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I'm about to fit a couple of bespoke aluminium fascias to my extension, replacing the rotten plywood and timber mess left by the builder. My question is: what should I do to the new plywood I'll be installing, which will then be clad in the aluminium? Can it just be primed or sealed, or does it...

Hi, I have to seal my block paving, and all the info says I need a Viton sprayer otherwise the rubber seals will perish. It's a job I'm going to do once, and I happen to have a spare old non-viton sprayer hanging around. The job will probably take me 2 hours max. Hate to be a part of the...

Hi all, I had an Indian Sandstone patio laid last year. Everything looked fine to start - we left it around 4 weeks and then sealed it whilst there was good weather. After sealing it, we saw that many of the slabs had these strange markings on them which weren’t previously visible before the...

Hi, I have 25l of resiblock paving sealer which is unopened and has been stored in my garage for quite some time. Unfortunately I just never got round to using it and I was planning on washing down the drive and sealing it now. However I have just noticed it is 5 months past the manufactures...

Who in UK has a siliconate penetrating concrete sealer in stock? I only need sufficient for a 25M^2 concrete garage floor. So far, all online searches yield suppliers who are currently out of stock. I’m thinking of something like PS101 which seems to out of stock everywhere. Suggestions...

Hi all need some advice. I've recently laid a black limestone patio and did the pointing in a 3 to 1 mix using sharps and, I used a mortar dye to make the mortar as close to black as possible, I followed the instructions to the T. Just after finishing pointing, the heavens opened, I covered it...

Hi All, I have run into a slight problem, my ceiling had some very bad cracks in them, I reached out to my plaster who plastered the ceiling and cracks. A month passed and the same old cracks returned. Mist coat was applied to the new plaster ceiling after a few weeks. I informed my plasterer...

Hi guys, Tiler has laid some newly chipped edge travertine tiling in my kitchen very beautiful with an ivory grout. before grout, we sealed the tile with a solvent impregnated sealer using "DRY TREAT " Stain-proof. Solvent-based sealer, before grout and again after the grout. This sealer...

Hello all, I have bought some polished porcelain tiles from Wickes for my bathroom (floor and walls). The manufacturer advise to seal the tiles with a LTP sealant product. I have the following questions: 1) How and when to clean the tiles prior to sealing (do I need a special product)? 2) I...

Hi I hope everyone is well. I was hoping someone would be able to help with an issue we have with our external bathroom wall. The wall gets wet externally and is soaking in water which is coming through the plaster and bubbling the paint with crystals, this is getting worse as it gets colder...

Hi there, i know this question has been asked 1000 times, but i've seen 1000 different answers! So we have a big bathroom which has been tastefully(!) wallpapered by the previous owner, and we want to get rid of it. However, despite having 3 external very solid walls, it seems they have put up...

I am currently re-tiling our bathroom and will be fitting a new bath in the next few days. What is the current 'best practice' for installing a reliable seal around the bath? The old tiles had quadrant sections where they met the bath, which had worked remarkably well for around thirty years...

Hi, we have a flat from the 60s, where we just had wall paper removed. We are left with the old plaster and want to paint the walls with white emulsion paint. What is the best way to seal the plaster before painting? The decorator who removed the wallpaper suggested to sand the walls, paint over...