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Does anyone know what the date stamped on the side of Blue Circle Hydrated Lime is? Is it a packing date or a 'Use By' date? It doesn't say. I can't find anything official from Blue Circle/Tarmac. A lot of their product info seems to have gone off line. I was looking out for a new bag and one...

Hi. Just wondering what folks would think on this. I have an Victorian era house. Long story short, it's effectively a semi, but it's been cut in 'half' (badly). It was originally one house. So, the loft is open into 'nextdoor' (which is effectively a lot smaller, because my half got the front...

Hi folks Still poking around in my Victorian loft and I find something pretty unVictorian - vermiculite insulation. Age unknown but I reckon it's a safe bet to say its been there at least 20 years probably longer, bit mucky and scruffy, depth variable maybe a couple of inches average. I hate...

As my other posts may hint at I've been poking around a lot in the loft of my Victorian(ish) end terrace house. It has a slate roof which is open at the back (no felt/sarking) so I'm looking straight at the underside of the slates. There's lots of mortar on the battens and under the slates...

Hello, I'm currently looking at putting some velux-type roof windows in my loft. It's not 'habitable' but used for a bit of storage so with the cost of electricity going through the roof (sorry) I'd thought longer term I'd be better off with some free light. It would only be one or two small...

Hi This morning I took the angle grinder to the remains (aluminium frame) of a long broken double glazed unit to ready it to take to the tip for metal scrap. When I cut into it a lot of odd brown granular material started pouring out a bit like a very fine cat litter. I'm assuming this is just...

I've recently got into my new house. Well new to me - old to the world. It's mostly fitted with the old Wylex wired fuse boxes. However a new consumer unit has been fitted but never wired in. It's made by a company called 'LIVE' - the logo looks more like 'lve'. It doesn't look too shabby. I've...