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1. normal cement and building sand mixed 4:1 2. dryzone is normally injected along a horizontal mortar bed in holes drilled through almost to the inside of the wall and spaced about 200mm apart done in the mortar bed where the DPC should/needs to be. 3. if gypsum goes to the floor the...

HA! Coms were the wrong way around! Obviously the old switch was a slightly odd setup on the back and if i'd have had the old switch i'd have been able to see. Moral to that story, keep the old switch safe until the new one works. Thanks a lot chaps! :D

Thanks chaps, appreciate the replies, I'll take another look this evening after work.

Hi Mike, Bit of a problem you've got there, i've not heard of weather causing ceiling ceiling shrinkage/cracks before but it's strange how they've all happened at once and with the turn in the weather. Does it look like they've been repaired previously to get it through the sale? I'd be...

thanks PBD, i did mark each cable according to the L1 L2 or COM as it came out of the switch.

by random which obviously can't really be the case :D using the 2 gang switch downstairs, if i switch both switches to on, nothing happens, darkness, then i switch the left (landing switch) both lights come on, i can then switch the right switch which turns the downstairs light off but...

thanks for the replies guys. unfortunately the wife threw the old switch out before i put the new one on! I marked the cables so that i knew exactly which went to which but seems i may have muddled some how, if tell you that depending on which way i have these switches, i.e. on or off, the...

definitely fill those mortar joints for a start. the inside pics look like rising damp. are the walls cavity or solid 9inch? how would water be ingressing from the passage? Driving rain seem unlikely but do you get pools of water down there if it's wet? You need to firstly find the...

that's a lot of spreading in a day, i'd want a sh*t hot labourer for that and the prep done JUST right, especially the artex ceiling.

hello chaps, i have a new found respect for you trade, me being a plasterer and all. re-plastered my hallway and landing recently and replaced the 2 gang 2 way switch in the hallway for some new and clean. Wired it like for like but now the lights are just not behaving and doing...

mmmmm hog roast!! :-) not saying he doesn't know his stuff joe, i agree he seems knowledgeable about 'traditional' methods. he seems less knowledgeable about modern methods though and there is sometime and argument for both/either. bit too preechy and i think the main problem is the way...

exactly the problem, he obviously has way more spare time than the rest of us, no idea how he earns a living but it's not on the trowel that's for sure. he has SO MUCH time that it's difficult for the rest of us to compete with him on here, we've all got day jobs and lives outside of that, we...

hopefully he'll be gone for weeks then waiting for the stuff to go off so he can rub it up with his cross grain wooden float. that boys preaching though is ruining this forum for everyone, the mods for some reason don't want to step in and stop this place becoming a ghost town, maybe they...

anyone else think he's bringing this forum to its knees?

from memory, sand and cement needs expansion joints every 5 metres, lime render is much better, not sure how this works on metal lath though

perfect job would be to skim the lot yes but i suspect you don't need this amount of work, i'd have the area from the bottom of the picture rail to the ceiling bonded out level and then skimmed and feathered into the existing, or easilfilled.

if done properly you should be getting damp on the surface of your walls. adding some kinda admix to plaster to deal with the problem (sounds like what's happened based on your description) is completely inadequate! if you're in a basement you're more than likely below the water table, you...

Hi chaps. Kind of plastering kind of building question so opted for building. Got an old extension with a damp problem to sort. It's currently been rendered down to ground level, has no dpc as it was originally the coal shed or loo. We're going to knock off the old render which will...

Bump. Ta