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Hi everyone/the experts here I have a small chip in a kitchen worktop - see photo. I'd be grateful for advice on how to repair - what products you'd recommend to use etc. Rest of worktop is fine so seems silly to replace rather than repair I think so long as it's something slightly darker it...

Hi all just had this roofing job done, got some photos back from roofer

hi there and thanks in anticipation as part of refurbishment a victorian conversion flat I removed the boarding in a chimney breast and behind it is a lovely original fireplace. only issue is that in removing the boarding it has pulled off a bit of paint and a small bit of the fireplace...

Hi everybody I'd welcome your advice I live in a flat in a terraced property that was converted into 3 flats I am the 1st floor at the rear. 2. The flat above me has a misconnected pipe from their kitchen sink and washing machine, going to the surface water drain at the front/the road. The...

Hi everyone, just seeking a bit of advice roofer replacing roof next door has taken some photos, please could the experts here take a look and say what's needed doing and what costs ought to be [in london] -i can see valleys /gutters have some rubbish in them needs clearing [1st and 4th...

hi I returned to my flat in the new year and found these stains on the wall/ceiling. Above is a tiled roof. The part jutting out is an old chimney breast. Next to it is internal stud wall/internal insulation. The chimney is no longer there). I turned the heating and dehumidifier on just to make...

Hi I've bought a property, the survey said minor pointing repairs needed, had a 'specialist' company round specialist in exterior decorating and brickwork, who said whole wall needs repointing (2.5k plus cost of scaffolding C. 35m2 in South london). The guy didn't even go up a ladder to feel...

Hi got some guttering originally installed only 3 years ago July 2021 seems to be failing underneath and at joint to next section. Any thoughts/ideas why it would have failed so soon or have I just been unlucky (Trying to get roofervwho installed to replace as think should be covered by...

Hi all, am looking at buying a property built c 1900-1910 where some courses of bricks next to a former chimney breast appear to be deflecting inward. Survey [level 3] says "To the rear wall, there is evidence that makes us consider that there was a chimney stack, which has been removed and...

Hi all posting in case any of the experts here can help. Attached are photos of some damp patches upstairs in a bedroom - I painted the wallpaper about a year ago, the area affected is where a chimney breast used to be. Using one of those meters wiith electric prongs the readings are c. 10-15%...