Swollen bricks?
Bricklaying & Repointing
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Hi the first 3 rows of bricks on the side of my house look swollen and are not flush with the rest of my brickwork. What needs to be done please Thank you
Water hammer help
Plumbing
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We have recently moved into a new house. Quite a few time now this hammering sound starts up. Ive listened to a water hammer on YouTube and it sounds like that. We have located where the sound is coming from (under the floor, upstairs, close to a radiator). There doesn't …
Tumble dryer issue
Electrical
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Machine switches off after about 30seconds and will not switch back on for about 5 mins and repeats again
Cost of cutting a doorway into external brick built garage?
Building
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I've got an external garage with an up and over door, I'd like to add a pedestrian doorway from the garden into the garage. Can somebody give me a ballpark figure for the work?
Cistern lid stuck
Bathroom Fitting
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Trying to remove my cistern lid but it seems to be stuck along the side closest to the wall. Almost as if the wall is too close to allow me to lift up the lid, front and sides are lifting. What’s the best way to prise the back of the …
Difference in cost and performance between render & k-rend
Plastering & Rendering
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What is the difference between k-rend and external render. Does one or other cost more in terms of materials or labour?
Led lights under kitchen cupboards
Electrical
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Trying to figure out what my electrician has done (can’t get hold of him anymore). We asked for him to wire our kitchen for some under cupboard LED lights when the whole house got rewired. He’s place three wires coming out of the walls in the kitchen under the appropriate …
When and where to place a vapour barrier on a studwall?
Handywork
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Need some advice. I'm renovating my internal garage. We've taken out the old garage door and bricked it up with a window in it. I've studded all the walls and put batts of rockwool insulation in them. I'm going to put plasterboard on the studframe but do I need a …
How to remove painted lining paper?
Plastering & Rendering
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I would like to skim the wall, but the wall is painted over the lining paper. I can see creases, but the paper is hard to see (like well blended with existing plaster). What is the best way to remove the lining paper to skim new plaster? Thanks ton
Cost for boiler fix?
Heating & Gas
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Had a smell of gas coming from the extractor fan whenever I turned on the hot water/gas oven. Only lasted a few seconds or so before it went away, but called an emergency guy out just incase. Saw us on the same day, turned off the gas and said 'valve …