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Whatever you do DO NOT cut the purlins ceiling joists/rafters if cut need to have trimmers across the cut ends to the other joists. 3-4 joists with trimmers is ok If think the cut joist will cantilever up, screw a piece of 2*3 across that and the two on either side Note that the roof space...

Bought house. Decided to re-instate the main entrance corridor to recreate a separate front room. Put up the studding and electrics with two way between hall and back room. Wisely checked the operation of the 2 way before finally boarding the stud partition. Nothing worked so I checked the...

Additional missed that about a 2 story loft Examine the outside wall above the damp patch for missing pointing etc and and other area of possible damp ingress even up behind the facias & soffits roof edge and gutter

Check the window and the sealing around especially at the sill. And anywhere else you can see water on the outside or debris against the wall. If you've a blocked cavity it's got to be coming in through somewhere- it may even be the gutter, downpipe joint or roof. Failing mechanically...

Only a suggestion but if the outlet pipe & trap are at a fixed height what about making a plinth using 2"*4" wood clad with water resistant ply of chipboard and use it as a step if u have room [/u]

I've had a few of these, mainly on old terraced. The new window will be fitted to the brickwork currently showing and will extend over the sash box sections. You can take them out and fill with new brick/block [tricky] new wood screwed [or even foamed] to internal wall and plasterboard over...

Don't tap the wall to find bad plaster. Get a smooth stone-small potato size & move across wall. Deep hollow sound = base plaster loose higher pitch = top coat loose even higher = paper loose when filling holes more than 1/2 inch deep, wet & fill up the hole first roughly leaving 3-5 mm...

The concealed door closers are a bit longer than your finger and are set into the door. the chain is sprung loaded & strong. originally there was a strip of metal, bent at the top to hold it & a slot at the bottom which just fitted between the links of the chain when the door is fully open...

the outlet fits INTO downpipe. If the outlet collar or the pipe has been broken renew, but temp wide tape to stop the water coming out onto the wall is ok. do the work asap water plays havoc over time

It's very possible. good prep & the right mix followed by good brand paint. render - 1st coat strong and thin and gouged to form good key for 2nd. Do not use a metal float on the 2nd only wooden/plastic

Aluminum oxide paper usually in about A4 sized sheets. from DIY shops & car body repair outlets-best are those which sell to the motor trade & you buy by the pack. suggest 80 grit for heavy 100 general [I use these most] 120 fine

get a hammer head or similar [1/2 fist sized smooth stone] & pass it in light contact over the plaster. a deep sound = all loose to the brick : higher like finger nails over paper = top plaster coat loose hammer & chisel or or just hammer on the deep sound plaster : sds with 50mm or + blade on...

Get a new pressure relief valve NOW

Press relief valve blown? they are sprung should reset. is there water coming out of the valve exit pipe [usually outside the house] when valve is closed - just a drip every so often in enough. Then you can remove and dismantle-looks like a tap inside with a large rubber washer/diaphragm which...