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hi been plastering and rendering a few years lately having a problem with render blowing cracking and sometimes top coat appears weak ie easily marked when ladders leant against them i always soak walls first with water use washed plastering sand 4 and 1 cement use addmixture everbuild 3 in 1...

Please advise Iam rendering my mothers house but cannot remove the dash as it so hard when it does come off it is damageing interior plasterwork and loosening brick work the interior is completely finished and decorated was told to screw sheets of expanding metal lathe over dash twith screws and...

have laid pine floorboards a few years ago stained them then varnish finish after a short time it started to ware away i then sanded them and stained again this time using floor wax same thing happened they are exposed to lots of foot traffic is there a better way to finish please advise

have laid new floorboards stained them then varnished them in quite a short space of time the varnish wares away have also used floor wax couple of years ago which did the same is there a better way to finsh than varnish or foor wax please advise

I want to replace my combi boiler in my house is there a way i can work out the btu rating of each of my radiators they are all fairly new but i dont know there btu outputs . I wondered if there is a formula using the height of the rad and the width of the rad and whether they are doules or...

PLEASE HELP can i still render in winter months and do i need to add any additives into my mix to protect from frost many thanks

I have rendered most of my house in the summer and was told to use washed plastering sand the scratch coat was 4 and 1 mix the top coat was 5 and 1 and to soak the walls 1st. I used a 3 in 1 plasticiser retarder and waterproofer to help prevent it cracking blowing or going off to fast WORKED...

have laid new tongue and groove wooden floor boards in my lounge hallway and dining room have sanded them then stained them and have twice varnished them each time the lacquer /varnish keeps wearing away or chipping in a short space of time and you can see the natural wood showing through how do...

please help am rendering bottom half of my house have i,ve been told to use washed sharp sand soak walls first do 2 coats 1st 4to1 2nd 5to1 and use 3in 1 additive comprising of waterproofer plasticiser and retarder was told this will slow down the render from going off to quick also somebody...