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Hi I am looking for some advice please from some of you guys with more experience than me. I am having a re occurring problem with an internal wall. The wall was re plastered about a year ago, having previously had damp issues from a leaking roof. I have had problems with the paint peeling in...

I have a solid brick single storey extension to an old terraced house, which has a very short window in it. I would like to fit a taller window for more light better view etc. There is a 75mm wall plate on top of the masonry with the roof timber fixed directly to it. I intent to take out...

Hi Bit of a long shot, but there seems to be a huge amount of knowledgable people on this forum. I am having a new window manufactured, to match existing windows which are about 4 years old. However the manufacturer no longer uses the same trickle vents. Do any of you guys recognize my...

Hi Looking for a bit of advice please. I want to install a new bellbox to my Intellisense (honeywell) Securit 800L alarm panel. I have purchased an intellisense / honeywell AG6 sounder/strobe. I am confident enough with the wiring of the bellbox, but would like to know if I can do the...

emulsion over sound wallpaper?? If I remove the old wall paper some of the original emulsion pulls off leaving sharp edges, which will have to be sanded down to bare plaster, or maybe paper lined in some way. which is what is on the wall already. What does everybody else do ? Thanks in...

Hi Please excuse me asking you directly, but I read on your very informative website, information regarding regarding engineered wood planks bowing upwards, (cupping). If I understood correctly this is normal within limits 50mm? my concern is that once laid they will rock about or feel...

Guys I intend to lay a floating engineered wood floor to my lounge and hall. I would like to run the boards lengthways through the ajoining door without a break at the threshhold. However this would mean a run of 8.75 meters. I have tried to research this, and the general thinking appears...