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Can anyone tell me what filler to use to make good hairline cracks in concrete window cills.I know that this is an old topic but cant find previous answers. .Is there a way to go straight to an old topic answer without trolling through a million pages!!!!!!!

Have recently had a new bathroom put in and noticed stale smell especially in the morning after being shut up all night.On checking the shower waste(the lift out filter type i notice that the outlet to drain hole is above the water level in the waste casing.What is to prevent the smell from the...

The house is 90 years old with 300 m.m solid walls rendered.All windows have conctete cills 800m.m wide by 100 m.m deep.Some of the cills have vertical cracks right through the cill.Have tried in the past veeing out cracks and filling with various types of morter and plastic fillers but...

Has anyone any experience in using Velcro pads to secure plyboard to frame prior to tiling.Using 8mm plyboard 1770x475m.m tiles 330x330x7m.m.Will the weight of the tiles pull the board off the Velcro

Just upgraded a bathroom and wash basin will not hold water.Tried two different valves and made sure that bottom of valve is clear of the operating rod.Is it possible to distort the wash basin seat if over tightened during assembly.Never heard of this before,any advice appreciated as getting...

Got old house with 300 m.m skirting boards.Some of the power sockets are surface mounted boxes on the skirting which look ugly and it is difficuld to get plug into as they are too close to carpet.I would like to move them up the wall and fit normal flush sockets.However there is no slack in the...

Painting wooden panels going up side of staircase which were previously satinwood finish have just realised that picked up wrong tin and have paInted over with Dulux silk vinyl emulsion.Had a750 ml tin of this and another tin same size of satinwood wood/metal paint.Rubbed original coating down...

Thinking of using outside labour for first time to wallpaper hall.Estimate that 8/9 rolls of heavy duty wallpaper which requires ready mixed adhesive.Highest point of hall about 3.5 metres.What would be a reasonable price for labour only ,if I remove old paper and supply all materials?

I have a large bathroom with a ceiling of 3" T/G boarding which has been covered in a dark gloss varnish.My wife wants a white finish bathroom and I have a choice of plaster boarding over and plastering or painting over the existing varnish.To rub down the varnish especially the Vee formed...

Have stone window cills which in the past have been painted with white masonry paint.However with the number of surrounding trees green algae soon appears and I am repainting on a very regular basis.Is there a gloss finish white paint which would adhere to the stone on top of the existing...

House 90 years old with solid walls has concrete sills under windows 230 m.m wide by 100.m.m thick.Several of the sills have cracks(less than 1m.m) extending from the window across the width and part down the depth of the sill,Have tried chiseling out and repointing with various fillers but...

I have a problem with rising damp in the outside wall of a utility room.Solid wall 230 m.m thick rendered outside and painted Sandtex masonary paint,presume due to age that no dpc.Inside fully tiled but salts coming through grouting to height of 1.6 metres.Intend removing outside rendering to...

I had a new CU installed four years ago in an outside utility room,original fuse boxes were inside kitchen.The installers ran in new cables and connected to exisitng wiring using connection boxes which were pushed up into wall and plastered over using plaster board. When there is bad weather...