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    Help! Nomoreply 12mm cement board in shower area with dot and dab marks !

    Hi after some urgent advice please to enable me to progress with bathroom renovation. I have installed 12mm no more ply boards on an external wall in shower area. I have used concrete screws and also dot and dabbed the boards with gyproc dri-wall adhesive. I applied sbr to the wall but forgot to...
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    Porch walls issues! Damp? Efflorescence?

    Hi all, my porch wall had slowly got into the below state, a year after painting the walls with contract Matt paint. Scrapped off the worst of it today. Wall doesn’t appear wet. I’m thinking of using some plaster repair on it and paint with some masonry paint I have in the garage. Any thoughts...
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    Vapour barrier needed for laminate on suspended floor?

    Hi, I’m going to lay some 12mm herringbone laminate in my hall way and I’ve got either some arbiton Fan-folded Sprint Laminate underlay or green wood fibre type in the house that I can use. Neither has vapour barrier properties. Do I need to worry about buying a vapour barrier or not. Floor is...
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    What material is this step?

    Hello, Can anyone identify the material of this step down into garage? Thanks
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    cladding over Fascias

    Hi all, After some advice. I have a leaking gutter along single story extension. Gutter looks bowed and waters is spilling over. Thinking of replacing guttering and cladding over wooden Fascias with PVC at the same time. Is cladding over wooden boards recommending and how difficult will...
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    Roughcast or pebbledash?

    Hi all, What am I looking at here, roughcast or pebbledash? What are my options to repair? Thanks
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    Advice for repointing

    Hi, After some advice please to repoint some brickwork above patio door. Could anyone please advise a product that would be fit for purpose and match the existing mortar colour? Also, any thoughts on why the brick work in the middle is that colour? House is 1930s semi. Thanks
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    How to insulate 30s semi bay window

    Hello, I’m decorating the master bedroom of the 30s semi. The bay window is currently not insulated. It looks to have the original plaster on laffs and nothing behind. Externally, I don’t believe there to be a brick wall. The house is pebbledashed from the front. How’s best to insultate? Should...
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