gable end

We have decorative brickwork on a gable end period cottage. In 2020 a total renovation was carried out. As part of this a new chimney stack was built, the original roof tiles were taken off, and a new roof membrane laid with the original tiles put back on, lead around stack. The brickwork on...

Hi all just after some advice please. We have had a side extension and now what was the landing window is to become the door way/hall way. Unfortunately the window is off centre to the required hall way so I've got to put a new lintel in above the window which means it has to be wider. The...

Hi all, We are getting penetrating rain coming in through our gable wall. The gable is made of block work added for a hip to gable loft extension, with a very thin concrete render over the top. There is some cracking visible as seen in the photo. We are thinking of the following solution: 1...

Can anyone recommend on what to do with this? We have lived in the house for almost 2 years now (newly built 2020) Never had reason to go in the loft at all as we cannot use it as storage, but went up this morning and found that one of the blocks on the gable end has half of it missing, not...

Damp coming through into house just bought house. Don’t know how to tackle the rendering but it’s a disaster. What’s easier and cheaper chipping it all away and reporting bricks with lime mortar or re render can I repair the render instead and render the bits that’s came off? I really...

Hi, The roof overhang at the gable end of my parents house is closer to 100mm than the 50mm that I believe is standard. The mortar bed is now cracking and falling away in big chunks. My mum has been advised that it’s not possible to replace the mortar with a dry verge without a complete...