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The electrical cable was in with the trunking that covered the pipe at the bottom of the stairs. the rest of the house is fine apart from a couple of areas where corners were cut. I took the trunking off so that the plasterer could prep the wall before it was plastered. I’m going to call an...

Good evening, The previous owner of my house decided that it would be useful to have the cold water feed routed under the front garden and in through the house, under the stairs and into the kitchen via the external wall. The pipe is blue alkathene and it hadn't been insulated at all. I've...

Good evening all, I live in a brick built 1970's end terrace house. The lower elevation is exposed red brick and the top elevation is smooth render. The house has a clear cavity with vents that were added during cavity wall insulation removal done in the summer of 2018. In order to help...

Thanks to all for your replies and advice - I really appreciate it. I will very carefully paint the cut area of the board.

Hi Ken, The AIB panel is inside my front door and in a small porch. There is only the single UPVC door to the outside of the front and so the panel is internal. This panel was modified prior to me purchasing the house in 2014 and so the original disturbance would have been at least 7 years ago...

Thanks to both of you for your replies - You’ve helped to put my mind at rest and I will certainly just very carefully get it painted and sealed with gloss. After that, I will use some filler as suggested and leave it be. It’s not in eyesight anyway so the filler doesn’t have to be perfect. I...

Hi Woody. I’ve sent you a message.

Good evening all, I'm hoping you can a) put my mind to rest and b), give me some advice on the best way of approaching a worry that I have. I live in a 1970's brick built house. Just inside my front porch, there is an asbestos roof panel (insulation board) which had a small groove cut into it...

Good morning all, I’m currently working on stripping paint and preparing a bathroom wall for painting. A small section of the wall was starting to peel off right down to the bare plaster and within a few minutes I’d actually taken around half off without the need for a scraper. It just pulled...

Hi all, I have a question about the timber rafters in my loft. I purchased my property in 2014. This is an end terrace 1970's brick built. I haven't looked much in my loft as of yet but this morning I decided to go and have a proper look as I'd like to install some loft legs and then place...

Thanks for your replies. I think I'll leave it to the experts and get someone in to check for me. I don't have any reason to believe that the joists are rotting out - I only think this as I have a tendancy to think of the worst case scenario - and then worry about it. If the joists were rotting...

Morning all, I live in an end-terrace house built in 1970 and I have a question about joists. In a couple of weeks time I'll be having cavity wall insulation extracted from the gable end due to damp coming through the walls on the ground floor level. As I'm paranoid about the damage the damp...

Thanks, Woody, for your reply. I understand that they wouldn't normally do this and so hence my suspicion. Of course, I want the CWI removed but I also don't know whether I would have any room for disagreeing and then looking to get them to complete the full job of extraction and making good the...

Afternoon all, I've been having some damp issues recently and after contacting CIGA, they put the installer in touch with me who attended my property for an inspection. The results have come back and the installer has offered to remove cavity wall insulation from my property as a goodwill...

Good evening all, I would like some advice please. I own an end of terrace property with an exposed gable end. The house was built in 1970 and the lower section is red bricks with the top section painted render. Before I purchased the house in 2014, cavity wall insulation was installed in 2002...

Good afternoon all, I recently had all seven of my internal doors replaced with new six panel woodgrain effect (hollow core) doors which I purchased from B&Q. They came pre-primed and ready to paint. I've spent most of the weekend painting them with Dulux Trade Satinwood paint. I noticed on...

Hello all, In the next couple of weeks, I'll be having all seven of my internal doors replaced. Now, I'd like some advice please. I've purchased the doors that I'll be having installed. These are the standard 6-panel woodgrain effect (unglazed) types. I'm currently in the market to buy the...

Ok so even though it's not asbestos (going on the above replies), if the dust is still carcinogenic then this isn't good to read! I was outside the whole time and wearing old clothes. I did inspect the board and snapped a couple of pieces off to have a closer look at. There was a little bit of...

Thanks to all for your prompt replies. It's good to know your thoughts. How certain are you that this isn't asbestos? I only ask as I worry a lot about these things and so peace of mindis everything to me.