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Hi. I know this topic's been discussed before but I've a question that I can't find having been asked previously I have some lead flashing where the mortar's come out, which I'll replace (or maybe use a lead mastic instead). I've read some advice that says to paint lead with some form of...

Thanks for that DIYn99 - very clear for a simple DIYer like me to follow. I excavated the hole...and found that it looks like an old repair where a couple of half-bricks had been used in the internal block part of the wall, and the cracks had formed around their movement. (I've cleaned it...

b*****r! Thanks for letting me know tho else I'd have put on 4 or 5 layers in a day. I'll change my plans then back to using a sand/cement render which if I haven't misread the Lafarge info can be applied to the full 5cm depth in one go and will take 7 or so days to dry. Please tell me if I'm...

Hi Roy. The bag that the one coat came in says 1.5 hours drying time - so you've got me worried now. I assume I can just believe what it says on the bag? Plus the mesh …. if I build it up in layers is that best put in on the first layer, or better to put it in at the end, below the final layer?

Thanks again PBoD. I see Wickes do a reinforcing mesh (glass fibre) I assume that's the boy for me. Going to have to take a radiator off the wall to get at the damaged wall properly....no doubt it'll drop to freezing while the living room's got no heating!

New Question I'm afraid - one of the cracks I excavated was deep, and getting all the loose stuff out has left me a hole up to 5cms/2" deep in one place, right down to the wall construction. I bought a one coat plaster (plus some Gyproc Easifiller for shallower cracks elsewhere). The one coat...

Thanks - I'll have a go with one of them :D

Thanks chantelle, I had a look at them online. Look like a straight replacement for the p bend that's there now (apologies for the bad terminology!) - is that so? There's very little space below the bottom of the bath to get anything sizeable in if it goes in as well as the existing device...

Hi. I have a bath then sink emptying into the same pipe run to the vent pipe. It doesn't have a big drop. Recently after emptying either there is bubbling noise from the bath plughole, which goes on for a couple of minutes. I've used a plunger on both (repeatedly) and neither seems blocked...

Hi. First post (not of too many I hope!). I looked for the answer to this in other threads before posting but couldn't find it so apols if it's been asked/answered before. I'm about to redecorate a couple of rooms, and can see some small areas of plaster has come loose behind the wallpaper...