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I'm having trouble with one wall that's traditional plastered, I have given it a mist coat of white contract emulsion 50/50 but I'm seeing what looks like hairline cracks that run diagonal in various spots If I run my finger over them I can feel the paint where it's raised, the paint doesn't...

I have a property which has step cracking going up the rear side of the house above the first floor, the cracking varies in size over an area of 2m in length to 1.5 in hight, we had a structural engineer look at it and he has said it looks like it was caused when the house was extended. Is it...

Hey guys, i really need your help on this I've got an inch of cast iron soil pipe from the ground which measures 90mm or 3-1/2" internally. I tried getting a floplast SP140 universal cast iron adapter but it wont fit, its more like 100mm so at the minute i'm stuck with a white McAlpine MAC-1 WC...

I want to replace some of the ground floor ring final circuit as it is old white cable. Some parts have steel conduit pipes that was plastered in the wall thats about 15mm diam, if I replaced this with two 20mm pvc oval conduit - approx 500mm in length on both legs to be plastered over would...

Does anyone else find that the innovation in electrics is much slower than most other fields ? Only Wago and Ashley have MF junction boxes, you now have wago connectors but what about sockets and switches that have not changed in years, the talk of over tightening or loose connections is an...

How much of an area do you have to cover with insulation ? The best insulation you can buy without losing too much room is Aerogel, it is rather expensive though. This stuff is better than Celotex, Kingspan and you only need half the thickness. 40mm of Aerogel will better latest building...

Thanks, this did cross my mind but i was hoping there may be another way that wouldn't cause too much mess. any advice on reducing cold bridging ? filling cavity ect ?

This is the down stairs front room with bedroom above, its a spine wall that goes right through the middle of the property. so would it be best to prop up the joists one by one to bed the bricks on mortar ? Should i prop the joists as close to the spine wall, this wont cause deflection will...

Hi frank The square thing set in the wall is a door, it's not a crack which I think your referring to, it is just shoddy brick work which needs repointing, it is mainly the top course of bricks that have been put in uneven and then used wood to pack underneath. Is it worth trying to...

haha thanks, i'll leave it for now until i'm ready to replace the radiator with new TRV's

I'm looking to plasterboard my external wall in the front room with Spacetherm Aerogel, however the window reveal is very uneven with bricks poorly chopped in half and sticking proud of the internal leaf, the cavity is pretty poor around the window as well so I can't use insulated cavity closers...

Is it common to find ceiling joists resting on wood packers ? the wood is 21mm thick and as shrunk in parts from the weight of the joists, not sure what type of wood it is, one of the joists is sitting on a piece of wood that covers about half its width. It looks like the builders never...

I've not seen these before but they don't look like your typical lock shield valve, can you isolate these to remove a radiator ? the opposite side as the manual TRV http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/cpuspec/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150130_094112.jpg

Well i'd start with getting the basics right and get grommets on the back boxes if it were me, you will find a wealth of information on this site as well people who work as an electrician by trade, don't just dismiss what people say Who is going to test your circuits , who have you contacted...

Thanks for clearing that up

I understand you can have only one non fused spur from a ring main but how many spurs can you have with FCU's ? Can you have multiple FCU spurs at different points on one ring e.g kitchen, living room ? or are you limited to still one spur but you can have as many sockets on that spur with...

This is interesting, who are you going to get in to do the testing of the circuits ? I was lead to believe LABC only inspect and do NOT test. What's concerned me is that you have already said how dangerous the house is wired with diagonal cable runs and yet your cutting through walls while...

Ok thanks, that's put my mind a bit at ease The joists run 90 degrees to the air bricks located at the front and back of the property, do you also have vents at the joists ends as well ? I believe sheep's wool is suppose to breathable so it should allow air to pass though it unlike celotex...

I would to insulate under my lounge that is suspended timber and I am in two minds what to use, celotex or sheep's wool ? I am thinking sheep's wool since will be easier to use. I plan to use that netting used on scaffholding to create baskets for the sheep's wool, I know i will also need a...

I found a few cracks on the side of my house I would like to point up, however i'm not sure which product to choose from since Lafarge do a range of ready mixed bags ( Mastercrete: Mortar Mix ect The worry is i'm not sure if the house was built with lime mortar or not, the house was built in...