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I think I followed some rum advise from an old guy. I stripped a south facing sash window and he told me to just use one coat of aluminium paint as a primer/undercoat then two coats of gloss. He said that is how greenhouses were painted to stop the sun baking the paint off. Well I shaded the...

Just started pointing in a riven sandstone patio with 5:1 mix with a glug of SBr. All going well but I have trees all around especially birch dropping seed and leaves and add to that the next doors chickens were running around all over me nice wet pointing. :lol: Yes, a new fence is due to...

Hi I need some advise. I have an old cast iron range cooker c1940/50 its working fine and the chimney has been swept but the fire bricks at the back were cracked. I was going to clean the soot and dust of and use a fire cement to patch them up but cleaning revealed the extent of the...

Hi all Before I go any further I wanted to check with you all that I am doing the right thing. This is an old south facing window with float glass that was thick with paint that has failed and rot has set in. So far I have stripped the paint off the frame with a hot air gun and will strip...