Hi, I noticed under my bay window outside it sounded hollow. Then I chopped off what you can see in the photo. But it doesn't seem like proper...
Hi I hope someone can help me please, I am concerned about my mums house as there appears to be some stepped cracking outside coming through the...
Hello, So I have recently brought a c.1800 stone cottage and am at the start of the extensive work it needs doing to it. The area which is a bit...
Hello. My house needs re-rendering and I understand that now under building regs it need to be thermally improved. However the house was built in...
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...
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