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thanks for quick response, well i had conflicting information about that. one guy came out and put a meter on the wall and said its damp. then another guy said because its lime plaster its known to soak up water anyway so will often fool the damp meter into reading damp when its actually...

Hi guys, i had a problem with a peeling wall which was an external wall in a back room of my house, the paint would just peel off the wall in quite large chunks, this problem was there when i first purchases the property when i had some work done, a mate who was just learning plastering said...

the guy who told me there was damp in the wall with the reading, he was just there for a different problem entirely which is now sorted, but he just put the meter on the wall for me quickly.. im assuming the damp is coming from the outside, i thought guttering but i have no problems in the...

hey guys, so i have a bit of damp on an external wall that is coming through internally, its either cause by penetrating damp outside (most likely) or condensation inside.. if its condensation i will vent the area accordingly, but if i knock the wall back am i able to mix a waterproof solution...

thanks for the reply, to be honest, the house ive moved into.. the woman who lived here for 20 years before me didnt even know what a paint brush was, and the guy who lived here before her is the person who did all this, an i hear he was a builder by trade but a bit of a cowboy that did these...

hi guys, i have literally walls and ceilings in my house covered with really spiky textured art-ex, it would literally cut me if i ran my hands over it, its that thick. (doesn't look too dissimilar from an ice cave) after replacing floorboards downstairs, i discovered rubble which i...

ah so on the other rooms, scraping it back to make it flatter for plastering isnt a good idea then in case its asbestos maybe board over that or just layer an layer the plaster on until its covered

thanks for your response Peaps.. the ceiling in question, ive actually already taken the decision to pull it down completely and board it, the question i have is regarding the artex, could it be asbestos? the artex i have there, is actually all over the house, on the landing the halwlay...

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Quick Question , at the moment i have open stairs, and i was hoping to close them off so i could convert the space under the stairs to storage to change open-stairs to closed whats the cheapest way? they are clearly supported and enforced to withstand the weight without the backing, so am i...