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@EFLImpudence hi, thanks for the info this is the wiring the electricians did when we renovated the house and had it rewired in 2008. One set of cable lights stopped working earlier this year (worked since the rewiring) so looking at replacing now. All I’ve done is taken the light...

Hi, we have some cable lights, two sets attached to the same switch. One set stopped working and an electrician looked and said the transformer needed replacing. The set was from 2008 and I couldn’t find the same model so just ordered two new cable sets, including transformers. When looking at...

Hi, we are going to tile two small external areas up to our front door with Victorian tiles. We are going to dig out, put some hardcore in, followed by about 4 inch deep concrete (will add some micro fibres to the mix). Let it dry out for a few weeks, and then tile upon a decoupling membrane...

Cheers for the advice. Yeah that drain had a clay pipe and it’s collar was cracked. Replaced it last year.

So if I did a course of bricks or concrete edge where the render is, so soil not right up to it, then I should be ok? We did have pots before. But it is in full sun there so they quickly dry out

Yeah both rooms we did had a chimney breast so stud wall went all the way across mirroring shape of the wall. Again not fixing to the actual chimney breast. One room we used metal studs, the other timber. Tbh, room with timber seems to have worked better.

Hi, we live in a terraced house on a hill, that has the ground floor elevated off the pavement by a metre or so. We have a very small area outside the front that we would potentially like to plant up so looks better. The area currently has broken concrete. And is in front of our cellar that is...

We’re in a terraced house and had similar issues with students. Fortunately we had enough room in the first floor bedrooms to lose 20cm. We built stud wall, not fixed to party wall. Filled with sound proof insulation. Double boarded with soundproof board and filled any gaps with sound proofing...

Yeah when we bought it and done up initially back in 2007, we had damp work done in kitchen, with membrane internally and a DPI externally. The latter never got done as builder went out of business.

Cheers for the advice @^woody^ . As well as a couple builders, I’ve asked some renderers to look so hopefully amongst them I’ll get it sorted. Thanks for the advice

Hi @tell80 , thanks for the reply. Our main concern was getting it rendered but it being compromised so wasting money. I can’t see evidence of a DPC. There is an airbrick round the corner but I think this part of the kitchen is solid floor (an old extension long before we moved in - like an out...

If we were getting it rendered, would it need pointing?

Hi, we have this external wall and the mortar is discolouring and becoming slightly flakey (more so in the bottom right of the picture). It is a Victorian terraced but the previous owners rebuilt this wall (some reason used smaller bricks and massive mortar joints). Anyway, we want to render...

Hi, my dad had some work done to move a light and the lining paper, and other old wall paper underneath, was cut away. He can’t afford a decorator so I was going to attempt to make it look less messy for him. I don’t want to have to strip the wall, so was wanting to just fill, sand and repaint...

Thanks Harry and TigerCubRider. I don’t mind attaching to the wall, just want to avoid building on top of it. It’s a sublet job next door, students renting off landlord, who rents off mgmt company on behalf of owner so gets a bit of a pain so want to avoid seeking permission. I’ll give the...

Thanks for reply. I don’t think I can realistically have a 600mm gap, then the shed then gap to house. The entire width from boundary wall to kitchen wall is 2.6m. So 600mm would leave 2m. So about 1m for shed. So not really practical - need about 1.3m internal width for trailer. I’ll have...

Hi, I would like to build a shed to store bikes, trailer, animal hutch etc. Was going to use solid base and timber studs with membrane and cladding etc. With some floor and wall anchors for security. Was hoping to do a green roof too. The space is limited so was going to be about 6m x 1.5m and...

Hi, We've had the whole of our house replastered (a mixture of skimming and dry lining and the bar plaster is between 5-10 months old). We are currently preping it for painting and have sanded the bare plaster walls on the 1st floor. Reading some posts here it says you shouldn't do that as...

cheers for the advice - i'll follow it. Can you get the brummer wood filler at the DIY places like B&Q or do you need to go to a decorator's centre? Cheers

Hi, We've just had lots of new timber skirting / architraves fitted and we want to paint it mainly with white gloss. Do we need to treat the scew/nail heads beofre filling and priming? Someone told me to do the following: 1. Use knotting compund directly on the screw heads and any...