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Extremely thick or sticky and difficult to apply rules out MS polymer sealants so thanks for the info. In addition to the Osmo wood filler, I'm thinking about trying Toupret wood filler, Cuprinol Trade All Purpose Wood filler and Prestonett Ready Mixed Wood Filler. Have you any experience of...

Thanks very much, opps I'll take a look at Timbabuild. Is the Osmo water based wood filler any good or are there any other one part fillers that are worth using?

I am in the process of doing up my 1930's wooden front door, the door has a porch and upvc doors in front of it so it not actually an external door. I have stripped all of the paint and am looking to fill the joints with a flexible filler before priming and glossing the door. As the filler needs...

Thanks for your response, Ken. Soda blasting looks interesting but I only have a small patch of render that needs cleaning.

Can anyone recommend a gentle cleaner that can be used on lime render to remove dirt/pollution? Thanks for any suggestions

Brilliant response, Vinn! Much appreciated. As I'm rubbish with heights I will contact some local roofers to get some quotes but will ensure they remove the liner, explain how they will seal the top of the chimney breast and will pop in a couple of air bricks. Can I just check that the...

I would love any advice you have to offer about having the stack lowered!

I'll just get the stack removed as this will prevent any further poor leadwork

Thanks again, Vinn. The owner of the roofing company has had a look at the stack and cannot understand why there is a leak. He has offered so solution if the latest attempted fix doesn't work and said we have the "Rolls Royce" standard of stack work. He seems unlikely to want to spend any more...

Hopefully this will work

I have a photo of the stack from the other side but the file is too large to upload so I might have to see what I can do to reduce the size

I have quite a lot of photos from various stages but will try to upload a photo from inside the loft showing water on the wood, one of the damp patch on the bedroom external wall (the chimney breast is on the other side of the wall) and some of the stack before the bellcast was fitted to the...

Thanks, Vinn. I had a new roof fitted last year and ever since have had problems with a leaky stack (damp appearing on the wall and ceiling of the bedroom adjoining the chimney breast). There is also a damp patch on the wood in the loft which is underneath the chimney back gutter. So far the...

Hello All, After multiple attempts to fix a leaky unused external chimney it looks like the stack will need to be removed to roof tile height. I wanted to find out if there are any issues to consider before the work starts or if it will be fairly straightforward as the chimney is external? Will...

Thanks, foxhole. I did ask the guy in the carpet shop if I needed to use any hardboard under the grippers but he said "no, it's not needed".

Must admit I thought it was a bit steep but I gather he likely to be the cheaper of the two contractors! Yes, the subsurface is soil. The garden is a mess and can pretty much be destroyed and there is about two feet of a concrete path near the front door that will have to be removed but again...

The external stop tap seems to be fine and only serves my property. I have now received a quote and would appreciate any comments: - To lay 25mm MDPE water supply complete with trace wire from the boundary approximately 6m to the front of the property - The new pipe will continue under the...

Very helpful information from Rob and OuterSpaceHopper which has proved very helpful when talking to contractors. I really do appreciate you both taking the time to respond. Now just need to wait for the quotes to arrive <gulp>

Please can someone tell me if standard 6mm grippers can be used with Axfelt underlay or do we need to build up the height of the grippers? Thanks very much

Thanks so much, Madrab. I was confused by the price quoted by the water board inspector as regular class O Armaflex seems to be much cheaper than £7/metre. If I could please trouble you with one final question, are you able to send me a link to the type of cap end and grommet needed?