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    Rendering in poor weather?

    Am I being given correct information that Rendering (outdoors obviously) should not be done in poor weather conditions? Asking because I don't know so be kind please
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    Removal of Blown Plaster

    From the pics you will see the walls are in a bad way. Is it ok to just keep knocking off the old loose plaster then use pva on those areas or does the whole of the walls need to be stripped? Also the cracks at Ceiling - these gaps go into the loft (nothing behind or above ) so how would I fill...
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    Why pipe not put in Ceiling?

    The Cylinder is 6 ft away rounbd a corner
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    Yes I'm considering that but as the PB is quite lumpy in places I am concerned how thick the render would be and the weight of it.
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    Why pipe not put in Ceiling?

    Any ideas in why this water feed pipe (from Tank in loft) would be running down the wall, across floor and up into cupboard to meet Cylinder Tank as opposed to being run across Ceiling and down? Could it simply be that there are an assortment of pipes at ground and low level anyway ? The...
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    All the bungalows are the same and nobody has changed from Pebbledash. Perhaps this is what he meant ?
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    Thank you everyone Forewarned is Forearmed they say, hence all my enquiries lol
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    Over the phone actually but wants pics. I dont think so
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    No I heard correctly which is why I am beyond baffled
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    Because I dont like it?
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    Should I give this Company a wide berth?

    I have just had a response to stripping off the Pebbledash from my Bungalow and I was asked if I knew whether the property was Built in Pebbledash or was it added on to Brickwork? Someone HELP !!! Is it me ? 70 year old female not as wise as she thought she was?
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    Sealing a wall?

    I have just bought a property and historically there has been an issue of damp on one outside wall and the inside is stained. When I come to decorate and while the wall is back to the plaster is there anything I can add to it to give prevention of possibley any damp coming through later on?. I...
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    Adoplug ?

    The property is 1930's built. There is one diagonal movement crack at corner of window, at ceiling height it then goes along in a straight line. Outside the PB has not only had previous repairs but has some new cracks. I am looking at all my options and my first choice/thought would be to have...
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    Adoplug ?

    The roughcast is outside. The cracks are on internal walls
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    Adoplug ?

    Quote " Crack, Patch hole repairs of concrete floors, walls, pipes and Holding Tanks" ??????
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    Adoplug ?

    Thats not what I have read???
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    Is it necessary to repoint Brickwork?

    If I am having the build rendered will it be necessary to have any brickwork repointed if needed? I wont know until the Pebbledash has been stripped off.
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    Gas Pipe Disconnection

    Hello If I am informed correctly that gas pipes cannot.be buried, would it then be ok to cap off just inside ceiling where it comes through?
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    Adoplug ?

    Has anyone used this to do repairs to cracked walls? Appreciate your feedback good and bad.
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    Changing Toilet

    Hello, I am having the Bathroom done and would like to change this style of toilet to possibley a closed coupled one? If not then a unit to cover the cistern?. An advantage I have I believe, is that the exit pipe from the bowl does not go directly into the floor. Hopefully the photos are sufficient.
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