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Engineered joist from pas quills - they will calc for a full span - might have to be 350 centres & use a strong back midway.

Hard work, heavy material, very satisfying when you get it right. Good luck.

All rots are due to a moisture laden atmosphere. The mycelium present is the fungus looking for more food, usually a carbon, most usually wood. The spores for rot are in our atmosphere continually, swirling around on the winds. When they make contact with a suitable environment they flourish...

Leave it as is. Buy a wide brim hat. Resist any urge to look up. There, advice I’d say………… But more seriously, buy some lovely smooth flat plasterboards, any size you like except for plank. fix them over the curly swirly artex, carefully tape the joints……..then use a smidgin of joint filler...

If it were beer, food, drugs, money or fanny there’d be not complaint………..dress a stud or two with a bit of batten as & when centres begin to run out……….that’s sound advice right there.

find the stop it at source dry it out brush salt off - brush again _ and again then replaster as usual

Bob Dylan - must be santa

We used to use a cleaned out 40gal barrel from pickle factory, no whisk, nope……just my grandads old walking cane………the barrel had two rope handles and our labourer used to carry on his shoulder up a flimsy ladder to the third floor of the bungalow …….the finest of skim delivered with a smile, on...

If you work for the guy who is going over your effort, remember it’s his name on the van, he shoulders the blame if it is wrong. If you are of equal standing, ask yourself “is my work shite”….. if it is - do better.

My spider senses began to tingle when I saw those pics……..hmmmm……..I’m not sure a proper spread did that work……..nope, not proper at all……..I vote Jess, but not on Monday, not after a weekend of spicy food….no sir…….

This will prevail for awhile as we have a skills shortage. Developers will get around it by de-skilling building operations, for example icf walling - no mortar, one bloke sets out and your gran could build the wall. Tape and joint will replace skimming - easily learnt, less skill. Bathroom...

Concrete fence post on 18wks lead time! Even aggregates are in short supply.

Materials are gonna be in short supply, deliveries gonna take longer coz of shortage of drivers, packaging shortages are gonna cause hold ups to all trades............mark my words........

1st dig a big hole. Line one side with Gabon’s. Buy some steps.

Flitch beam might be easier. Still got to get a calc’ to “prove” it though. Be easier to re-work in the future as well.

A bloke asked me once how many bags I had to do a 50m ceiling........eleven says I..........two days later he caught me and called me t**t....said he’d got 6 bags left from that ceiling job.........”so do I”, I said........

Who is fat max eh? Anyone ever seen him?..........

If it is indeed a massive house - it might have another staircase. Seal off the defective 20ft one and simply use the other. Simple.

Paint them pink —-be the first. Neat job, but all the above will happen eventually, blackjack is a must.

1st class advice here. Do what @themucky1 said - take all the rest into account. Nice house btw.

If the lime render has been “rushed” - hard to do given setting times - then we might suspect that a white cement has been added to speed up setting times. This could be detrimental to the efficacy of the lime render, lead to shrinkage cracks and give the visual effect you display. You might be...

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Using Speed skim is like your first shag, awkward and uncomfortable to begin with but you know you want to persevere.........after a time it becomes like your favourite shag position, the one that really gets you off all the time, every time.........you will eventually view a plastering job like...

I did the rotator cuff one after my osteopath kinda said it is what it is. Went from unable to put my jacket on to absolutely no pain at all coupled with more range of movement. Did hips today.......feeling good!

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Found this guy on the tooby thing smashwerx.....good info on self fixes for stuff that gets out of line & painful.

You’ll never miss an opportunity if you are prepared.

Two wrongs never made a right. Admire your courage for taking it on. Good luck.

I always have a semi........just in case.

Yes, you could be disappointed, or, you could do a little touch up work yourself and live,love,laugh and be happily positive. Life is really too short.

Overboard is they way to go.

Quicker and maybe easier to dry line it

Wet them, slurry coat maybe, scratch coat, leave it awhile, then float it all nice in sand cement, then skim it. The beginning will be the place you start. A journey of a million miles starts with a single step.

You must first ascertain the beginning. Once found that will be the best place to start. .......... Just render & set it.

Thank you everyone for all your kind words..........finally recognition for all that I’ve done. Mum’s gonna be so proud.

Get it rendered

Ahhhh......loafers, button down Ben Sherman, Levi 501’s, the great smell of brut, and the eternal optimism of youth........a quick look in the mirror, and ..‘.oh yeah gonna get in tonight”. Sadly, the proverb “ sometimes to travel in hope is better than to arrive” was oft’ the case. a popular...

Try to get a dental appointment........you’ll have to wait. Reciprocate. The dentist is probably only going to do one refurb. The builder on the other hand............

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Stepoc blocks then dry line the interior. Or in the. States have a half basement, less dig but steps up to ground floor. But def stepoc

Timber.

Would depend on thickness. In my experience you sweep quite a lot up. If I say “that’s the perfect amount”...........and when post that you’ve got 5 bags left...........I’ll post....”so have I

Paint each individual pebble a different colour..........set a trend!.

No. I have just got back from the chiropractor.......rotator cuff damage...........all them naffing ceilings