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I'm about to paint an external solid wall with Sandtex stabilising solution and paint. There's an area at the base of the wall below the dpc where there is a layer of salt like crystals (salt?). The question is how do treat this area? Stabilising solution or something else? I've taken a...

My daughters house has the boiler exhaust coming out from the side of her house under the boxed eaves. Also it looks like the previous owners have had a sheet of material positioned above the exhaust to act as a sort of baffle. I'm thinking that needs to be replaced with an extension pipe that...

I've read several posts about this topic which have been helpful. I have a 1912 house with a suspended timber floor which gets so cold you feel the draught from it even though its carpetted. From the posts I've read so far, I'm thinking of using Celotex 100mm cavity insulation as a relatively...

I've been at this for a couple of hours... The water is trickling out at a very slow rate from the system. The upstairs rads are all open the downstairs ones are still full of water so I can't open them. Boiler is switched off. Vents all open upstairs. Any ideas please, short of sucking the...

I've got a couple of dozen plain tiles to swap out this weekend. All of them apart from these two should be quite straightforward. Does anyone have any advice on how I can replace these without being able to nudge the ridge tiles up because they're well bedded down ...

I'm changing out a towel rail tomorrow and plan to use X300 to clean out the central heating system. Does anyone have any advice on when to do it and how please ? Thanks tDub

We're in the process of having a new kitchen fitted where we want under cupboard heating to be provided. We want grilles that are connected to the central heating. Behind these or integral with them are fans which blow the warm air into the kitchen space from under the cupboard units. We want...

The coal bunker which is set into the side of the house has a brick floor, laid straight onto the ground. Its been down for probably 98 years, but it has become uneven over the years. What I would like to do is to pour a self levelling screed or concrete over the whole area of approx 2.5 sq...

This is a chimney that I've been asked to look at for a relative of mine. The joints look quite open and in need of repointing, but I'm also wondering if it would be better for the chimney to be taken down brick by brick and rebuilt again. When you look at the top area, it looks as if it is...