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I've removed the skirting and there's a 2-3" cavity. The skirting about 175mm high. We're not going higher than that. From floor to the where the plaster starts is about 150, so about 25mm overlap. The problem is the bare brick is in a torrid state and I wont be able to get a fixing into it...

I will try to be as concise as possible. See photos for context Jan 2023 - re-roof with existing stone slates, fitting of felt, fitting of velux windows, cost of £6000 Jan - April 2023 - always been an attic room in this house, no insulation so I knocked the lath and lime ceiling down. Then...

Hello, I’ve just opened up a previously bricked up opening in a chimney breast to reinstate a cast iron fireplace. You can see where the original fire was removed - the area was rendered in with cement which I’ve now removed. The replacement skirting was concrete too! First time I’ve seen that...

We have some builders currently half-way through lime rendering for us. They've finished scratch coat ... but: -> I think without wetting bricks first -> have nailed hessian to this overnight (into the brick) until temperature consistently back to 5'c from Monday onwards What impact is this...

My wife and I have just purchased a converted barn in Cumbria. The front room has 3 external walls with pebbledash on 2 of the external walls. The house is sandstone construction with a hollow cavity wall. From the floor to about 3 foot up the lime render has turned to powder due to damp. It...