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I haven't had much success using cement which doesn't seem to bond to the stone properly so I'm going to try a product called Toupret Murex. It's cheap enough to be worth a go.

Thanks for your answer. The putty is in a bad way. Half the external putty has fallen out of its own accord and quite a bit of the internal stuff is loose, powdery or missing altogether. Some of the panes were so loose, I was afraid to wash the window in case the pressure popped them out...

I have an old sash window with coloured and patterned lights. It has been seriously neglected for decades and has a broken coloured light. I managed to grab another sash window from a neighbour who was dumping it (similar condition) so have the correct size/colour piece of glass in another...

Is that the bit with the main fuse that leads into the meter? If so, everything is secure.

Where would I find the cutout to check for loose wires?

I have rang them and they have told me if it is an internal problem there is a £67 call out charge. They have advised me to ask neighbours if they are experiencing similar problems before proceeding but neighbours are at work at the moment. My house is on a main street and there are no...

I don't think so. It comes up through the floor near the front door. House built 1906 but no idea when electricity was first connected.

We have noticed that sometimes the lights flicker and the power circuit dips sufficiently to knock off the computer, oven clock flashes, etc. This only happens in bad weather and nothing is tripping on the meter. Any suggestions what can be happening?

So sooty bricks don't create a reaction with the chemicals in the injection at all. Which means they're either incompetent or lying gits. Thank you for your input.

So you would have just continued the injection across it as if it were regular wall? They went up the sides then plastered on the gunk in the middle.

Can you expand on why it didn't need doing? They said something about oils from the soot.

Builders were in to inject dpc and have slapped on extra costs because they found the remains of a chimney when they stripped away plaster. They said it needed tanking and removed the rest of the plaster up to the ceiling and applied said 'tanking' to the chimney area (about 8' x 6'). Can...

I'll settle for ground and first floor for now. I can hang out of 2nd floor window later. Do I need to remove all trace of old sealant or can I go over some bits? Should I use a proprietary PVC cleaner before starting, any recommended or to be avoided? Which sealant should I purchase...

If the original installers aren't interested in making my allegedly Weatherproof Windows literally weatherproof, what chance have I of getting anybody else? That leaves me then, and I need to know what materials I should purchase; there is a vast range of sealants and I don't want to pick...

A very long ladder - 3 storey house!!

The sealant around the PVCu door and windows installed a little under 10 years ago has gaps all over. Frames and units are fine - just draughty, leaky gaps everywhere. I tried to replace some around the front bay window myself last year and made quite a mess so what do you advise? I...

NHS charges http://www.nhs.uk/England/Dentists/DentalCharges.cmsx Private - whatever they can extract from your wallet, lol

George VI was formerly Prince Albert October Revolution is in November Panama hats - somewhere in South America, Peru perchance?