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freg, Thanks for posting the quote details. Thing is, if the hipped roof of your substantial bay is spreading then its possible that the roof framing movement is down to movement or decay in the original timber Bressummer Beam. You dont show pics of the brick movements/"cracks" or the 75mm gap...

Did you accidentally paint the LED strips while painting the coving? Perhaps you will have to remove the strips and do a better paint job?

You need to get a professional tiler, from a long established firm, on site for an opinion. Many who advertise themselves as "tilers" are actually products of short tiling courses who attempt to learn at the client's expense. Such chancers have typically no knowledge of construction, and no...

OP, I assume that the tiles you call "border tiles" have been fitted on the rim of the bath - pics from further back showing the full context would help better & show more than the fuzzy pics above. Tiling on p/board and using plastic sealing strips indicates that the work was done by an...

Its a bit late in the day for remedial measures - & how come you are having to give direction to your builder? Someone has unsettled the brickwork without thinking through what they were going to do next. Any work eg. a short L-bracket would depend on how much access you have - perhaps best to...

OP, Well, I for one, am no wiser as to what was actually happening to the bay, & what exactly is going to be done for £625. Is the "long list of things" to be done included in the £625 or is that list separate? FWIW: there are probably other DIY'ers, like yourself, who will be following this...

WBP used to have a slight meaning with ref. to the glue not the ply. Nowadays its simply a Building Supplies rip off term. Basic CDX construction ply is all thats needed. OP (& any other readers), be cautious about relying on the user name chappers - he claims that he doesnt "see my posts"...

What "column bit" are you referring to? In pic1. looking up you can see the jumble, and on the left the feather.

Good choice - Limelite is a a great choice - I was wrong in thinking it was gypsum. The jumble you are looking up at is inside the bedroom c/breast - its the base of the upper flue. The builders have removed some of the "Feather" and the left hand flue "Throating" - neither would have been...

Assuming that this is an interior then: Break contact 40mm above the solid floor. Apply one coat of tacky PVA and you can skim over the tacky PVA.

All redundant flues need venting - your two flues each need a bottom vent. You appear to have used gypsum plaster on the chimney breasts and in the opening - lime/remedial render should have been used. Given that the jumble of off-cuts and mortar has lasted this long, then there's no reason to...

OP, It makes it much simpler to advise you if you do whats suggested?

OP, Why not post a pic showing your bedroom hearth and chimney breast? And post another pic showing the whole front face of the c/breast including the opening for the cooker. Do not go cutting out any bricks. The flue on the left needs sweeping - possibly with flails - and venting top and...

Your post is a bit confusing but essentially it might be best for you to lift all the coverings down to the bare concrete. And then prime & use SLC to bring the floor to a level, correct height for tiling. However: the tiles (1970's - 1980's Marley? 12" x 12") might possibly contain asbestos...

As above. But there may be more to it than your pics show? Why not post a couple of pics showing the whole flat roof and the stone abutment?

OP, You can safely walk on the gutter flat. Safe access would be from a tied-in tower. The roof tiles on both sides are probably fragile, so a roof ladder(s) would be needed for any movement on the roof planes. Presumably, the boundary line between the two properties is the abutment wall side...

Given that you are new to the handyman business I guess that your rates will do until you get established - during the first 12 months or so of any business you often have to grab whatever is on offer. Include your 80 mins driving time as a cost but dont tell the customer - driving to and fro...

You can use quick setting adhesive but normal powdered adhesive will usually set up in a few hours - good enough to walk on. Grout only the WC footprint, fix the WC - and grout the rest of the floor the day after.

Drilling vertical hanging tiles in-situ can be a very tricky business indeed. Because you are in essence drilling down on two fixed tiles its very easy to crack the under tile. Remember that all vertical tiles are double/fully nailed - or should be. There are all kinds of silicone glue on jobs...

You have previously posted in a number of the forums, & your posts range from an obvious lack of practical experience to plain wrong. Whatever you consider yourself to be, all you present on here is the appearance of a confused googler. FWIW: the method I described has been used by professional...