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Thanks Opps I did specify oils as well in my email to F&B, the specific part of their response was: As you suggested in your previous message it may be possible that oils or fatty hand acids have softened the coating, but from reviewing the images and seeing the reaction it is in my opinion...

Hi I painted our bannister and spindles in F&B Estate Eggshell a couple of years ago. I used F&B primer and three top coats. The original bannister was varnish and I sanded this back before priming. All was fine several months. Over time, the paint has blistered on the bannister, but only...

I've just painted Dulux Matt emulsion over F&B Estate emulsion and in some places I am getting blisters. I've let it dry and sanded back, but next coat I get more appearing, not always in the same places. It's had 4 coats so far, so if it was a reaction I thought it would have covered by now...

I have always struggled to get roofers because it is a slate roof and I feel I am often overcharged. I had one to do a chimney a few weeks back, so hopefully....

There isn't a soffit as such, if you look under the eaves you see the felt. At the moment there is just a hole through until the roofer comes. I have included a photo to show it as best as I can.

Thanks Andy, I was told that it would lack support because so much would be above the level of the guttering (I guess about 1.2m), but maybe the join in the elbow will hold it firm enough? I really don't know much about drainage sorry.

Hello My soil vent pipe used to go through the roof and the lead had corroded - the roofer suggested an AAV and slate over the hole. I spoke with a plumber who said the same and installed a Durgo valve as per the attached photos. Problem is, we are now getting foul smells in the bathroom...

Thanks all. The room was originally a bedroom and converted to a bathroom long before we bought it, but the vent pipe would have been put in at that point as we have an unused cast iron one around the other side of the house where the original bathroom was. Having measured today, I think I...

Do you mean put in an angled piece to dog-leg further from the window?

Hi all My vent pipe currently goes through the roof and is held in place by lead. The lead is cracked and the vent pipe is leaning. I don't know why it was installed like this rather than as a single pipe Does the vent pipe need to go this high or could I cut it below the eaves and put an...

Thanks for the response. There is a stopcock just outside the property boundary which apparently serves all three houses in the terrace (according to Severn Trent Water) and we would be the first on the run. There is another stopcock in the outhouse that is much newer and is in copper pipe, so...

I have just taken up laminate flooring in our kitchen and had a look under the units and floor. The floor is mostly suspended timber but part of it is a brick base with tiles at the floor surface. It is an Edwardian house. Part of the exposed tile flooring under the units has a white mineral...

Hi I have reviewed some previous posts but I am not sure of the size of SWA cable to use for a garage and workshop. I am only planning to put the cable under the floor before some laminate gets laid - I am yet to get planning permission for the garage - but thought I would save an awkward job...

Hello, I am planning to have a central runner carpet up the stairs and paint the edges of the treads and risers with F&B Primer/Undercoat then F&B Estate Eggshell; I am just wondering how to prep. The house is Edwardian and the stairs look to have been varnished? It seems to be dark brown, a...

Hello, I am renovating an old T&G outhouse door and replacing the door frame. I have stripped the door back to bare wood. The frame will need to be replaced and I plan to use standard softwood and paint the end grain with preserver. The requirement is a white frame and coloured door with a...

I actually have a photo of the house when new in 1905. The windows are recessed about the same depth, but it looks like there was a stone cill for these windows. Other windows had the tile and brick arrangement that is there now.