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Tmon, good evening, again. A couple of questions? Are you simply wanting to make the appearance look better externally. Any indications of dampness internally? As to removal. ??? not easy without causing some damage to the bricks, only "safe" removal method without too much damage to the...

MatFinish, good evening. Can I suggest you use strips of, hardboard, and if needed? plywood of varying thicknesses? Both materials above are quite resistant to being compressed and as such will work, as well as being cheap but effective? Ken.

Renata78, good evening. The cracking is more widespread near the chimney head, with some additional discoloration of the render which can be an indication of a long standing issue. Was the chimney flue you now use for the wood burner at one time a "kitchen"? if so then the fire will have been...

padstar, good evening. Suggest you look @ Honeycomb dwarf walls, where gaps are left between each block in all rows, a gap of [say] 100.mm between the blocks will not impede air flow too much. Install concrete pre-stressed lintels with the lintels spanning between block work or brickwork...

Jonnys88, good evening. Could be??? fiberglass?? fiber board??? even fiber reinforced felt?? As for "ASBESTOS" ?? you cannot see the Asbestos fibers that damage your lungs, as an aside, in a Domestic setting the Asbestos found is generally Chrysotyle, and is called White Asbestos, which is the...

Tmon, good evening. Any chance of a few images?? please???

Neil Egan, good evening. if there had been a nest in the valley, you and your neighbour will have been well aware of it, because these birds when nesting and especially if there are young will begin to "defend" their patch, meaning they will become aggressive towards people and other animals...

Probably beat described as being somewhat "Un-Conventional" ?? As "fillyboy" above, I cannot recall seeing such a wall. OK I have seen a lot of locally sloping boundary walls, but generally in a mining area where a shallow old mine working has caused the issue. Ken.

Niscars, good evening. If it were me?? I would be doing some research into model / type and what that material is / was, just to be really sure before I switched them on again??? Ken.

No. Ken.

The 1850s?? :D:D:D Ken.

Simplez, good evening. Possibly easier to get a "kit" all in one place. fair bit of info on the following site [one of several] https://www.stairpartsuk.com/kits.html Ken.

Ben SS, good evening. An image would assist greatly?? Ken.

dan2002, good evening, again. OK because it is an Internal [party] wall ? The staining has gone to high to suggest "Rising Damp" this common complaint generally rises up no more than 900.mm to 1.0.m. on a wall. Questions? Is there a [say] a bathroom on either side of this party wall directly...

Following JohnD above. I had [wrongly] assumed it was an external wall, as it is internal, how wide is the affected area? full width or just a section of the wall, and how high up is the uppermost stain mark? Any chance of an image of the wall from further back so we can get an overall...

dan2002, good evening. Most common cause of the staining you have is that, the staining is caused by the "Dots" of the dot and dab method used to fix the plasterboard. The above also needs the external wall to be "damp / wet" to allow the Dots to absorb the moisture in the external wall and...

andysink, good evening, again. First positive "WIN" for a post of mine this month [or longer] :D:D:D Glad that worked, I admit I use this "fix" a couple of times a year, my rear gate lock does not like living and operating 50.m. from the Sea, Glad it worked. Ken.

andysink, good evening. Can I suggest ??? a spray of WD40?? Ken.

Totally AGREE !!! Ken.

AVR2, good evening. Suggest you look @ u-tube to see if there are any Vids on there about your fan? Ken.