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Evening all, Got a bit of a conundrum with regards to a possible water stain half way up my dining room wall. It's kind of always been there, albeit a lot smaller. Was never there when we first moved in years ago, appeared maybe 4/5 years after we moved in. Of late though it seems to have...

Morning all. Last year I had my fireplace opened up and a woodburner put in. The company who did the work also plastered the chimney breast. Not long after painting it, 3/4 lines have shown through the paint. At first I thought it might be salts coming through as I would wipe it, they'd...

After a bit of help/advice regarding my existing concrete floor. Will try and pop some pictures up tomorrow if needed but here's the gist of it: Our 1900's terrace had the wooden floor replaced with a concrete floor, due to some recent ongoing diy projects it appears that the concrete floor...

Evening all, Had a bit of an on going niggle with one of our interior walls. Over the last 18 months to 2 years there has been a gradual onset of paint flaking off one of the inside walls. The wall In question is the dividing wall between us and our neighbours. Over this time I have been...

Hi all, I'm after some assistance in trying to find the cause of water coming into my kitchen ceiling via an old unused chimney that is on the back of the house. We have a single storey extension which houses the kitchen and bathroom which the old chimney goes into, in the corner of kitchen...

Evening all, I have a bit of a pickle to do with a neighbours lean to and i'm after a bit of advice if possible. I have lived in my house for 8 years, it's a 2 up 2 down terrace where everyone has a single storey extension for their kitchens and bathrooms. My neighbours house, to the right as...

Morning all, I hope this might be in the right section but if not please can a mod move it. Earlier in the year we had a lot of replastering done due to it being blown, all part of a big redecorating project. Part of this was done in our hallway near our front door. I've noticed recently...

We are in the process of redecorating most of our house. One annoying problem we've got is mould and blown plaster in the hallway by the front door on 1 side. Unfortunately this side has an open porch on the other side, it is the only house in the terrace to have this as everyone else has moved...

We currently have a single storey extension on the back of our house, which doesn't go all the way up to our neighbours boundary. If we want to extend across, apart from a party wall agreement (i guess), would there be any possible building regs that need to be adhered to, or would we need...

I have attached a couple of pics but basically I had a fireplace done with heat prof plasterboard skim. Over the last few weeks salts and dark patches have appeared. I am 99% sure it is damp but would appreciate some expert opinions so I am 190% sure.

Evening all, I am after some advice/guidance on concreting over soil. Basically I am in the process of renovating a re-opened fireplace. The bottom of the fireplace was uneven and had tiles in the bottom. I have pulled most of the tiles up to reveal a sandy cement mixture that has...

Evening all, I have recently opened up an old fireplace and I am looking to put some slate tiles in the bottom to make a hearth for a stove. The main floor is concrete, the bottom of the opened up fireplace is 2 inches or so below floor level with the old small tiles in the bottom. I want...

similar kind of thread to the chap who has posted recently, re-opened up a fireplace over the last week so that we can install a woodburner for the winter. Got a couple of questions so I know which direction to proceed in, mainly to do with the back of the fireplace. Basically I'm happy with...

I have a 2 up 2 down with a single storey extension on the back for the kitchen and bathroom. The extension has 2 skins, with the inside having a stud wall all the way around. The plasterboard is starting to crack in the joins, possibly due to age as if it has been up as long as the extension...

Morning all, Looking at replacing the fencing at the bottom of my garden with a non retaining wall made out of block. The size would be approx. 2.7m in length and 2m high, and the block would be standard 100mm blocks. one end would be connected to an existing wall, and the other end will have...

evening all, Had a plasterer come round today to price up getting some blown plaster repaired. He said to remove the old plaster that I want replacing prior to him coming next weekend. I started on one patch in my dining room, removed the skirting board which pulled off some of the blown...

Prepped the plaster in my bathroom with a mist coat of leyland contractors matt emulsion ready for applying the top coat. We have got some wickes bathroom paint which they say is an acrylic eggshell paint. After the mist coat dried I decided to apply some of the bathroom paint to a test area...

Morning all, just wanted to check the best way to prep plaster prior to painting. Basically the previous owners had painted the bathroom walls, and when we went to put our new paint on it puilled the old paint off to bare plaster. We have since removed all of the old and new paint so...

In my hallway by the front door I have 2 patches of effloressence on the walls. The side that is worst is where our next door neighbours alcove porch is. I suspect that this wall is geting wet and damp due to having no cover, but I was wondering what the best course of action is. Would it be...

I will shortly be in the progress of redoing our bathroom which currently doesn't have an extractor fan. Because of this we have had little bits of condensation gathering on the ceiling in the 2 of the corners causing a smidgen of damp. One of the patches is directly above the bath, the other on...