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Okay, so I would be fixing some timber around the existing sill to make a mould of what it should end up like, and then pouring concrete in to fill the gaps? What timber, and how would I fix it up in place? I've mixed plaster before but never concrete, what bags would I be buying? (probably...

Part of the external window sill (presumably wood) has rotted off, exposing the metal bar within it. I'm not sure what function the bar plays, but is this repairable or would the sill have to be removed and replace with a new one? If repairing, how would I go about it? My first thought is to...

That sounds like less work than I had in mind, which is good. :) So between the bricks, render, cement grout where needed and a repaint of the whole house, that should keep the moisture out?

We have moisture coming through the corner of an external wall, and reasonably sure that the ridge of tiles halfway up the wall is part of the problem, as it's likely that water can settle on/in it: A few people have recommended treating/repairing it somehow, possibly including...

We have some knocking in our water pipes, and it may be due to a dead leg pipe going up into the loft. Happens intermittently with no seeming cause, e.g. not really related to how we use water in the rest of the house. So trying to see whether there are any pipes we can cap at ground level to...

Okay, so now that it's tomorrow ;o) I got some photos of the externals, and took a corner of the plaster out from the inside of the porch. It's pretty minging up there, black wood and possibly black masonry, and it feels wet. (it's been raining for 24 hours) I keep saying porch, but it's...

Didn't realise that the thread had been moved here, so haven't replied until today. Is it procrastination if it's someone else's fault? :) The depression comment rang a bit of a bell, because part of the reason I got demoralised with it was that I was convinced that I wouldn't be able to do...

We're looking to get something like this colour for an internal wall (painting over lining paper): https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=majorelle&hl=en-GB&gbv=2&tbm=isch&oq=&gs_l= https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=IKB&hl=en-GB&gbv=2&tbm=isch&oq=&gs_l= Bristol Paint seem to have a...

Coming to the conclusion that we've gradually been living in a heroin den for the last few months. The freezer is in the middle of the kitchen so we can't get to the bin drawer so there's a bin bag next to the freezer. The island is covered in plastic sheeting which means we have to push it back...

Yes the plasterers were averse to the electrics, such that they asked me to take the ceiling roses down before they started, and only when they were almost finished did they realise they forgot to cut the hole for the kitchen light. :) Sorry should have given some more detail. There was a...

Our ceiling was boarded over, so there is an extra 15mm or so of plasterboard than was there before. I'm kind of stuck on how to attach a pendant - can I screw it directly into plasterboard? If so, is there a weight limit that we would need to stay under? (it's only a pendant, bulb and...

I unscrewed the frontplates from our oven/hob switches so I could plaster around them and the chases (CU off). The wires are quite short so they only come out 15-20mm or so. Circuits are new and were installed about 4 months ago. After plastering, when I screw them back one of them buzzes...

I don't know - 1930s, I presume it was built like this as the blockwork around the porch is exactly the same as the ground floor of the rest of the house, so I can't see how it would have existed without the windows in their existing positions. Someone else suggested that the ridge of tiles...

Nothing to do with guttering as far as I can tell - never noticed any drips coming down the walls, and the guttering was cleared last year by a roofer who said it was really new (done by previous owner, we've only had the house a year). Will get a ladder to check the tile seals, as that looks...

The only other pictures I have at the moment are below: Is painted tyrolean over dry dash a bad thing?

Could someone tell me what kind of render this is? It looks fairly dated and sad, with some flaking and generally not great condition. Is patching up a possibility, or if we had the cash would stripping and re-applying be the best route? Getting water ingress into the ceiling of the porch...

We have water coming into our porch - not a huge amount, but enough to make me worry about how much water is coming through the external wall but NOT making it down into the porch, and where it might be going.... The porch is built into the house, i.e. above the porch is the front bedroom...

If you're doing the work yourself (as we have just done).... First floor joists 'may' be resting within the chimney breast - not uncommon. These might need to be secured before the bricks under them are removed, or they might be cantilevered enough by the rest of its length that you can...

We have a Drayton SM1, which makes the usual mechanical ticking: http://www.heatingcontrolsonline.co.uk/acl-drayton-sm1-timeswitch-p-704.html It's in our kitchen, so looking to upgrade it to something silent. Do all timers use the same wiring, or should I look for something specific? In...

A woman who may/may not be a/my mother-in-law said that before plastering the void around newly fitted electrical sockets we should pack it out a bit with damp newspaper as the plaster level would be too deep (it varies from 2-5cm). I plastered the top section with bonding that was 2-4cm and...