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Thanks all. In the absence of a clear answer, and I went ahead and pointed with lime mortar - and it wasn't lime originally, would this cause problems?

Was lime mortar unlikely in the 50s?

Hi, I was hoping to add repointing to my to-do list. I'd like to learn how to do this - starting with a small outhouse on the side of the house. I've been reading posts here and trying to work out what type of mortar I need to use. Here are some photos - as you can see someone's done some very...

Thanks - yeah I'm kicking myself at being so slow. One of a long long list of things to do!

Definitely a couple of those. I'll check it out. I'm just worried I patch up a leak and then the roof falls down further down the line!

Have had a very intermittent leak in a concrete outdoor shed roof that's attached to the side of the house and goes around the front of the house to form a covered porch. Was about to patch up some of the flashing when I noticed the roof above the porch has been leaking. I noticed that rusty...

I'm much less worried about Artex than I was after reading about the studies that informed the current safety guidance - I'd previously been terrified I was going to die when an electrician brought down a chunk of it on our bed (I wasn't in it at the time). My understanding is that for textured...

Thanks both. I've just sat down to a completely cold plate of food so I'm guessing the problem is the oven and not the wiring! I don't think the element has gone completely but there's definitely something up! Back to meals on the hob for a few days!

We seem to have had a lot of electrical work done over the past 6 months. Failed wire changed (took a while to find) then updated our distribution board. After the new DB was installed it was constantly tripping which I thought I'd narrowed down to a faulty washing machine which we replaced and...

Thank you- good suggestion - I think weed suppressant is probably the most cost effective looking at this. I'm not sure about how flammable it is though...

Hi, I've previously posted about an old torched roof which is creating a lot of dust but otherwise is doing pretty well (touch wood) and recently had a roofer look at it who thinks it should last a bit longer. There is no membrane under the roof and I'm looking for something to keep the dust...

I'm just after some advice. I'm continuing to board my loft and need to do the following: 1) cut some 2x4 timber (I'm making my own, much cheaper versions of those loft legs) 2) cut the boards so that they fit neatly around hangers and various pipes around the water tank. I was going to get a...

Out of interest did you get to the bottom of this? The grey colouring may be because the old roof tiles are backfilled with cement which causes a crazy amount of dust. Looks just like my loft!

Second espares. Just got an element for my Hotpoint oven - chose the cheapest one, had an extra connection that didn't connect to anything but worked fine.

Cheers - that's a thought - although a hell of a lot of board - I will price up. Would that cause a problem if the roof started to fail i.e. would be hard to spot a leak or cause any issues when I do finally get a new roof put on?

Two years ago we bought anold 1950's house - I specifically asked about the roof as it looked older than the majority of houses on our estates who've had theirs redone. We've got a really big loft which I've mostly boarded, however the torching underneath the tiles causes a huge amount of dust...

That's exactly what I was after - thanks so much.

My door lock has stopped turning all the way around - after watching some videos I took it out and measured it and came to the conclusion it was a 45/50mm - 95mm lock. However my local toolstation didn't seem to stock that size - then looked at some other sizes and realised a 40-10-45mm seems to...

Thank you for this.

That's a good point thanks. I guess my question is really could any dangerous faults slip past a new DB which working fine and a safety certificate rather than second guessing what was going on originally.