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    How much chasing can I fill with a 25kg bag of bonding.

    I will be filling the chases after an upcoming rewire in my home and I've bought a 25kg bag of Bonding 60 and a 10kg bag of Easifill. Could anyone give me a rough estimate as to how many meters of chasing I might fill with the bonding? I understand that this depends on the chasing but just...
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    Storing closed Bonding/Easifill bags

    I will be filling the chases after an upcoming rewire in my home. I've bought a bag of bonding and easifil, and have got them in my lean-to at the moment. My dryer is in this room and it gets warm and humid in there. Will this affect the materials when the bags are closed? I could move them to...
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    Damp and Mould behind kitchen base units and psocid infestation

    I had a kitchen fitted a few months ago. It was fitted too soon after replastering and moisture built up underneath and behind the base units, so the backing boards became mouldy. Soon after, mildew eating insects called psocids (as best I can tell from my googling) have shown up to enjoy the...
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    Rubber seal folded under panel of large window

    The rubber seal on the external side of my approx 5.5ft wide window is folded under the panel itself, for most of the length of the window. (see photo) It has hardened in this position and has probably been like this for some time. Is there any reason that I should not just seal this up with...
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    Built in Wardrobe - humidity

    Image gallery - https://imgur.com/a/970pdS9 There's a built in wardrobe in the bedroom of my house (first home which we recently purchased) As you can see from the photos, it isn't very well finished, and I would like to redo it. The humidity of the wardrobe seems to be quite high. There is...
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    How many days to plaster smallish room?

    Bedroom size 3.2 M x 2.9M This isn't DIY, so apologies if this question is not suitable for this forum. I've asked had a quote for a bedroom to be plastered. Some cracks to be filled, levelling/buildup required in a few places where a dado rail was removed. PVA, bonding and skim. Surface is...
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    UPVC Door multipoint lock mechanism replacement have to be the same?

    I'm a novice at this, but I'm pretty sure that the gearbox is broken in the lock mechanism on my UPVC front door. It's an older lock mechanism I think, two rollers (one top, one bottom) and a deadbolt. The handle won't lift up to move the rollers. I can still lock the deadbolt with the key...
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    Damp patches

    I'm looking to buy a house and one that I like shows worrying markings on the window (see image). This is from the estate agent photos. When I visited the property it was painted over. The owner told me that he had recently had it re-plastered, due to the plaster being applied badly originally...
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