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When I mixed mortar samples (using new fresh snowcrete white cement)to match the colour most set very well within 2 days and did not break down under rubbing. I can crumble this between my fingers. The beauty is that it's such a shoddy mix I can remove it cleanly with little problem. Cooler and...

Cheers. I'm a perfectionist so I'm not sure why I'm asking. Off it comes and I'll test a combined snowcrete and grey mix with the new stuff before restarting. The roof tiles I've already bedded feel very secure so I'm sure just s topping of good mortar to give a good bond and seal to wall will...

I've just retiled an overhang above a window and it appears I used the wrong bag of cement ! (ie the old one that damp had probably got to). I had to mix Snowcrete and normal grey portland cement to get the right colour mortar. I mixed 3 Sand to 1 mortar very carefully measured along with a...

When you say use the sill how do you mean ? Do you mean to place the supports within the window frame and jack the window frame ? Excuse my diagrams. Shows the structure. What's left of what I guess is the DPC has been broken off at the line of the wall. There are...

I've had damp penetrating for a good while above a set of windows on the exposed end of a stone house. I've had the end scaffolded and I have removed the tiled window overhang. I've found that the Lintel has been chomped by woodworm (active - well they were until I nailed em) and was also...

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