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Just had the mother & father of thunderstorms - not seen anything like it for many years. Anyway came downstairs from watching the Hail/rain/thunder/lightning etc. to find that the RCD protecting the downstairs sockets had tripped out, tried resetting it but everytime the downstairs ring main...

Hi, Further to my earlier post regarding exterior painting of my house, I have now burnt off the masonary paint from the window sills and mullions on the front of the house. The majority of the stone work is in good condition but there are a few areas where the sandstone has deteriorated...

Thanks for the reply, Just one other quick question if I may - where the paint has flaked/lifted off the putty there are hairline cracks in the putty itself. The putty seems to be bonded ok the the frame and the glass so is it just a question of rubbing down the paint/putty to get it as...

Our house has original wooden frames (Georgian style so lots of panes of glass). I am about to paint the outside and wondered what was the best way to remove the old gloss paint from the putty around the windows where it has started to flake and lift. Can I use a heat gun if I am careful...

Hi, I am in the process of painting the house exterior and would appreciate some advice regards painting the stome window sills and surrounds. We have had problems with the white masonary paint discolouring badly within a few months of application (see first picture). I have therefore...

Different colour?

After stripping

Stained masonary

It requires further investigation but at the moment nothing appears to flow out of the pipe. I am pretty certain that the pipe is connected to the problem gully as they are in a direct line with each other. The hedge is the dividing border between the two properties and it runs directly...

Hi, We have a large semi about 100 years old, one of the drainpipes from the roof gutter is at the boundary of the two housess and takes water from the roof valleys of both properties. I have noticed a small damp patch on the wall behind where the drain pipe runs and decided to...

Hi, Not sure if this belongs in this forum or general building - let me know if it is wrong and I will repost. We have a downstairs toilet where the soil outlet goes straight through the outside wall and connects to the stack immediately outside. On the internal wall of the toilet (the...

If I go down the route of using easifill, do I still need to prime the area with pva as previously recommended?

Thanks for the reply, I have noticed on other posts that the pva should be diluted with 3 parts water would that be the appropriate dilution here as well?

Apologies if this has been covered many times before, I did a quick search but didn't find anything completely relevant. We have a couple of patches under the downstairs bay where the top coat of plaster has blown (approx 1.5/2.0sq ft each -just the top layer to a depth of 3mm or so). As a...

Unfortunately no chance of getting it out of the window, it is on the second floor, it is a 2.5 metre long double radiator and it would take ten men to just lift it window height (maybe a bit of an exaggeration)

I need to cut up an old central heating radiator (big) in order to get it down two flights of stairs. I have never needed an angle grinder before and probably won't again so does anyone have a recomendation for a cheap grinder suitable for cutting a radiator ? Would a 115 mm be ok with a...