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Hello , never used the stuff but anyway I recently spent a considerable amount of time attempting to strip as much of the Weathershield/Sandtex type paints that have been applied in the past and every time it has resulted in the paint bubbling up, peeling , cracking and letting in moisture...

Mostly along the edges .It seems to me that those gaps are likely to let rain water in.Thanks

I am seriously considering covering the brick walls of my chalet bungalow because it will look better but more importantly stop driving rain from attacking one of the walls which unfortunately have been painted over with plastic paint ( should be made a criminal offence) meaning the bricks can...

A water leak sprung in a bathroom situated above a living room resulting in a very small amount of damage as per photo. I had it tested for asbestos, and it came back positive and now i am being told by my agent( the property is let) that, according to one of their contractors, the whole...

Since I bought my 1930s house I learnt the lesson that brick walls should never be painted, at least not with the kind of conventional masonry paints most people use eg Sandtex and Weathersfield. All they do is trap water in which then leads to flaking as the damp pushes the paint off ...

Hello, My current wall mounted OLED TV has been hardwired into a wall spur outlet, which is connected to a switch on the ring main . At the time it was mounted, I did not realise removing the plug from TVs power cable would invalidate its warranty, so I am keen not make the same mistake when I...

I looking to attach fibreboard to the external walls of my brick faced chalet bungalow. Unfortunately they have been painted over and on one particular wall that faces the weather the paint peels in sections( apparently a Zinsser primer should have been applied first ). Fed up with looking at it...

My central heating engineer seems to think it may be necessary at some point in the future but thought the boiler would work fine for now after the service he carried out on it. The situation is as follows our boiler which is a rebadged Intergas combi ( Atmos) was installed about 12 years ago...

I have a stud wall situated in a loft space which backs on to a couple of bedrooms which i would like to heat insulate. The gap between each stud is approx 400mm (or whatever the imperial conversion is as the house was built in 1930) and the depth is 75 mm. Where is the best place to source it...

One of my toilets has a poor flush, and it has been like that since I bought it . It takes at least 3 flushes before I clear the bowl. The toilet is attached to a vanity unit which matches its cistern box. I am almost inclined to replace it, but that would mean replacing the tiles as well, and...

I had my kitchen refurbished well over a year ago and never had any problems with the ring main which had been installed at the time until a few days ago when the RCCB tripped. With it are associated a number of MCBs so i set about looking for which one of them was responsible, and it turned out...

Hello, I know Thompson dont recommend their One coat Water Seal to be used for such purpose but i wondered if there was an alternative.Thanks

Hello I have a flat roofed garage extension and have noticed heavy condensation on the above appliances.Basically I use the garage as a utility room because it also contains a washer and a dryer. Unfortunately it also gets rather draughty due to the fact the builders left gaps around the...

I have 4 very short length of guttering about a foot long which are attached at right angles to two main lengths of guttering at each end so that the rain water fall down the tiled roof rather than down a wall. It is set out like this because there are no downpipes. For the most part it works...

I have a 4x8 + single garage built 10 years ago and was persuaded to the GRP route for the roofing based on a 25 year guarantee. Unfortunately, when I had a new stove burner installed last Thursday, when the installer cut a hole in the roof to fit the flue he showed me the OSB offcut which...

I just had an estimate from a bespoke kitchen manufacturer and the total for the cabinets including pelmets plinth and cornices came to about £10k .Labour and quarts worktop would add an extra 6k. Appliances, sink, taps I would have to supply myself and they would possibly another £2-3 k...

Hello this wall faces the prevailing weather conditions and has always been a problem to me .I last painted it with Sandtex two years ago and the paint is already showing signs of peeling. Anyway I have spent a day trying to remove as much loose paint and not so loose paint ( in fact it took...

Hi I have wall which I want to line prior to applying emulsion to it but after removing the existing pare which actually came off quite easily, I noticed the top layer of existing emulsion peels off quite easily in certain areas, so I as wondering about covering it with an appropriate primer...

I live in 1930s chalet bungalow and have now almost completed removing all the painted wallpaper in my hallway and stairwell .Only the ceiling remain for which I was advised to have plaster-boarded with the walls being re-plastered. Alarmingly as I remove the paper i noticed some cracks above...

Hello, I have a gap running along the width of the door which is about 15mm in height and was wondering what i can use to to fill or whether i should leave well alone .I have thought about using filler foam but I am inclined to think the gap is there for a reason. The reason I ask is because we...