Interior woodwork painted 10 years ago suddenly smells bad
Painting & Decorating
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We painted the woodwork in our under stairs cupboard about 10 years and with Dulux satin. A couple of days ago we noticed an awful smell under there that’s getting worse. After emptying the room, we realised it’s the paintwork that smells. It’s also quite discoloured. Why has this happened …
Sink drain pipe angle
Plumbing
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Daughter recently had kitchen renovated. Sink drain pipe has a visible upward slope after u bend to external piping. He claims no issue with this, my physics say there is likely to be an issue , water can’t flow uphill. Is he correct?
How to stop circular humidity marks in kitchen?
Painting & Decorating
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We had our kitchen completely redone with new walls, units, oven, floor etc and when the humidity gets really bad in there cooking you can see circular marks down the wall where the nails/screws are for the boards along with lines for the joints of the boards. Is this not …
Do loft steels require planning permission?
Roofing
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Previous house owners removed the chimney stacks but only as far as the ground floor and top floor. The stacks still come down into the loft. We want to get a steel put in for piece of mind that they are secure from collapsing (can't take them down as they're …
Smell from ensuite shower drain.
Guttering, Fascias & Soffits
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New build property. > We moved in in October and have had sewage smell in our ensuite ever since. I suspect the waste from the toilet is backing up into the shower waste as they are within 20cm of each other and the toilet is the first on the pipe …
How can I fix damp grout between floor tiles?
Tiling
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I have damp grout between floor tiles in my bathroom, how can I fix this ?
Peeling paint in one room?
Painting & Decorating
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Had a painter and decorating company come to paint the whole house in November. We have noticed in last two weeks that the paint is starting to peel quite badly in a couple of places under the coving... no leaks, moisture or damp, house is only 7 years old. There …
Renovating a room advice
Building
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Hi all So I'm renovating a bedroom. It needs the walls stripped and plastered. The ceiling plastered. The door frames and skirting boards stripped and painted as they are a yellow colour now and the walls painted. Then a new carpet Obviously I'll be getting everything plastered first. Would it …
Bulging Lines on Walls
Building
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Hi, I have 2 lines that seem to bulge out if the wall completely parallel to one another with about a 10cm gap between the on the party wall on my staircase. They span about 5ft horizontally. No cracks but they seem to be getting more prominent. No damp, it's …
Painting over flaked paint - any prep needed?
Painting & Decorating
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We're decorating my recently moved out teenagers bedroom to make it into a spare room. She had a million pictures attached to the wall with blue tac, and in removing them there are now lots of bits where the paint has come off with the blue tac. Will we need …