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Yeah, i agree the rats have to go rather than trying to accommodate them! I'm hoping the problem is now solved. The house belonged to a horder, was full of nasty food sources which have now been cleared followed by a couple of months of putting down bait (which is no longer being eaten) i'm...

Hi All I'm renovating my house which has had a (hopefully now historic) rat problem. The hose is currently stripped out with the cables exposed. I've found a few areas of chewed cable and just want to check a couple of things about repairs I'm thinking amalgamating tape will be suitable where...

Hi all I'm looking to fit some external composite doors + frames The external openings seem to be unusual sizes (period property) I'm having difficulty sourcing exact sizes within my budget so looking for advice on how / if to fit frames that are smaller than the structural openings I have my...

Yes, mrrusty it looks undisturbed and a bit to neat to be infill so i'm thinking i may well be back to original opening already. Question remains can anyone help regarding if / how can i go about widening or am i just going to have to live with it?

Thanks for the reply tel80 sorry, should have said in the original post, i'm not too fussy about the stove so don't have my mind set on an exact model. My thoughts were to tackle it the other way round and select a stove to suit the size of opening that i eventually end up with. The one thing...

Hi all. I’m opening up a fireplace to install a wood burner I’ve done this a couple of times before and found it reasonable easy to identify the original builders opening, what is infill and what is structural corbelling However, this time I’m struggling a bit. You can see from the pics how...

Stuart45, can i just check what type of needle gun you used on that job? i see you can get versions with flat ended needles or pointed needles

Stuart45, well that's come up nicely. Like you say probably only going to work on hard stone. Honestly not sure what type of stone I'm dealing with here (North Wales) so guess I need to try and identify it. Im thinking / hoping that it's pretty tough based on the fact that existing pointing...

Thanks lostinthelight. Yes you are absolute right - the variable width joints and natural irregularities have been pointed flush and then a then a 'fake' superficial joints scratched into the cement surface I guess what i'm ultimately after is avoiding future deterioration of the stone and...

Hi all I've just bought a period stone house inappropriately pointed with a strong cement mix. In an ideal world, I know it needs to come off and be replaced. I've done the same job on my current house so i'm fine with how to repoint stone with lime (extremely therapeutic and highly...

Hi All Ok, current situation is that guttering from my terrace property (and neighbor) currently runs via downpipe to soak away in my front courtyard /garden Problem is that front 'garden' is tiny and the soak away does not cope resulting in flooding and damp problems. I’m thinking that...