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Hi there, We have been in our property for about 7 months and our attention has turned to the loft space. It's an early 20th century detached house, with lath and plaster walls & ceilings. The loft insulation is an old type that I've seen in other properties of this age, some kind of loose...

Hi all, Our kitchen sink drains directly into an outside drain, via a plastic pipe that stops just above the drain grille (pictured). Since we moved in about 6 months ago, each time the sink drains then water escapes over the patio and appears to be soaking through the cracks, and we're...

Hi all, Hope I've got the right forum! My problem is related to a decorative exterior boundary wall and my front window-sills. The surface is very old and needs some sprucing up. I have exterior masonry paint, but the surface is covered in cracks and holes (pictures attached). I'm not...

Hi there, My girlfriend and I are about to embark on a project to replace the fence at the rear of our flat's garden. We've always harboured a suspicion that a brick-built flowerbed and part wall at one end of the fence might be hiding something and from what she's told me this has now...

Can't be 100% sure, but we're pretty certain that they've got worse in the time we've been here so I'm assuming it's active

Hi all, We own a smallish Edwardian purpose-built flat with mostly original wooden flooring. Very annoyingly, when cleaning recently my girlfriend and I noticed extensive woodworm holes in some of the floorboards in the corridor. The replacement or application of woodworm killer is...

Sorry it took a long time to reply to this thread. Thanks so much for all the advice, in the end we went with PeelAway 7 and it worked a treat! On the paint layers at least.... Turned out that under about 3 layers of paint was some kind of thick grey layer, putty-like when damp, which was...

Hi there, We bought a lovely flat a few months ago and are currently going around fixing things up. In the front room, there's an old ceiling rose - which would be great except that there are layers of paint on it that make it look really ugly. I'd like to replace this with something...