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Hello, I'd be grateful for experienced input on this. Basically I think the previous owner made mistakes cutting this hatch, making 1 and a 1/2 random cuts in the joists, his fix is in the picture. Hopefully from the picture you can see where it's at now. The full cut joist has m10 bolts...

Hello :), Where I'm at with this now is the old render's off and the brickwork's now solid. Ended up taking the wall down, going to rebuild it with the same bricks, a bit shorter with coping ontop. I will do the wall next but in-regards to wrapping in mesh for render as you said, my minor...

That's interesting, what if I put lime in the render? I heard that helps stop cracks. I can justify a small risk if it saves a big chunk of time/materials. If I end up going back to brick I thought lime (no cement) render would solve trapped damp, would be a more rustic look.

Hello, I was hoping for some advise making good on this ornamental pillar. Story is there was flaking paint, a thin layer of plaster and rusty corner bead that came off easily, original render also came off at the bottom where it's damp but aside from there it's solid. Leaving it to dry out...

Hi, apologies for the wait, it was finished about a month ago now. The tiler thought that the adhesive was still well stuck to the substrate and it was worth putting the tiles back down on top with more adhesive. I do trust his judgement, I know he has experience with wet rooms and he's an...

Yes you're right it's a shower tray, I know a shower door is something to consider. Epoxy grout, thanks for the tip. We're going to have a tiler come in and see what he makes of it with some further inspection perhaps. Weigh up the options. Thank you both for your help, I was pretty lost and...

Yes, I've never seen it done like this in videos I've found. I know you said to take up the old adhesive but I'm limited on time, what's your response to: leaving the sloped adhesive, filling in big holes, sticking tiles back down with this and re-grouting with this, and then maybe putting a...

Thanks for the reply, damn that sounds like a bigger job than I'd hoped. Yes the tiles were barely stuck, no adhesive on the underside when I lifted them. Is this how you'd expect a wet room to have been constructed? I was wondering whether they'd made the slope towards the center with tile...

Hi, I'm hoping to get some advice on this, basically my dad had his bathroom done 5 years ago and it now needs work. It's a "wet room" where there's no shower curtain and the tiles angle down to the center of the room where there's a plug hole. However the grout started cracking up in places...