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1. Looking at getting some walls professionally skimmed and wondering do I need to remove any of the following to get a perfect finish: a) Tiny scraps of wall paper b) Bits of mortar from internal decorative brick work c) The pale stuff that's left all over after wallpaper's removed-old...

Hi, We're renovating a kitchen diner and have a lot to do but beyond a certain point, don't know which order the tasks should be done in (best guess below). We have a budget for professionals for tasks that require it but I'd welcome your view on what we could do ourselves with a bit of...

Just bumping this back up in the hope some one will take a look at the pictures I've uploaded and give me their informed view on the crack. Thanks in advance.

Novice here, so some stupid questions first. I assume the blue steel beam I'm seeing between the window frame and bricks is the lintel yes?? As you can see from the picture there seems to be a gap between the this lintel and brickwork...around 1 cm in the midpoint. The window is 3.6m wide...

Thanks for the reply. I've added some pictures below which should give you a better idea of the issue. The previous occupants didn't knock a wall down, the room has always been L-shaped (we have a copy of the original plans from when the house was built). I can see from the plans that there...

We took down some stone cladding which was on the wall around the fireplace. Found this pipe, the stone cladding had been built around it and the pipe comes out of the concrete floor. The wall behind it is an internal wall. The stone cladding has been in place since the house was built, so...

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We're renovating a very dated 1970s house and removed an artificial beam (it was wood on all sides and hollow in the middle) which revealed a big straight crack in the ceiling. The crack itself isn't that wide but one side of it has dropped by 3-5mm. This seems to have cracked the plaster on...

I have a warm air heating system in my house and need to replace the insulation around the ducts in the loft prior to loft insulation being fitted. The current insulation is ancient and has now cracked. What is the best product to insulate the ducts with? We've not been able to find anything...

As part of our slow but steady house renovation, we plan to move the back boor. The current one will be removed and bricked up and about 12 months later, a new one will be installed in a different position. We know it's going to be inconvenient but we have a side path so can live with it for...

Hi, I have a couple of problems with my car and would appreciate some knowledgable person's advice! I'll give all the details I have to help get a good diagnosis! I have an x-plate Corsa 1.2i 16v Club (later shape - Feb 2000 I think) and the problems are: Problem 1 While traveling at a...