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Hello, can anyone advise on cause of damp above bedroom window There is a gap, external wall, between the wall and the eaves which is not present above any other windows Thanks

Can anyone advise what is the purpose of this (if any). It is a piece of rigid plastic in the attic, set at any angle between the ceiling joists and the rafters. Thanks

Hello I have a lath and ceiling in the hallway which has been painted over. It has cracks in it and the edges where the ceiling meets the stairwell are horrible The ceiling plaster meets the stairwell at architrave around the stairwell. The architrave is round at the edge. The plaster is a 5mm...

Hello We have a doorway which have no door installed, nor does it appear to ever had a door installed. I expect the doorway has been added to the house at some time It has a wooden frame, with a sand/cement edge (painted over) and then has wooden architrave attached to the send/cement. See...

Hello We had a a leak in the kitchen. The roof above is a flat roof on the kitchen extension The best I can work out the problem is on the wall/roof junction. Specifically behind the soil pipe. There is no leading on the wall/roof junction behind the soil pipe. It looks like the roof felt or...

Hello We are having the gable wall in the living (solid brick wall) sand / cemented and then skim coated. We are having this done by a contractor What would you expect. Would there be two layers of sand /cement put on the wall. How long do you need to wait between coats of sand /cement and...

I have a gable wall to plastering the living room. The wall has been stripped back to bare brick. It was originally rendered with sand/cement I have had some quotes and offered the following choices 1. Plasterboard dot and dab and skim coat 2. Render in sand/cement and skim coat Or maybe I...

Tried removing wallpaper paste with warm water and soap, and sugar soap, scraping and zinsser wallpaper remover However some paste still remains Do anyone know a primer I can use before applying a water based wall paint

How would you normally deal with a chimney breast support bracket installation on a gable wall, full plans application or building notice Thanks

Hi I had a chimney support bracket fitted today. The bracket attaches to a sold brick wall (9"). The wall is a gable wall I specified that it be painted in red oxide paint. However, part of the bracket are not painted in red oxice and indeed some parts were installed with a thin coat of...

Hello I have a plasterboard to repair above a window on the 1st floor Please see photo The plasterboard just ends on the windows. It is not screwed into anything where it touches the window. The plasterboard moves when you on push it by the window About 8 inches before the window and above...

I have removed some wall paper. A thin coating came off the wall too, in small pieces and in large areas. I guess this is the skim coat of plaster. How should I deal with this. Should I put another skim coat over the whole wall, or just where the original skim coat came off. Can I paint...

Hello I have had the artex ceiling removed by an asbestos contractor. See photo Should/ can I remove the lathes on the ceiling in preparation for a plasterboard ceiling. Should I point the walls before plastering

Hello The chimney breast and hearth have been removed on the ground floor. The chimney breast and hearth remain on the first floor, and the chimney breast goes up into the attic and onto the chimney outside. The chimney pots have been capped and have ventilation points. However there is no...

Hi I am looking to repair the stone wall at the front of a terrace house. A few of the stone bricks are damaged and need replacement. I either need to get hold of a replacement stone brick or stone cladding Anyone know where I can purchase bricks like these in the photos. They have a rounded...

I am installing some new fence panels. The panels go between concrete post. Some of the posts ae leaning. Two reasons for the leaning as far as I can see, 1) foliage from tree etc.. leaning on the panels and posts 2) the back of the garden on the other side of the fence is waste land and the...

There is an opening in the concrete pathway next to the front door. See photos. I dug it out. I was expecting to find an old drain or pipework. However, there was no drains or pipes, just soil and at the bottom what appears to be sandstone Do anyone know what this was made for.

Looks like copper underneath but looks like lead on top

Does anyone have any expericence of cavity wall clearing I have found the cavity walls have quite a bit of sand in them. The sand bridges the DPC and in some cases goes above 400mm above DPC. Aslo as you go down the wall it turns solid mortar. I was thinking of trying to get a rotary mutitool...

Hello I have a damp issue, paint peeling and water marks at the interface of the original building and extension. I looked at the roof. See two photos. The photos show the pitched roof of the extension, where it joins the original building wall. The render on the wall of the original building...