Internal door issue
Carpentry & Joinery
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Have just hung a new internal door in our living room. House is probably around 1950/60 ish housing association house. Door frames are not straight and it has been a total ball ache to get it to fit in the frame and get doors that are as close in size …
Taping ceiling angles
Plastering & Rendering
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When your floating internal block work with sand and cement should you scrim ceiling angles and skim ceiling prior to floating walls??
Soil vent smells
Plumbing
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We have been getting sewer smells in both our main bathroom and ensuite toilet. We are in a rented property and reported it to the agent who them informed the landlady who sent her partner round to investigate(he isn't qualified) On inspection the sewer vent pipe goes up through the …
Cost of new electrical socket?
Electrical
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Could you tell me how much I should expect to pay for creating a new socket. There is a light switch close by which helps I suppose!
Cleaning roughcast
Plastering & Rendering
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20 answers
Hi there I have a small mortar stain on the side of my house which isn’t coming up with water. Do you know how I’d clean it?
Plastering new shower
Plastering & Rendering
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I'm plastering a new shower, theres an existing block wall and newly framed wall with cement board up. What kind of base coat and plaster do I need?
Finished plasterwork exposed to the elements
Plastering & Rendering
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Hello We have had a conservatory built and basically the company we employed to build it sub contracted the work out. The brickwork is substandard and the contractors agree. The roof and outside brickwork needs to come down and rebuilt so my question is; As the wet weather is fast …
Can I use solvite wallpaper paste for erfurt fibrelining paper?
Painting & Decorating
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Can I use solvite wallpaper paste for erfurt fibrelining paper instead of the recommended adhesive.
White wall priming
Painting & Decorating
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Should I prime my already white walls before paining them grey ?
Removal of large hedge and replace with boundary fence
Gardening & Landscaping
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We have a large Leylandii hedge along our garden border which is approximately 9f H x 3f W x 80f L. Our garden is sloped with the only exit to street via a utility room with standard door entries. We want to have this hedge removed and a maximum height …