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/Ree/, Pic has been uploaded. For info, the leadwork is totally horizontal side to side and, as you'd expect, has a gentle slope along its length /Woody/ Agree it could also be condensation but water actually drips off the bottom of the gutter onto the wall where the algae is (you...

Tx for the quick reply. My first thought was a leak also but, over a year, I've seen the gutter completely dry in summer months during very heavy rain and totally soaking in winter when there's been no rain for days.

I've just bought a house and it has a conservatory where one side is the original cob/flint/line mortar garden wall. Along that side of the conservatory is a rectangular lead gutter, about 10" wide (flat base) and 3-4 metres long. It is internal to the conservatory. In cold weather, the...

Finally got the name - Aglaia. If it helps others, the products I was recommended were : http://naturalpaintsonline.co.uk/PDFs/WOOD GLAZE (0539).PDF http://naturalpaintsonline.co.uk/PDFs/WOOD PRIMER (0535).PDF So far the test area looks /really/ good. The wood looks far improved. It...

[/url] 'fraid not :( but I've used Osmo on new oak windows and it is very good. From what I remember I could only the product stocked in two places both of whom tended to specialise in heritage building products. One I think was in the midlands, the other SW England. Both I found on...

This is a rather unusual request. I've got some 15th century exposed roof timbers that were probably stripped in the 80's. They are quite dry, dull and slightly powdery in places. Someone mentioned a two-part product. They were good enough to send me samples which is /absolutely/superb...

I've got some small areas of plaster that have blown due to rising damp coming up a cob wall. The plaster skim seems to have gone powdery in the places where the damp is. Any advice on what products to use to make a repair. Final coat is just an emulsion paint. Tx

There is slightly raised damp levels in a small lower corner of a room - size is about 300x100mm where the wallpaper has discoloured over 5 yrs. Skim surface of plaster has to be replaced. The wall behind it is cob. What is the best product to use to stop the damp coming through when I...