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I’m not touching the actual stuff. It’s just near to where I’m working. Trying to go with best practise or not disturbing it but got all windows and front and back door open. Not much of a breeze though. Picture of what I’m working with attached. It’s not under every joist. Just a few of them so...

Thanks Notch. Nah there won’t have been clouds. Obviously moving around is creating dust from the floor where all the dirt is. But there are only a few small pieces. A couple have been used under joists as packers and we’ve been bashing the floorboard on top of those with a hammer so may have...

Completely get that. But if it is the type to have it, is it the really dangerous type? I hear so many different things and some say it’s not much worse than Mdf dust for the less dangerous stuff.

Hey everyone, Images attached. Hoping it’s just cement board but think it probably has asbestos in it. I was uplifting my floors to insulate underneath and noticed some packers made out of this as well as spare bits dotted around. Wary that they may have been cutting the boards and that’s all...

Any more advice on this please?

Yeah. Ideally I’d get rid of the whole thing but I guess that’s complicated with it being a party wall. Neighbour has a chimney breast the other side. It’s an odd construction. I’ve added some more photos to help explain it. The masonry at the top part is offset versus the bottom part if that...

Yeah. How many would you use? Thinking one is probably not enough. Is it ok to go right across to each end so that one course will be entirely lintel?

Hey everyone, I’m looking to convert my chimney breast into a media unit as it just sticks out far too much and dominates the room. I’ve read some other threads but mine seems to have a bit of an odd construction. My plan is to put a lintel all the way across near the top so I can open it up...

Photo should be horizontal not vertical but the waste pipe comes in just over half of the other tile so that causes an issue trying to get it round. The other problem being that the flexi part is where it comes through the wall. So it may be a bit smaller than the 110mm collar.

Hi I’ve spent ages googling trying to find some tips. But it seems it’s not a common question. I’ve got to tile around a flexible waste pipe. It’s 110mm soil pipe. Does anyone have any tips for this? I’ve got a pipe collar which if it was a straight pipe wouldn’t be a problem to roughly cut...

Haha. I’m with you. Appreciate the help.

Hi Ive posted before about trying to get some new seals for some old Marshall tufflex ogee guttering. I’ve tried several different ogee seals to see if they’d fit but no joy. So I guess the next step is to just replace the whole guttering. However, it’s in a conservatory and there is metal...

Yep that worked. Thanks!

Didn’t think of that. Thank you! I’ll give that a go.

Hey everyone Bit of a tricky one. Just been refurbishing my utility and looking to get some curtains to hide a load of shelving I’ve fixed to the wall. It’s the full wall so I need to mount it to the ceiling rather than the back of the wall as the shelves stick out way too far. I could attach a...

I’m confused. Self leveller for which bit? The screed patch is level

Yeah going for laminate so hoping it doesn’t cause any issues. Trying to lay the longer planks over the larger filled ones once it’s dry.

Thanks. Have just done that. Do I need to keep redoing it or is once enough? Laid it about 1pm.

Fair enough. I’ll have to take the ear bashing from the wife. I’ll do the rest of the floor but leave that last corner open so it can dry. I’ve put the screed down now. Hopefully it performs better than the previous bit. Is it likely to dry quicker because of the set screed around it? I’m...

Ah ok. Had assumed it going hard and drying were similar. When you say floor screed in bags. Do you mean like https://www.toolstation.com/ultraplan-renovation-screed-3240/p21200 or something else? I’ve used that before and it does seem to dry pretty quickly so I’m wondering if that is better...