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Not sure how to repair this so asking for advice - the hard render on the outside of my Dad's 1920's timber framed bungalow has failed in the corner. The internal walls are lath and lime. Would it be okay to use a 3 sharp sand to 1 NHL 5 for repairing this corner. Should I be replacing the...

I'm looking to get an EICR done and just looking over some things so that I don't get too many surprises. Upon looking inside some conduit running across the ceiling in the lounge I found a few places where the T&E is joined using chocolate blocks. Is joining the wires like this permitted? It...

In November 2021 I had a roofer attend my property to address issues around a water leak around the chimney to the left in the photo. In the conversation prior to the quote he suggested replacing the ridge tiles which I did agree to even though I felt the existing ones just needed to be rebedded...

Whilst stripping a kitchen wall today I found lots of this purple layer underneath the eggshell paint. Does anybody know what it is? I don't think it is a mold, there was some lime green mold near the floor (presumably from rising damp) and black mold in the corners near the back door.

Every other year I vacuum out the combustion chamber on our Camray 5. It must be getting on for 20 years old so it isn't new by a long shot. But it seems to work. One thing I noticed today is that the ash appears to have a lot of iron in it. Is this normal? I appreciate that water is one of the...

I've got an issue with damp getting into a newly plastered wall. Previously the wall was blown at the bottom and there was a lot of pink plaster used. Now this rubble stone wall has been padded out with NHL 3.5 and then plastered with 30mm of Secil EcoCork and 6mm of fine hemp. Water is...

Hi, I live in a 13 year old house with 2 identical showers in each of the bathrooms. Both have become stiff to operate - especially the temperature dial. I was wondering if I could service them myself. One problem is that I actually don't know what they are. Can anyone identify these? Once...