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    Yellow stain on re-skimmed ceiling

    Hi had my kitchen ceiling skimmed about 5 weeks ago, over the top of the old ceiling which was just in a bad state. It was boarded originally. Everything has been fine, until yesterday, I noticed a yellow stain in one of the corners. Ironically it’s the corner than dried out first after...
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    Chimney Support Gallows in property I’m purchasing

    I recently had a Homebuyers survey on a property I’m looking to purchase. A Victorian cottage. It’s appears that one of the Chimneys was removed, and the surveyor has shown concern over how it’s supported in the loft space. There are also some redundancy brackets there too, and loose brickwork...
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    • Forum: Building
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    Bathroom wall paint suddenly gone patchy

    Hi all, One of my bathroom walls is an external Victorian wall. It’s been damped checked etc. It was previously painted with matt emulsion with no problems, however I got same colour in Dulux bathroom paint and painted it in that in August. It looked absolutely fine, until about 2 weeks ago...
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    Small Patch of wall plaster cracking/pushing out

    Hi! I have had a little patch, about the size of a large coin on my exterior kitchen wall, then keeps pushing outwards/cracking/splitting. If I repair it with filler, it’s fine for about a month, then gradually happens again. Any ideas? Photos attached.
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    Bathroom paint keeps cracking and won't adhere next to shower

    I feel like I've written about this a million times, but here goes.... When I moved in my property 8 years ago, I had tha bathroom retiled and the bathroom wall replastered. It's an exterior brick wall in a victorian house. It then transpired the tiles were fixed directly to the plaster, with...
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    Bathroom wall paint keeps cracking and peels off by shower

    I feel like I've written about this a million times, but here goes.... When I moved in my property 8 years ago, I had tha bathroom retiled and the bathroom wall replastered. It's an exterior brick wall in a victorian house. It then transpired the tiles were fixed directly to the plaster, with...
    • Matthew32
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    • #plastering #pipes bathroom paint adhesion paint cracks paint problems plaster tiling wall wetwalls
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Decorating and Painting
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    Tiling letting water through even with Membrane

    Bear with me, this is a long story: This the 5th time I've had this work done, and no body seems to know the cause. I have a bath mounted shower, which comes off a bath mixer tap which come from the floor. (THERES NO PIPES IN THE WALL). This was all originally fitted with new tiles after I...
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    • bathroom grout integrity shower shower bath tanking tiles tiling waterproof
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Tiling
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