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Thanks, I do has a gas fire-place in the living room so quite possible it might be a vent for that though I'm not sure why this would be needed given that I also have a chimney! The big question is -- what would be the best way to handle the damp coming in from this box. Would I have to get...

Thanks for the suggestions though the radon vent one does seem scary! I do see few houses around with a box on their outside wall but most of them are fully covered with a metallic box so I'm not sure whether they look similar inside. I took off the mesh and took a couple of photos but can't...

Hi folks, My internal front facing wall shows damp patches and causes the paint to peel off. I asked a plasterer to replace the plaster but he mentioned that unless we fix the root cause the damp would come back anyways. The cause, as per him, is basically a gray box at the same location on the...

Hmm..anything wrong with Checkatrade? How do folks here usually search for a tradesperson?

Haha, definitely not deciding on this yet, just keeping my options open. I have spoken to 3 roofers and they are not ready to bother with upstand so maybe I'm searching with the wrong keywords on checkatrade or have a bad luck. Should I simply search for a roofer or someone who specifically...

Thanks, this is what I wanted to know. So if I go with the velux one, I can possibly avoid the upstand shenanigans :)

Yeah, definitely a lot of coordinator required -- I'm trying to explore my options here since I'm a bit worried with coordinating things which should have been taken care by the roofer. Would I be correct in assuming that most roofers are comfortable creating upstand or is it usually the case...

It's the roofer making the hole in the roof and adding extra joists but he has explicitly mentioned he won't have anything to do with the upstand and I need to procure it on my own :)

Hi folks, Sorry if this might seem a silly question but who usually provides the upstand when fitting a new roof lantern (RL)? I'm currently looking at fitting a new RL for my living room from https://www.rooflightcentre.co.uk/product/korniche-roof-lanterns/ (1000x1000) and as far as I...

Hmm...I guess it's a good thing I still haven't placed my order :) If not Sika, then what else can I use for filling in the gaps? Bostik mortar ?

Thank you @cdbe and @Mr Chibs for the clarifications! I've got another question -- what would be the best way to take off mortar from between my tiles. Would a concrete chisel like this one work? https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-18mm-concrete-chisel/1801915_BQ.prd...

Hi folks, given the weather I'm planning to fix a few things at my house but struggling with what to buy and how to proceed. I basically want to: 1. Fill gaps between tiles in the garden 2. Fix cracks in my garden support (not sure what to call it, basically the thing my garden steps are...

Thanks for the suggestions folks, hopefully Toupret works as well as easyfill; I'll not use Soudal then, cheers.

Hi folks, I wanted to fill the cracks in my room and saw multiple videos which showed how to expand the crack with a 7-in-1 and then fill it in. Well, when I started expanding the cracks, with some of them, it kept getting bigger and bigger with a lot of sand / small stones falling off! I now...