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    Roof felt ripped. Repair? (condition of roof felt)

    Hello, Thank you in advanced for your help with this, I really appreciate it. :) After a small roof leak, I removed numerous clay (not concrete) tiles and found a wet patch with a clay colour. With no other water present, I can only assume it came through the tile. The tiles did look very...
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    Roof Insulation in Garden Shed -- Closed or Open Ventilation System

    Hello, Shed roof insulation has been discussed on the forum before, but I'm stuck on one bit: Air Flow Please bear with me The shed is going to be a fully finished space for daily office and studio use. 5.5m x 2.5m -- fairly large Sloped roof, felted Interior is a shell - we're saving by...
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    Concrete base uneven for garden workshop

    Thank you for your help - Please save me! In just a few days a new pottery studio is arriving for my wife, but the concrete base has gone wrong :-( The Concrete base is 5.5m by 2.4m (18' by 8'), steel reinforced, hand poured by an amateur friend on top of 10cm of compacted mot type 1. The...
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    Deck restoration (thinking about deck oil? read this first)

    Hello All :-) I want to revive my deck to make it look like new, especially as I'm getting one part of it re-built from scratch. Here is how it went: I used Liberon Decking Oil to get this wonderful finish on my deck: I had applied the two coats within 20 minutes of each other...
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    Decking + Damp Issue inside

    Hello, Thank you in advance for your help with this. I bought this house with existing decking. It is secured to the house and sits on top of an old stone patio. We have damp coming inside. The damp is directly above an air brick, as shown in the pictures below. I removed some of...
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    Sash windows - replace or fix?

    Hello, I've moved into a 1900'ish Victorian House with traditional sash windows. I've applied fuzzy draught excluders which helped, but it is still noticeably warmer when we shut the curtains. A local company wants £200 per window to re-frame them, allowing for better draught exclusion...
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    Water Residue - brown / sand(?)

    Hello, We have been sterilising water for the babies bottles in a new Philips Avent Sterliser. In the bottom of it, we've been seeing a residue that is brown in colour and has little bits in it. The bits look like sand but feel a bit like a soft paste... There is no smell and I've...
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    Wall Plugs & Heavy Mirrors - Newbie confusion(?)

    Hello, Thank you very much for reading my post. This will seem basic to you experts, but I'm not fully comprehending it. I have a large heavy mirror to hang above a fireplace (plaster then brick in the wall). Most of the posts on this forum recommend brown wall plugs, although some...
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    Water Stained Flooring

    Hello, Thank you in advance for your help. I've just woken up and found someone has hung up dripping towels above the hardwood flooring in the dining room. The damage is visible. In the two attached pictures you can see the normal and damaged side by side. How do I repair this...
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    New Decking, New Fencing - Dirt & Treatment Question

    Hello! Thanks in advance for your help with this :D I've had a new deck and trellising put in. I'm quite nervous, knowing little and having spent a lot of cash. The trellising is dense and gorgeous but expensive (£25 a panel). My carpenter is really friendly and knowledgable, but he...
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    Bathroom Electrics - Fan hum - white box(?)

    Hello, Thank you very much in advance for your help, I'm very much a noob on this stuff! We moved into a recently refurbished house and outside of both loo's is a switch for the fan. These switches have a white box beside them that hums, like an electrical transformer or something...
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    Render over Render or just smooth it out?

    Hello! I'm a DIY newbie, thank you in advance for your help and patience. The house had water coming in, apparently through cracks in the exterior render. Their fix was to render all of the exterior rather than just to fill the cracks. I don't believe they took the existing render off...
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