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A place in Thaxted does a good deal with free parking and transfer to airport etc but I am not sure of the quality...

Ian I have a neighbour who has just left the REME after 22 years as a W02 and he used his resettlement to do a CORGI gas course (dont know what or where) and he now works with a little company going around fitting new build boilers and Megaflows. He likes it he is home by 4 every day and gets...

It is true that modern life can induce damp but with good ventilation and air flow you can prevent this, just think of your bathroom after a shower it is steamy and the condensation will run down the paint causing mold on the windows etc now if you have a good extractor fan you have no steam...

you will be fine with 1 bag as the rest you can put on the garden as it puts alkalides back in the soil and you will get bigger plants!!!

I think I understand correctly that you are building a new dwarf wall for your porch, and for that I would use the lime - sand mix. For the single skin rubble wall I think you are looking at it like you would a modern cavity wall with barriers and what not, I would take a look at it from the...

I would do the whole job with a lime mortar, ignore the cement as lime will be strong enough once it has gone off - look at all tthe old stone cottages and buildings down in the Cotswolds etc the were built using lime. The idea that you use a lime mortar for repointing is that the original...

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DONT PANIC MR MANERING!!! You can use bagged lime by getting one of these plastic dustbins from any DIY shed (clean) and putting a bag of hydrated lime in and covering with water - stiring and letting it sit for a few days (until weekend will be ok) then adding 3-1 sharpe sand but you should...

Is that the same injected DPC that is sold by the same people who used to sell Upvc windows and before that time shares in Spain!!!!! If your gutters work and you dont have any odd drainage issues around your house such as concrete footpaths that go right up to the wall or blocked drains etc...

Nige F I dont think they used weather struck pointing before 1930s so just a flush finish is best http://www.tmbc.gov.uk/assets/Policy/GPGuide.pdf Here is a listed building guide from down in Kent that the council have done, there is a good bit on types of pointing and weather struck gets...

I agree with "The Brickie" too many houses have been repointed in cement rather than lime and have caused the blown face look due to the cement being harder than the old fired clay bricks. Have a look at the following sites for info, also some conservation areas insist on lime pointing rather...

I would use good old lime wash, gives a good finish and is more authentic than exposed stone work. Dont use PVA as it will look bad in a few weeks. http://www.mikewye.co.uk/mikelimewashing.htm

Get another merchant!!!! You can find Lime based renders via most good places, it is easy to use but just read up on it first. Try http://www.mikewye.co.uk/ or http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/ in Holmfirth. you can even make your own if you want and it is very cheap just wear goggles...

I have noticed since living in the back in the UK for the first time in 15 years that people have serious problems when the temp gets up to 25 deg, we just cant deal with it. Kids in OZ and NZ must take hats (proper sun hats not baseball) and wear them when out in the sun at school and you can...

Thanks for that.

I used the green can stuff, and it does work well. Put it this way I put the used cap with a paintbrush on my window sill outside the kitchen - forgot about it and the next day the 10 layers of thick paint just can right off in my hand. Now have to repaint entire window!!!!!

Nitromors is the gear, but watch out for cuts is it stings like a B***H if you get it in them. I use the green tin stuff but it stinks and it can't be that good for the world!!!!!!!!

I have just finished building and tiling a new bathroom and the final job is to paint some T and G panels, in some moment of stupidity I painted them with Johnsons wood primer (had some left from when I painted our stairs with their floor paint) but then did a mist coat of Dulux supermatt - is...

I agree with JohnD, dont fall for the man with a damp meter injecting stuff into your walls. Pay a proper timber and damp specialist and ask for refrences. They should be following RICS red book advice on period properties. The same applies for woodworm etc - pay for it!!!!

I wonder if the fine folk of Scotland will be picking up the tab for this chav S£$%, GIVE UP THE 20 A DAY AND YOU CAN BUY 2 HAPPY MEALS TO GET EVEN FATTER! Does this type of thing get your backs up or is it just me, remember that 13 year old bird with all these Asbos and her nice mother...