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Hi fellas, I'm concreting a small base of a fireplace. Just wondered how many bags of ballast I'd need for an area one tenth of a cubic metre? I already have cement so it's just the 25kg ballast bags I need. Cheers

Hi fellas, Having skimmed most of my house with good results I have been roped in to doing some work for a neighbour. She wants two bathroom ceilings done that have a quite thick fan-patterned artex on them. There's no way I'm up for scraping them right back so if the ceiling seems sound my...

I've now scratch coated a block garden using plastering sand. This sand was very stoney, but has gone on the wall quite nicely. Is there any glaring reason why I couldn't use a finer sand (kiln-dried?) for the top coat to give it a finer finish? Any pro's and Con's? Any thoughts much...

Hi fellas, Having lashed up a standard blockwork garden wall, i'm going to render it and then rent a tyrolean gun to finish (to match the house) - a few questions... 1) Any need to PVA the wall? If not, is it doing any harm to use it for better render adherence for an amateur like me...

Hi fellas, I want to cut the ugly metal bars and fill in between the pillars with blockwork. My question is, will cutting the bars destabalize the pillars? If so, will the blockwork strengthen them sufficiently? If that all fails, any ideas/advice on how to de-uglify this front garden...

Evening fellas, Quick question for those way more knowledgable than me! I'm plastering a few rooms in my house, and I'm pretty competent with getting a smooth finish. I'm struggling though when it comes to awkward areas between sockets and skirting etc. Some of the nooks and cranies are...

Hi fellas, I'm planning on having a new wood burning stove fitted and am pondering what Kilowatt output to go for. A 5kw would probably suffice for the size of the room, but ideally I'd like a larger stove with a BIGGER window. :) I'm told that if I go for over 5kw, then I need an...