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Not in my parts of the country, ree, and they stretch from Yorkshire in the north to Hampshire in the south with several major cities and counties in between. It is a flank wall, a side wall. Topped with a hipped roof. Simples. To paraphrase "The Matrix" - There is no gable. In my...

Rambling roses and Clematis don't have the potential for damage that Ivy, Virginia Creeper and some other Grape relatives have, nor the vitality and longevity that Wisteria, Russian Vine, Passiflora spp. and some honeysuckles (Lonicera henryi included). All of these can look fabulous in the...

There are trolls who do it for their twisted amusement with little snarks here and there, and then there are folk who just have no social graces nor any idea of how to behave in a forum, or just have more then enough hubris to give Tony Blair a run for his money, which cause other folk to lose...

I made alcove shelves for the property below in 1985, the first house purchase we made. I was more than a little surprised that the shelves are still in use, and can be seen in the property blurb slideshow #2 http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/155a-barry-road/london/se22-0jp/30179789...

Is this Microsoft Doors 8.1?

I think you are spot on, Russell. This is SE London UK, right? Wood burners might be fine for the country, where you can grow your own, but wood for burning also means fuel for transport, even if a log vendor could park his truck outside. Which means £££ for a warm crackle in one room and the...

I left a Hippobag out once, intending to call them the next day, but it got collected before I had the chance!

Almost airtight homes are becoming common. Every window and door has seals, frames are fixed with silicone sealants, heating systems have sealed boilers with balanced flues, and floors have laminate locking flooring with an underfloor membrane. OK, that is the reason why condensation is so...

There is a different attitude between (many) tenants and that of owner-occupiers. The former often do not do anything about symptoms, like damp and condensation until there is a problem like mould, and then it is the landlord who has to deal with it. Tenants often disbelieve that the problem...

It seems to be a lovely looking property, with original windows, unlike the painted neighbour's that has had some replacement of the old sash windows, except for the small, pretty arched sash. Just because a neighbouring house has problems is no reason to expect that this house does - the...

White spirit is a petroleum fraction - less volatile than petrol, more than paraffin or diesel, so basically an aliphatic hydrocarbon oil. There are various alicyclic compounds found in white spirits, which contribute to the odour, low odour forms being the cleanest. White spirit has been...

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Airtec Double Insulation is about 10mm thick and claims to be equal to 55mm polystyrene: http://www.screwfix.com/p/airtec-double-insulation-1-5-x-25m/50913 http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/p4761334.pdf I imagine it can be laid directly over joists, with the original 125mm fibre...

It is a loft room, therefore at the top of the house where warm air rises to. It has a chimneystack in poor condition, with historically damp brickwork. It has D&D and battened dry lined plasterboard that "needed some kind of sealant coat". The dry lining is showing signs of damp especially...

The tool is a chalk line. Use it for vertical lines as a plumb bob and between 2 reference screws/nails to mark out the fall of the guttering on the fascia: http://www.screwfix.com/p/chalk-line-reel-30m/99416 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk_line With a bit of ingenuity, you can make your...

Product properties for Silitec-T from http://www.gypcom.com/files/SystemSpecs/Alsecco/Silitect_T.pdf : I guess that the pressure sprayed paint you applied was not breathable, and may have led to deterioration of the wall/render interface. Worse, the cavity wall insulation has no possibility...

There is some vegetation growing where the parapet from the apex reaches the left hand chimney stack in picture 1. The pointing and brickwork on the hindmost part of the left front stack is very badly eroded. I would say that it needs a thorough overhaul, together with any of the adjacent coping...