Hi everyone! New here, looking forward to being massively impressed with your immediate support! (I have zero time to decide on the below!)... We...
Hi All, In the last stages of a house purchase but I've come across some issues with the outside. The 2 main issues are: 1. The rendering seems...
We’ve built a party wall that straddles the boundary (party wall agreement in place) - neighbour has agreed this on the basis we’re paying to...
The render on my gable end is causing all kinds of issues in the house with penetrating damp - it's coming in around 4 places. I asked the...
Hey, I have this small section of external wall (see attched image) that I'd like to tile over with more modern looking stone split face tiles....
I have to convert my roof from hip to gable and builder advise to make the wall in timber instead of block work as this would be lighter and avoid...
Hi, I have some heating pipe in copper which sit on a vertical chase through my internal brickwall. How would you normally close it dowm? Is...
Hi, the back of my house is a bit of a mess. I started chipping off a patch of blown render and more and more came off. I've taken it back as far...
As I had now removed most of my hard plastering inside the house due of the age and completely came apart from the wall. I was suggested to use...
Hi, sorry for any silly questions, first time rendering here! I'm getting a guy to come and plaster this wall, but he said I could save some...
I'm renovating my whole house during lockdown, and there's so much to do! I wanted to paint the exterior, but realised there are a few issues...
I found out that the ceilings on my first floor were renovated but the laths were kept and pins were used instead of screws. My first question....
Hi - we are looking to render our whole house (large semi-detached) with either Weber or K-Rend monocuche render and are confused as to whether we...
[ATTACH] I had this door put in but it was all a bit ad hoc so the door reveal was too wide and some add-on pieces were put on (I don't know what...
I have an old Victorian house in Manchester which is rendered at the front. Over the years, a couple of cracks have appeared below one of the...
I am a total beginner to plastering / rendering other than filling the occasional ding in the wall. I am planning on applying a parge coat of...
Dear all, currently decorating a bedroom and above the main window the plaster was bulging and generally not looking good. I have knocked a lot...
20190804_161921 by Natasha Griffith posted 4 Aug 2019 at 4:33 PM 20190804_161958 by Natasha Griffith posted 4 Aug 2019 at 4:33 PM Hi everyone,...
Hi there, new to this forum and grateful in advance for any advice. Have a property that used to be a pub, so has a large cellar/basement, and...
Hi could anyone advise whether filling in faint cracks on new plaster should be something the renderer should rectify, or is it considered to be...
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