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Can anyone give me some advice on how I go about painting on top of lime wash? Part of my external wall is lime pointed stone, (random stone). It was lime washed a few years back (with about 4 coats of "St Astier" paint), which I'm not too impressed with. I'm wanting to paint over it with a...

I live in a village 1500' above sea level, (so we're sometimes above cloud level and occassionally IN cloud level), in a 250+ year old cottage. The lime pointed walls have long since been rendered with concrete render and it hasn't presented any problems. My problem is my gable wall...

I've got a hardwood Framed, Ledged, braced and battened door. Its the "proper" door to have as I live in a conservation area. Its been in for 6 years now, and it has been well maintained and visually does not need any treatments, (but I checked back on similar posts before starting this one...

I have a selfish eejit for a neighbour....... I have a brick built rodding chamber behind my house. At the moment, it is covered by a precast concrete slab and its worked fine for the past 50 years or so. Problem is that my eejit neighbour has done works to a plot of ground he owns, (and...

Hi! A simple question here, which you guys will know the answer to straight off and only an amateur like me would ask!! I'm looking to use flexible pipes to take the supplies to my washing machine, (as there will be no service void behind the cabinets), but the catalogues say I need to use...

Hi. I'm refitting my neighbours kitchen and its causing me grief! Its a very small kitchen so every bit of space is used. There is a cupboard built INTO the wall above the kitchen sink, and beneath the wall cupboards. There are two (kitchen) cabinet doors which close the cupboard off...

Desperately seeking some sensible advice here!!! I am refurbishing a house out in the middle of nowhere and coupled to that the house is so small I only have room for storage heating! The house is so small I am only fitting one combi storage/convector heater which should serve the whole...

Hi there.....new boy looking for some expert advice please :) (I live out in the middle of nowhere and its impossible to get tradesmen in to do specialized works so have to tackle them myself.) I have a 250yr old cottage which is being refurbished. I have treated the penetrating damp from...