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He's bonding in other places e.g. Electrical chases and then skimming throughout my whole house.

Thanks for the suggestions - couldnt gain traction with any of the suggestions in the end, so instead I used a pair of bolt cutters I bought a while back and just ate away at it

No definitely not. Confirmed by electrician and I also have a pen detector thing which confirms too.

I know I've left the door open for complete smut, but how would you fill deep holes like this? These are from old and now disconnected (done by electrician) electrical interfaces. Thanks

Hi, I'm preparing my kitchen walls for a plasterer on Tuesday and that also involves removing all old wallplugs and other bits and bobs from the previous owner. I've been trying to remove this today but without much luck, the screw head is just worn out/rusted and won't turn at all. Any ideas...

Hi, Ive got a plastering moving around my house and he'll be doing the kitchen on Tuesday. I've been spending my time removing tiles and stripping other things off the wall etc. When removing the tiles around the window, its left a bit of a mess. How would you go about preparing this window...

Great, thats awesome. I dont quite get the earth bonding wire though. I am getting my plumbing renewed under the sink longer term after plastering etc. Should I ask that this earth bonding remains?

Hi guys, looking for help. I need to disconnect my old sink and give it a good old clean before I set the plasterer loose on the wall. In the first pic, I assume my red boxes are isolation valves and if I turn them horizontal there is no risk of water seeping through anywhere? The cold water...

OK thanks. I like that idea. My problem is the wall seems inconsistent, when the electrician did the chasing (how to do quite a bit), solid brick was mostly behind like 90%, but for 10% as seen, it was patchy - very very weird. When I'm drilling for the rail, I'm not going to necessarily know...

Thanks, but how do I get the handles out? Seem quite solid and can't find a youtube video etc.

The pictures are all of the same wall. Yes its Artex and tested for asbestos and it has all the all clear. Yes believe plasterboard and then in that gap a void. However when the electrician done most of the chasing, about 90% revealed a solid cavity wall, but say 10% had a void (obviously I...

Thanks, its a combi system. Assume, worst case scenario - I could have buckets in case for whatever reason water floods out??

Redecorating my house and I have one bath handle which is quite scummy. Haven't got the budget to replace the bath right now - is there anyway to replace this rusty handle without switching the bath?

I'm looking to get my house plastered. I've got a couple of old radiators in my new house and a couple of new ones. I assume I am OK to take all of these radiators off myself for plastering? If I get into complications, what is the worse that could happen and how do I mitigate against it...

Ive bought a bit of a fixer upper and when the electrician was doing work, he noticed some of the walls weren't as solid as expected - speaker to a builder, its effectively like using breeze blocks in some of the construction and quite normal. The thing is, for this wall, it is going to be...

I wanted to update everyone - so smashed it down carefully and I think it was just someones bad taste, so nothing structural - all it was hiding was one pipe - which I can box in a lot better.... I am a bit concerned re the waste though, I recently had all the artex walls tested for asbestos...

Yes, that's a good call. That's what I'll do.. I'll chisel/saw away little by little until I either reach something or am level with the ceiling. Directly above this is my master bedroom which doesn't have a supporting beam or anything....So I am hopeful, I know other houses in the area don't...

I should also add it sounds hollow all over, even at the top of the ceiling.

Boiler was serviced a few months ago. Looks like I'll be doing a plumber call out and get him to teach me about the system and what's going on.

I've recently moved into a new house, and don't know how to turn the heating and water on. The setup is this house is a bit different to my old rented house. If people can let me know your thoughts on what I have to do on these different systems that would be great. I believe the Randall dial...