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Currently ripping the old tiles out of our bathroom and they are attached to this surface. It looks like render or a bonding coat. Can I stick my new tiles straight onto this or does it need prep like tile backing board? It's a very small space so ideally I want to minimise any increase in the...

In our old workers cottage, we've got a beam in the living room with cutouts that have been filled with wooden blocks. On the same side of the beam under the floor upstairs, cutouts are present but have not been filled with blocks. Has this beam had a previous life in another building...

I've got an old flat roof on my extension that is well due a change, it's not leaking but it's definitely dry and cracking in places and has a carpet of moss on it. We're planning on replacing the roof when we have the bathroom in the extension done next year. I've started to remove the moss...

I've got a plan to wire a 3 pin plug to a wago box that will then feed 2 single sockets, one on either side of the bed (effectively an extension cable with fixed outlets as far as I'm concerned). I'd like to do this instead of a spur. Any reason not to do this as long as the plug is fused...

Our back bedroom is lined with some fairly hefty lining paper and painted over with this texture. I've had it tested as for the big A and it's come out negative. Picking the surface off, it seems to be almost crystalised inside. I've read about silica sand but not seen anything like this...

I'm currently re-securing the ceiling in our bedroom as it has a bulge above the bed that is disconcerting. I've managed to find the joists either side of the loft hatch but cannot for the life of me find one between them, it's a gap of almost a meter. Any ideas? Is it possible that there are...

Hi, Anyone able to help me with this one. There's a damp patch appeared at the top of the chimney breast in the master bedroom of our late 1800s terrace, it was already a bit of a stain but since the weather got cold, it's got moist. I've ripped the paper off and It's very localised and doesnt...

I'm on the war path with the big A in our house at the moment, trying to find as many ACM's as possible and decide whether we need them removing. The previous owners have had the loft boarded, underlayed and carpeted about 12 months before we moved in - delightful, but I'm ripping off the...

Hi all We're planning on pulling up the living room carpet in our old house (late 1800s). I've pulled the corner up by the hearth to see what was beneath and there's some charming blue 50/60s vinyl tiles. They're pretty bashed about and I pulled the corner up from the other side of the room...

In our early 1900s terrace, the ceiling has come away from the joists (changes in temperature have caused the nails to work loose). I had a board up in the bedroom to see the extent of the damage and to be honest, I'm not completely sure what I'm looking at. I'm slightly worried that this board...

Our bathroom is a single story extension on the back of the house with an uninsulated roof. I'm currently rewiring the downlights and started thinking about insulation (it's freezing in the winter). I thought for a cheap and easy fix, spray a load of expanding foam up there, through the...

Currently, I have a socket for my gas cooker that has another socket spurred off it for my under counter fridge. A little like the attached image of mine, but without the dual outlet plate and just spurring straight off the back of the socket under the counter. I plan on putting some eBay LED...

Morning all, Quick query regarding dry lining. We have a late 1800s cottage that has suffered all of the worst years of household decorating fashions. Our front bedroom has the dreaded woodchip and, after it took 2 of us 4 solid days (12-14 hour shifts) removing it from the much smaller...

Morning. Just bought a new, fancy under-the-counter fridge to go in the kitchen. The issue I have is that the house is 150+ years old so, the electrical installation is 'interesting', to say the least. There are no outlets on the side of the kitchen where the fridge will be going aside from the...