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Hi guys, Did some work above our spare bedroom window over Christmas, and used some flashband. Rather stupidly, left the roll on a table and forgot about it. My GF has been cleaning today and lifted it up to reveal a large black circle on the table where the flashband had been sat...

Hi, During the recent storm we had a lot of water running inside a window, coming in over the top of the frame. As it's on the first floor above a pitched on the first floor, access isn't possible so I deglazed the top light of the window to lean out - the mastic seal above the window was...

Hi, We opened up our fireplace a month or so ago and after some cosmetic work and having it both swept and tested by a certified sweep we used it for the first time last night and all was well. Tonight we used it again and when I popped upstairs I could smell smoke which I traced to...

Hi, I recently had engineered timber flooring laid on top of my existing floorboards. The flooring installer cut this around the existing concrete constructional hearth. Therefore the hearth now sits 17mm below the level of the flooring. I now want to infill this void, and inside the...

Hi, I'm planning to create a concrete hearth to the front of my fireplace, which will continue inside the fireplace allowing me to have a nice fresh upstand to tile. The constructional hearth is 750mm wide x 330mm deep. I want to make the concrete hearth extend to the full width of the...

Would anyone think 10mm slate tiles would be suitable to sit a woodburner on? if bedded down on a concrete bed? Thanks

Hi, I've repointed and decorated my fireplace, and want to use as a proper open fire again. However, at present the "floor" of the fireplace is uneven (hardcore I think) and the concrete at the front does not "return" to the sides - I want it to return about 250mm to each side...

Hi, I'm "renovating" a red brick fireplace, and have spent a good deal of time removing tile adhesive from the bricks, and sand/cement from between the bricks to allow me to renew. However, annoyingly, amongst the red bricks (on the edges) are 2 x "aeriated" bricks (same dimensions as...

Hi, I have recently opened up a fireplace in my home, and intend to use this, primary as a wood burning fireplace, then insert a woodburner when my budget allows (image below) I have exposed brickwork (beneath tiles) surrounding the external face of the fireplace up to about 4 feet on the...

Hi, Myself and my girlfriend recently purchased a 1930's terraced house, and yesterday uncovered a previously tiled and blocked up fireplace. We're really happy with our find, but unsure what to do next. Ideally, we'd like to have it clean, and repointed, and insert a woodburner, with...

Hi, Recently had my house rewired, and following this, a plasterer worked throughout, skimming in some areas, and others fixing dry walling. In one location, he relocated a hole for the socket with the wires hanging for me to install a plastic back box (with retaining clips). However...