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There are three vents on the septic tank then about 6m of 110mm underground pipe until it bend up and into the stack. Is this enough to vent with an AAV on the top? Just thought it might solve the problem of the toilet u-bend blowing at the same time. If it's not enough venting then I will go...

Thanks guys - I will try the AAV and if that doesn't stop it the HepVo trap. Tim.

I have an upstairs bathroom with a shower, a sink and a toilet. All connect in to an external soil stack which goes to a septic tank. I find that when the wind is strong (often is as I'm in the Hebrides) I get a strong smell of septic tank. I think this is due to the wind sucking the water...

Thanks Misterhelpful. It's sand / cement render so I will have a look at the Pliolite paint.

I have an old cottage that is painted white and has bright red paint around the windows and doors. Previously I painted with a white masonry paint and used red gloss as it was the only thing I could find the right colour. However the house is right on a beach and the red gloss flakes off...

OK will do. Thanks !

Excellent - thanks for that. Hopefully there won't be too many but I'm sure there will be some to do. Tim.

One other question - my house needs re-wiring and it should get done before the majority of the plastering but if the sparky needs to chase in some cables on walls that I have already done will it be possible to hide where he has cut (blend the filled bit into the wall) ? The plan is to just...

Thanks roughcaster. I remember it was poor light when I skimmed the wall so I will remember not to do that again. I did think about filling rather than sanding but it looked like some of the marks were raised rather then hollows. Almost like the edges of the trowel had dug in and pushed out...

I have now skimmed a few walls but have just done a couple of bigger ones in a hallway with a window at one end. I thought they looked pretty good and my technique was getting better until I mist coated them. Now I can see loads of trowel marks that I couldn't see before - especially when the...

It's a cavity wall with pebbledash on the outside. I originally thought it was coming in from the outside until I started wallpaper stripping and the damp patches got really bad. There are a couple of old cast iron drain pipe brackets that could be letting water in I guess but it doesn't seem...

Can anybody help?

A while ago I repaired the plaster on a wall where a leak had caused damage. I went back to brick on the damaged area and put a sand and cement backing then pva and skimmed with two coats of multi. This was my first attempt at plastering so it's far from perfect but I was happy enough after a...

Thanks Roy. That suits me as it's easier to fit in my van too ! Cheers.

Is it better to use SS or uPVC bell cast beading on a rendered external wall that is right on the beach (close enough to get sea spray directly on it from time to time)?

Thanks Reeves2k2. Yesterday I went to the builders merchants and had a look. It seems that their gold trowels are also not very gold but compared with the SS ones next to them you could see the colour was much darker (but not very gold looking). I'm pretty sure mine is actually a gold but...

Thanks Steve, that is really interesting. I'm beginning to think the ebay seller changed the stickers or something as mine is definitely the silver colour. I sent the pics to Marshalltown in the US to see what they say. I know it seems like a lot of fuss over not a lot but I hate being...

I doubt it will make any difference to my plastering but I think the non gold SS one is about £10 cheaper. Just want to make sure I got what I paid for. I remember seeing gold ones in a builders merchants and thought mine would be like that but it isn't. I'm sure it will be fine but if the...