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  1. EMILYD2016

    This should be straightforward...right?

    The house I've bought has a standard internal door and single glazed windows, leading to a single skin porch. There is mold accumulating in what would have been the old covered entrance (before porch was added). Am I right in thinking I could get rid of the internal door, windows and walls below...
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    Block garden wall - stuck on mix ratio and quantities?!?

    Hi All, I am planning on building a garden wall which I will later render. It is 9m in length and 5 blocks (laid flat on their edges) high - so will be approx half a meter high. I plan to lay them flat because I'd like a decent width to the wall and it seems the quickest and easiest way to...
  3. EMILYD2016

    Can I remove this part of the fireplace?

    Hi all, my fireplace is out of use since installing central heating last year. I've removed the large ugly multi fuel burner and tiled mantle and hearth. I've been deliberating what to do with it now. Finally decided to hopefully remove the lower bricks which stick out (under the TV) then...
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    Painting exterior rendered walls after removing old paint

    Hi, I have a 50's ex council house, rough rendered. The paint on the back wall was blown badly in a number of places (probably due to weather and the half hearted effort the council put into maintenence and painting of the walls) so I decided the best course of action was to remove the paint...
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