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thanks for all the replies, i was looking for a permanent solution but did not think it would involve so much work, i need to decide which way to take things forward - a quick fix and hope to limit the cracks appearing again or a more radical fix

is my patching area to deep for easifill? i had heared it can take an age to dry if a thick coat....

Thanks Richard, advice is appreciated and apologies if I ask any daft questions. If I decide not to take everything back to brick/block and just go for a repair what is the best approach for patching up? I have checked the rest of the wall and all seems solid, I could open the cracks a bit...

Thanks richard you have really cheered me up! I have tapped around the areas and there are some hollow spots, the house is old and has suffferd from movement but according to our surveyor it's longstanding. I was hoping to get away with something less radical than your fix. In one of the pics...

Hello all not been on here for a while but it's time to decorate the hall, stairs and landing and could do with some help. The landing ceiling was skimmed about 3 years back but cracks appeared after about 12 months. They are really annoying me now so time to sort them out...

Thanks chaps, I will try and get hold of one from my local plumb merchants.

Can you get plastic pipe collars designed to clip over finished soil pipework entering the wall. I can only find some that fit smaller pipes such as 15 and 22 mm pipe. I am looking for something to fit around the waste pipe at the back of the loo where it enters the wall. The waste pipe goes...

Thanks for all the advice, did the work over the weekend and all is well. It turned out that my line was coming through the drop line as black and green. Cheers Carl

Thanks Johnboy, so when I cut cable at front of house and get my new cable from ebay I should find at least the following wires: ORANGE/WHITE,GREEN/BLACK IS SPARE When joining my cable and at the master I need to use just the orange/white and the green - is this right? Cheers

Thanks for the replies - had a BT engineer out the other day, very helpful and advised that I could do the job and save myself £165.00 for moving a master socket - don't think this is BT's policy but hey who cares. He cancelled my job/visit so no charge and also supplied me with a master socket...

Sorry for the longish post... My house is a 3 bed semi in a cul-de-sac with telegraph pole providing a line to my house at the eves. My line then drops down the front of the house and enters my downstairs front room. This is my master socket. It's a single white box with BT logo on front. I...

thanks, I have just swapped the brackets around but no joy. I had thought of channelling around each bracket but thought there may be an easier way. And yes I know what you mean the temptation is there to put more pressure on the pipe but I know this will break the joint or kink the pipe.

Hi, I have checked them and they are the same depth on both sides.

Can anyone tell me the best way to bend a copper rad pipe that is fixed in position. Let me explain, I have had my lounge gutted - rad removed, new floor, fire, new plaster skim on wall/ceiling etc. A complete gutting job. The room is now finished - all decorating complete, floor fitted...

thanks for the advice, I will try and sort some pics in the next few days.

I started in some rooms using, dare I say it, b&q value matt white. It's thin already but I thinned a little more for a mist coat - 2 coats followed by 2 coats of Crown matt (natural collection). The finish looks good. I have recently taken advice from here and used dulux trade that I found a...

The kitchen wall that looks bad when the temp drops is brick but the radiator is on that wall. The other walls with hairline cracks are brick with no rad on the wall but there is CH in each room.

The walls are mainly brick, the odd one is lathe. The ceilings are lathe. The house was built mid 1920s.

I have had a number of walls and ceilings skimmed over the past 2 years. The skim has covered old plaster that was past its best, plenty of lumps, bumps and cracks. In some areas plasterboard has been used then skimmed. My question is about cracks appearing in the new plaster. The cracks are at...

Thanks for this, I spoke to another fitter today who has suggested raising the level slightly in the original room by screeding. Is this possible on top of chipboard flooring? I am starting to get a bit worried now about the best approach. Can I not raise the level by putting fibre boards over...