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    Floor refurb: re-oil or use HardWax Oil?

    Hi all, I refurbished a house in 2010 with advice on specifications from this forum - NOT ONE THING HAS FAILED. Thank You. Time has come to refurb the place. The lovely engineered Oak wooden floor needs TLC. Now we not only have an option of using oil but we have well designed HardWax Oils too...
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    Painting Acrylic Matt over Vinyl Silk.....update

    Hi all, Time has come to refresh paint. The walls are Vinyl Silk and I would like Acrylic Matt for the future. I remember old advice to paint over the Vinyl with ZINSSER 123, before Acrylic. Is still the case? Is there a cheaper option than Zinsser, nowadays? I don't want to sand, if...
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    Can piers be tied rather than built into walls?

    Hi all, I have a lean to store room of 3m x 10m by about 2m height. I want to install a garage size door on the 3m wall. It will probably need piers. Can piers be built on their ow and simply TIED into the walls using those metal wall ties? Thank You.
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    How do I repair a corrugated flat roof?

    Hi all, I have a pre fab garage (a rare watertight one!) with what could be an asbestos currugated roof on it. There is a single ling panel of clear plastic roofing actung as a fixed light. The asbestos/cementitious stuff is fine but the plastic has broken up to let water in. I want this...
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    Advice pls: Earth retaining wall repairs

    Hi all, I hope someone could point me in the right direction with this: Our house is built on the side of a slope. We have a road at the front, we are downhill of it. There is a "stage" of earth at the road's height paved in brick. This is our car parking area or "drive" it is surrounded on...
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    can Linseed oil be painted over other paints (windows)

    Hello, The timber windows in my house are about 100 years old. It has been painted lots of times and the layers are blowing off the pine substrate in many places. Can I rub down and get rid of the flakes, then give the windows a few licks of Linseed oil or linseed oil based paint. Do I HAVE...
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    BAL Bond SBR for dusty concrete workshop floor?

    Hi all, I have a concrete floor laid in a workshop about 5 months ago. It is about 3mx5m and dusts really badly. Can I sweep, use BAL Bond SBR to seal the floor? I understand that an SBR primer is better than PVA but can't see this particular use mentioned o n the bottles nor the site for this...
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    Is this sealed ceiling OK to build?

    Hi all, I have an EPDM flat roof in my new workshop. The perimeter of the roof is sealed against the elements. EPDM is laid on 18mm OSB. Joists run the 5m length and noggins in place in between. The roof with the current joists and noggins exposed is affecting light levels. I was thinking of...
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    Stopping damp in concrete single leaf walls?

    Hi all, I think I am going to get damp coming through the single leaf workshop wall. It will be from driving rain/wind I should think. Can I render only the inside, possibly with the stuff used to cement swimming pools and water tanks? I thought this would allow the wall to breath on the...
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    An effective and long lasting sealant for epdm roof

    Hi all, We've made a mistake in not installing a foam seal between the epdm roof and the edging (forms a ridge along three sides of the garage roof to guide the water to find the gutter off a single edge of the roof). I want to find a long lasting, flexible, uv resistant sealant to run a...
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    plastering over wallpaper

    Hi all, We have a small toilet of about 6x4x10 feet high. It has wallpaper that has been painted over with what looks like textured masonry paint. net result s that the bl***y wallpaper is hard to remove. Would it be wrong to get it plastered or skimmed over? If not, can we have...
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    Finish for oak internal sills - Hard Wax Oil or Linseed oil?

    Hello all, Can I have some help please, we are getting oak internal window sills installed with wood sash windows. I could do with some help making the right decision on the finish. Which would be the most robust and least in need of maintenance? Hard Wax oil like OSMO polyx in matt or a...
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    dpc for concrete block workshop walls?

    Hi all, I have two people building a workshop for me. They have dug in a foundation and built the walls to a single skin height of about 6 feet. I noticed there is no membrane between the blocks as it rises from its underground level upwards (Damp Proof Course?). I asked them about it and...
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    A good filler for a crack in an external wall?

    Hello, My end terrace has an external "perimeter" built in the 90s, by the previous owner. The part where it meets the house's wall doesn't seem to be stitched to the house's brickwork. Consequently, there is a vertical crack at this joint in a v-shape. This crack goes straight through and...
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    Modern material beads for plastering rounded edges?

    By the subject, you should realise, I have NO idea what I am talking about! Basically, 1880s house. rounded corners to all walls. They seem to have done this by using round dowels nailed to the edges and then plastered over to give what looks like a 1/2"(?) radius. The builders have...
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    Help: Timber Sash winndows - refurb or new and who to use??

    Hello all, PLACE: Preston, Lancs We have just moved into a 1890 built house. At the rear, there is a 3 storey column of bay windows. Each bay is made up of a 1m x 2m sliding sash at the centre and a 1/2mx 2m sliding sash on either side. These bays might be a bit newer. All windows are...
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    Save my Cornice and Ceiling Rose while renewing my ceiling?

    Hello All, I have a 1890's house. The sitting room has a complete cornice and a huge celing rose. The lath and plaster ceiling is on its way out - lots of huge cracks. One or two have cracked straight through the cornice. I would like to renew the ceiling with modern board, sticking in...
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    Vinyl or Acrylic paint for Internal walls?

    Hello All, I hope to use Johnstones paint in a matt colour for all the internal walls at my parents house. Question is, if acrylic is still considered the best paint type out there? When I had my own house done, about two years ago, I used Johnstones Acrylic as it was thought better than...
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    Advice pls: Painting freshly rendered exterior walls

    Hi all, My parent's house was freshly rendered last July (July 2011). The weather changed before it would be given a lick of paint. I suspect I might have to do it, as I have a few other outgoings that have priority. Can you give me an idea of how to set about painting this Ground floor and...
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    Best Electrical fittings for a tropical seaside property?

    Hi all, I have an old flat right by the seaside. Had it about 10 years now. Most if not all the plastic switches and sockets are CRUMBLING to the touch now!! WTH is going on??! If I got up in the night and patted around the walls for a switch and found it, my hand will go through the plastic...
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