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Hi Everyone, We have a solid stone house and over the last few years have removed the cement mortar from the outside side of the walls and repointed in lime. Some of the external walls inside have had the modern plaster removed and redone in lime or left as bare stone. A few of the external...

Hi Everyone, I have a log cabin (glorified shed) arriving and wanted to insulate the floor. The Cabin comes with bearers, which I am putting directly on a newly build wooden deck base. I have been reading about celotex and wondered if this can put directly on the deck base between the bearers...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right forum but.... We have a stone barn conversion and my sons room has some mould high up near a velux. His ceiling is much high and goes up to the roof line. The side of the area you can see in the picture are within the loft space. The room itself is not damp...

Hi everyone, I have a set of double glazed hardwood french doors opening onto a balcony. They pen outwards and there is a draught front the join between them. There is some sealing on the threshold and around the frame so don't want to add more on top of that. Any ideas what the best way to...

Hi Everyone, I am repointing my Devon old stone house with lime and I have found some of the stones at the top near the roof (not load bearing) are loose. I want to reset these and I know how to mix up the lime mortar but wondering what the mix is for setting? I am using non-hydraulic putty...

Hi, In the process of repointing our stone barn conversion I noticed that a wooden lintel above an external large door is split across the grain (see picture). Lintel by peeky1323 posted 8 Oct 2015 at 3:32 PM So much that if you press on it it moves. The scaffolders noticed this as they were...

Hi, I am assuming the answer is you can't but I will ask anyway. I have an electric towel rail for the bathroom. Thermostat and flex cord comes out the bottom, and the electric outlet is near the ceiling (about 4 feet) above where the rail needs to be. The flex on the rail is only about 10"...

Hi everyone. I hope someone can help me with a question on the correct product to put on my external double glazed windows. We recently bought a barn conversion and the windows are double glazed wooden units. Not sure what wood, we are moving in next week. It;s in good condition but the varnsh...

Hi everyone, I hope someone can advise me on what do here. I am remodeling our 1st floor bathroom, sink toilet etc is out, and I have removed tiles, and skirting boards ready for plastering/tiling. The floor is cork tiles and after removing the skirting boards I noticed that the cork tiles...

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if someone could assist with a plumbing question please? Background is I have a Washign machine that I would like to move into my garage. It will sit against a wall with a sink on the other side. I am going to drill a hole through for the waste to use a sink trap...

Hi, This is my first post so be gentle :-) I have a quick question about underfloor heating and was wondering if someone could help. I am looking at installing some underfloor heating, then laminate over the top. I see there is a specific type for this purpose. What I was wondering was...