Hi Just taken original skirting off in our ground floor bedroom, ready for renovation. Behind it, I can see the DPC and the concrete floor finishes a couple of millimetres below that level. There’s no evidence of a DPM lap (1960 floor) and there was no DPM in the dining room which we dug up to...

Thanks - have read most of these. Conclusion is you always need ventilation, which is fine. I think my question is, therefore, whether my proposed plan provides sufficient / adequate ventilation for the chimney, or whether the stud is a bad idea!

Thanks for the response. It seems like I missed some key details. The chimney has been bricked up and is not used. It appears to have been this way for some considerable time. Unsure if it was swept before this happened or smoke tested. It’s not used and won’t be again. When I say “it dry” - I...

Hi We’re renovating a room with a chimney breast in it. As it’s an external wall, the plan is to put stud work against the back walls and all the way around the chimney breast, fill with 50mm of celotex and plasterboard it. This has 2 advantages: (1) it should be warmer and (2) the small...

:mrgreen: Do I need permission to move it, and then back again?!

Hi Tony alas, our front door faces the highway! Thanks for the input though, interesting quirk.

Thanks for the replies. When we bought the house the upstairs was already in, but with Velux windows. I assume this falls within the “PD bit”?

Hi - am I right in thinking that a dormer window which faces the street requires planning, irrespective of its size and shape, whereas the back can be done within permitted development rights? We’re going to build both at the same time, so need to get all permissions first. Thanks, Ben.

Hi Can anyone tell me a good way to clean stone mullions inside please? We have some black spotting and don’t want to use anything which might damage them - so thinking no chemicals and “natural” cleaning agents? Any recommendations and methods most welcome. Thanks, Ben

Thanks for the link. I was aware of the proper distances. We’ve been here for a year - but that does include the wettest time I can even remember with what seemed like back to back storms. It was installed in around 1995. No issues; I mean no wet walls and no evidence of it being particularly...

Hi We're currently re-landscaping our garden. In doing so - I've come across the soakaway which takes the rainwater from the extension roof. The roof isn't particularly big and the soakaway itself is relatively large (approximately 1m x 1m and probably 0.8m deep filled with large rubble...