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Hello It's been a while since I posted, but I would like some product advice please. Last year after jetwashing a path in front of my newly acquired 1960s estate house I must have removed the moss and gunk between the house and the path and now I am getting damp problems on that wall, so I am...

Hello all I am doing some research into a new heating system for an old 2 bed cottage I've just bought. At the moment it has an oil system, which I hate and it's old. The place is about to undergo a complete renovation so the heating can be renewed, but there are a lot of options and I thought...

So I have a question about insulated exterior and interior render in a old Cornish granite based house. I have been advised in order to up the EPC rating to get the place rendered with an insulating render - insulation board with a render over the top (I guess that's what it is) on the outside...

I hope this is the right forum to place this one. I have an old cottage with lime plaster just about everywhere. When I was renovating it I replaced some of the stud walls with plasterboard instead of lime on laths. However, in my office I liked the wonky floors, unstraight walls and ceiling...

Hello, I've see some beautiful floors made with plywood sheets cut into planks or squares and would like to do something similar in a brand new conservatory. It has a concrete base, so am thinking of putting down a liquid DPM to seal it. Does anyone know a good way of securing the 'planks'? Is...

Hello I don't usually post in here as I tend to leave electrics to the experts, but I have such a small job to do I thought I'd tackle it myself. But I wanted to double check to make sure I am doing it right. Anyway I bought an LED ceiling light to go into our hallway. At the moment it have...

I hope this is in the right place. In the past (prob 10 years ago) someone painted the side wall of a covered passageway at the side of my house with a bitumen paint (Before I bough it). I am prepping for a entire house paint and want to remove the bitumen. The trouble is, at the bottom the...

So it is time to paint my old cottage. I've had a trouble area for a year or so and had to wait for some other building work to be done before tackling the painting. I've started on the hairline cracks, but the trouble area is a issue. I have scrapped off the peeling paint and unstable...

Hello I'm not after advice to do something myself as I am hoping to find a company with more than just a ladder and a paint brush. My property has an awkward side elevation that is not very accessible to ladders or scaffolding. So I'd like to know what options are their available for painting...

Hello I really find this forum useful so thank you to everyone who responds. I am trying to find some U Shaped metal rod - either reinforcing rod/bar or something similar as I need to secure a set of steps onto a riverbank. When the river is in flood in the winter there is a chance the steps...

Hello I have a outside yard and alleyway down the side of my house which is next to a river. A couple of years ago we removed the old concrete pad and replaced with new concrete with the view to covering it with something more aesthetic such as pavers. However, having lived here for a while...

I have a quick question about my Honeywell AG6/WB exterior unit. It's making clicking noise. I noticed it this morning and thought perhaps it was rain dripping onto the window ledge, but it wasn't. The alarm box is clicking. Doe anyone have any ideas?

While laying a concrete slab outside the contractor left some concrete splashes on our glass doors. The glass is specially tinted and so I was wondering if there was any products which would help me soften the concrete to help get it off. Or would I be better trying to steam clean it off...

I hope this is in the right forum. I am putting skirting into a room in an old cottage. The walls are lime plastered and not exactly straight and uneven. The uneveness is not too bad, but there are gaps between the skirting board and the wall in places. I think they are too big to just use...

I have an old cottage and will be redoing the courtyard garden. I'd like to have a red brick floor and would like it to look like its been there for years. Reclaimed bricks are an idea, but do I need to go for engineering bricks or are normal ones ok? Thanks for your help Gavin

I hope I'm posting this in the right section. I have a large supporting oak beam in a 1840s cottage. It runs across the living room ceiling and into each wall. The end that enters the left hand wall which it the end wall of the house is partly soft and rotten in a small area. I have no idea...

I want to create a country cottage style kitchen funnily enough in a country cottage, but I want it to look rustic and have the carcasses made from Brick rather than solid wood or god forbid chipboard. I'm having trouble finding ideas though so if anyone knows of a website that is a showcase...

Outside I have an old rubble and stone garden wall, which needs some repair. Most of it to be honest is simple pointing, but some needs rebuilding where its fallen to bits over the years of too much ivy growth. On my inside walls I've used lime as both a pointing material and plaster, but it...

How do I find the void of an old chimney flue I have a bit of a damp problem in the chimney inside the house. I've had a few people to look at the actual Chimney outside and no one can find any leaks. One guy actually came up with a plausible opinion which I'd like to investigate. The...

I have cut into my ground floor to lay central heating pipes. I have a channel that is about 10 cm wide and 6cm deep which has the pipes in the bottom of. The floor will be retitled with slate tiles. I have been advised to fill the channel with sand for insulation and lay some wood over the top...