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Right, was a fence, now a wall. You're worried about the construction of your neighbours wall. Presume you mean the rest of their house is of double skin cavity construction? What has? The old fence or their victorian house? It may do if it's single skin and not tied into anything...

Out of interest do you have any sources or evidence confirming contraction of the above mentioned diseases through contact with spiders?

Yes drill to one side of outer brick otherwise you'll likely hit the joint on the inner skin. You'll be able to feel if you do though.

Thank god for that; I thought that because I had left school so long ago they had changed the use of English grammar and it was me misunderstanding what was written :?

:shock: Why do you care so much about their wall? It is their build therefore their responsability after all...... Are you one of these overconscientious neighbours with nothing better to do all day but spy on next door :lol:

Can of hairspray and a lighter......

You're saying you want your neighbours to reinforce their wall so you can bash wheelbarrows into it and hit it with scaffold poles? If it were my wall you damaged then damn right I'd get you to pay for the repair.

Unless it's not been rendered? What you do now depends on what finished product you want to end up with. You have said you are making the fireplace larger but for what? A gas fire? Solid fuel fire? Stove? Will the original arch be exposed or covered by a mantel? As for the soundness of...

Did you not smoke test the chimneys before starting all this? 'pepper-pot tops' as you call them sound like flue ventilators and will need to be replaced if using the chimney and will explain the lack of draw. Who's to say the other pot has not been capped inside? Your best bet would be to get...

It is good practice to agree everything in writing before commencement of works - when only done verbally things tend to get lost in translation. Tradesmen generally offer estimates due to 'most' customers change their mind during the course of a job and invariably there are extras etc. as well...

Unless it were a nice roll top cast iron bath I can't see the reason to paint the outside with Hammerite. The OP said it is a steel bath.....

Who needs enemies with friends like that :!:

That's why god invented decorators caulk :wink:

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But as the kits are between £55 - £65 you may as well buy a new bath? You can get them from £70 on fleabay.

Doesn’t it leave the sofa stiff, sticky and slightly flammable? I've tried cleaning our cream soft leather sofa with baby wipes (on recommendation) but it never really seems to work.

Wash them?

It would probably cost you more to get it sprayed up; you can buy a new steel bath for under a ton these days.....

It's called secret nailing.

You need a cold curing aqueous bitumen emulsion to bind the planings together.