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Apologies for the thickest question of the day ... but if we remove these patio doors what is likely to be left behind ... will it be bare brickwork? And what is the best way to smooth this gap. The wall is the same size on both sides of the door. Cheers!

Hi had my kitchen ceiling skimmed about 5 weeks ago, over the top of the old ceiling which was just in a bad state. It was boarded originally. Everything has been fine, until yesterday, I noticed a yellow stain in one of the corners. Ironically it’s the corner than dried out first after...

I have a leak in my kitchen ceiling. I am worried if this is asbestos-containing material. I am looking to get a professional to test it but in the mean time I would like to know if I can go in there and make food/drink. These are the pictures: Thanks for reading. Any help is appreciated.

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 there any special product you use to avoid any future crack? I was thinking to use gypsum bonding to fill up the chase on the brick and then some joint...

I am buying a detached house, circa 1911 to 1926 (not on the 1911 OS map, is on the 1926). Survey identifies empty cavity wall (rather than solid wall) original plaster internally and original lath ceilings. It suggests the exterior render is original, looks ok, however has some loose sounding...

Hi thought we'd decorate the downstairs toilet and the previous owner had music note pages all stuck on one wall which initially looked nice & unique. After steaming off the pages and removing a mirror he'd put up using no nails and screws the wall's not looking too good. Where do i...

Hey all, After noticing a damp patch by the skirting board on the landing floor, which is just the other side of the shower wall/bathroom, I realised that there were hairline cracks through the grout in the lower tiles towards the bath. Bummer. I chased the grout out of the tiles at the...

Hi! I wanted to get some more views (from builders if possible but anyone who knows about property construction), on cracks to internal walls of a house we are hoping to buy. Due to lockdown we've been stalled since having a full building survey done back in Feb. And due to the discovery of...

I’m stripping our bathroom and found that behind all the layers of skin and tile over the years, we have lime plaster on the external solid wall. My initial plan was to just leave it be, but annoyingly it is blown from about 300mm above where the top of the new bath is going to be. The wall is...

Hi I need to get all the tiles off one wall of my tiled bathroom. Behind the tiles is plasterboard, then old plaster, then laths. They just kept layering it up! I'm struggling to just get the tiles and plasterboard off without the plaster coming too. I just need to do it as easily and quickly...

Hi, I moved into a 12 year old house a couple of years back. Basic survey at the time came back clear. Cracks appeared a year after moving in. I filled the cracks and house was freshly painted at the time but since then cracks have re-appeared in the plaster. All cracks run horizontal from...

So here is some context of my issue. We recently started renovating a new flat that we moved into in Berlin and this involved stripping down all of the old wallpaper and putting on plaster. So far everything is going well, the only issue we have is the radiators. Unfortunately removing the...

Hi all, So I'm plastering onto a wall and needed some pregrit. However can anyone tell me what the difference is between yellow and blue pregrit? Any recommendations as to which ones to use/avoid?

43622F7A-6B0E-456A-8B1D-41C7A44617AB by Monty_Stranger posted 3 Mar 2020 at 3:20 PM3DBB6AD9-2F74-43FB-959C-61CBF95BD064 by Monty_Stranger posted 3 Mar 2020 at 3:20 PMHi I had a cooker hood installed and it has been boarded on one side. The other sides have been plastered and painted. So how can...

I am trying to put up some new curtain rails. I have successfully managed to drill holes and put in the usual plastic wall anchors everywhere except one side of one window. The walls are plaster on brick (house is a 1950s brick semi-detached). I thought it was my anaemic cordless drill...

Hi. We sold our house last year and are living with my parents with our young daughter (4 months now!). We've viewed 50 houses now as didn't really know where we wanted to live and nothing very good has been on the market long, due to our budget and limited family homes in my daughter's...

Good evening all, We are currently in the process of having a loft extension. First the good news - the plastering in the actual loft space and new stairway seems to have been done quite well - I have no complaints, and am genuinely quite looking forward to giving it a mist coat and...

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Hi, I have moved into a victorian house which had a dripping stopclock in the cellar, which has been fixed up and has now started to dry out. Now looking at the plaster in the room above it. I have taken a picture of one of the (Edit: internal brick) walls, that was under the woodchip...

Hi there, I'll start with an apology - I'm sorry - you must be sick of this sort of question but I promise I have tried to find the answer online for hours! I've just removed the tiles from my bathroom and it's made a right mess of the plasterboard (down to the paper etc). For most of it, we...