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Yes, I'd like it all removed, but the wall has other issues, and I'm going to get a brick survey done soon to get a better idea. There's a few cracks in the masonry, and a lot of spalled bricks low down. There's also no cavity insulation (which might be a good thing) The full job will be...

Long story first.... I've just removed some failed cement render, along with a base coat, and rusty old mesh from the side of my house. It was a bodge job when applied 25 years ago and probably failed 20 odd years ago, when a chunk fell off. I think it's been causing damp problems ever since...

Hi, I'm trying to patch up an old garage floor, that strictly speaking needs replacing. So I'm just going to patch it up as best I can, smooth it as best I can, and give it a coat of paint. Some of the larger holes I intend to fill with SF No Nonsense concrete, and some of the deeper cracks I...

My elderly dad died, and I'm looking after my mum's house for her. There are some outhouses with their own water supply. This is a copper pipe rising directly from a concrete floor in a draughty outside loo, with the stopcock about 4 inches above the floor. The piping to the loo, and onwards to...

Also, just been looking at the shower plate connectors and the threaded part which goes into the valve has a hex profile. ie, it's not round and doesn't make full contact with the valve's threads. Is the seal just provided by the fibre washer/gauze?

I'm about to fit a grohe tempesta bar shower. The pipework's already in place, using a shower pl8. I gather the dog leg fixings supplied be grohe are worth avoiding, and I have a pair of connectors supplied with the pl8. However, as an amateur, would I be better getting a mira fitting...

Help please, I need to level a concrete floored hallway, but there's some thin ply boards covering pipe channels. Previous bad screeding means the plastic pipe channels flex a bit. I'll probably finish with lino tiles, but might paint. Do I want fibre reinforced leveller? Any...