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We've installed moisture resistant plasterboard in our new bathroom, the architects notes says it should have 2 coat skim finish. Will it be okay to tape and joint instead? The walls around the shower will have Whiterock installed and the other walls just painted. Thank you in advance.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for your reply. The rest of the render seems to be sound. I was going to patch repair the 2 damaged areas and use some of the mix to fill the cracks (after raking them out). The 2 large holes just below the dormer window are in the timber fascia. Great advise about wet rot, I'll take a...

Hi, A couple of small patches of render are 'live' and have come away from the face of this lovely 500 year old building. There's only a couple of small areas so I'm considering doing the patching up myself. Can anyone advise the correct materials to use, and ratio please. Thank you very...

I think I'll get a sparky in. Thank you for going to so much trouble to try and help me.

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The front plate? Just wire it up exactly the same way?

I plugged something in (which definitely works in the other sockets).

I have a single socket that does not work, I've tried the connections, they all seem fine. It's the only socket in the flat that doesn't work. I don't really need the socket so I'm considering putting a blank plate over it. 1/. Is there something easy that I could try that would get it to...

We noticed that some of our radiators were not getting hot so a plumber has recommended that he balances them. He has quoted £400 which seems a lot, we have 15 radiators, each has a cover which he will have to remove, but still, is this expensive? Many thanks.

There are so many roots I can't get anything in or around the ground near those trees. I was thinking bolt downs, then maybe us a strap around the tree and then strap around the post, but I guess that would move in time.

That concrete footing is very hard and about 500mm deep, there was a brick wall built on it, which was leaning, so we took it down. I'd like to put a new fence up but I can't get the posts in behind the footing because of the tree roots, and I can't put it in front of the footing because I...

Of course, I was over thinking the problem. Thank you.

Has anyone got any ideas how best to skirt the bottom of our window frame please. We will skirt the rest of the room but of using 18mm skirting along this edge will look cumbersome. Thank you in advance.

Easy when you know how. Thank you.

I want to lose one of the rads in our lounge, and make the other bigger. Can I just remove one and cap it off, or are they connected, so if I remove one the other won't work? Thanks.

Thank you for your replies. It is not above a takeaway or restaurant, external extractor or anything like that. And I'm not sure how ventilation can be improved on an external window sill, however, it is this line of thinking which has led me to the answer. The sill is about 12.0m long, at...

I painted some external window sills at 1st floor level only about 5 months ago. Black mold has formed across some large areas, we can't work out what has caused it. It's on a busy street so my best guess is, it's pollution. Has anyone come across this before? The blue thing is the shop sign...

Ahhh, I wouldn't have thought they would sell that. Never mind, thanks anyway.

I'm just outside Norwich. West of Norwich.