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An 18 inch dia bladed fan works fine but noisy if you have neighbours to contend with. Its fast and mech energy is much cheaper than heating energy. Mine is 25 years old, raises dust and you get sore eyes if you work when its on. Best for leaving on overnight or when house empty.

As Mondo spray or with paint brush, apply to saturation water repellent to the external walls of the flat to the external face. Don't bother repointing unless there are deep recesses between the bricks (I assume solid brick construction) or if it needed for cosmetic reasons. If floor and...

You mean, like, you can't start a sentence with a capital letter. FFS

If you consider a typical room with four walls, A has damp as described, it faces wall D and there are say internal or party walls at B and C. If all of wall A is underground ( nsay by 300 mm) and a membrane system is to be successully installed how do you stop the damp in wall A migrating...

The advice you have been given might be just what is required. Out of curiosity, this wall with the bridged dpc., do any internal walls run off it? Presumably the floor is solid.

If its a nine inch wall the basic problem is it of being a cold wall. That is too thin to conserve heat. Stick 4 inch of insulation backed plasterboard on the walls. Assuming pointing ok and/or no holes in brickwork spray to saturation with water repellent to stop any rainwater penetration...

The move toward trenchfill and thus 750 mm to m1000 mm depth of concrete as compared to 150 to 200 mm that was required years ago is not an increasing standard but more to do with speed and convenience. Trenchfill gets you out of the ground in one day, no need to carefully ensure foundation...

This sort of statement only adds to the confusion. The ideal material assuming it functioned in a durable manner is a like for like replacement of what was originally used. If monocouche meets that criteria then no problem if it doesn't then a potential problem. In fact very often a sample of...

Originally Posted by warriorupnorth Just a quickie, What do English Heritage have to say on the matter ?, is it listed ? are there any local authority issues ? For what Martello to say to be correct would mean that English Heritage are in breach of their own guidance. The law on listed...

Too early to get annoyed. As said by others call a few times. Then small claims court. Its simple and easy. If youu have to attend you can get anyone from a judge to experienced solicitor or barrister hearing your story. You have a contract with the guy you worked for, its verbal and obvious...

To keep the water out fill the crack. To stop it cracking again figure out why it has cracked. There is always the (remote) possibility that the roof is about to fall on you. A photo would help.

Language? simply copying you Bubbles. I love observing the sensitivity of members of the pack and their inability to take what they dish out. Warrior excepted.

Probaly Rural? Your problem Bubbles is you spout absoluite shite. Any idiot knows the most exposed areas in the UK are are western and coastal. In addition on day one at the tech we were told that that there is Building Research Establishment and British Standards guidance as well as stuff...

Henry 1. Does the neighbour have a chimney breast to the other sides of the defective areas shown in your pics.? 2.Solid floor or timber Floor. Neighbours floor same height? 3. Length of affected walls, like 5 metres or or less?

Lucious says of tubes; This product has been advertised in the Sunday broadsheets for many years dont know if it works but something must be right to afford that kind of advertising as far as i am aware there is only one company what does it. The something that is ‘right’ might simply be...

The clue is on the top - French Entree. This sort of thing has been discussed at length with numerous suggestions with people working full time in France. No one agrees on the best way way forward so you've got to do your own research to find a solution that suits you - there's several name...

Below is from French Entree. I'm a cut and paste specialist. . Personally I've given up and will bring English plaster over over here. Tricky question. I have learned to use french plaster now but it has taken a while. Mixing mix equal weights of powder and water, sprinkle the powder...

1. Ensure landlord has authorised tenant to instruct repairs. 2. For minimum cost. Assumming 9 inch thick. Price for carefully removing render if appearance satisfactory to tenant/landlord suggest spray treat with water repellent. Check for horizontal or vertical cracks and movement. If wall...

You've only been taken to court 3 times????:-0 I thought the Batley reference would get a response.

[QUOTE=JohnDoe;561739]I hope i hear no more but after speaking to the guy who recomended me, he said the guys like a robot, he's got lots of money and doesn't know how to talk to me. You must have started a job got fed up and walked, no?? No, it was a tricky job. She sued me for £100 I...

He is required to attempt to resolve the issue first. To go to court in this way might be viewed as abuse of the process in which case it gets dismissed for being 'frivolous and vexatious'. An old bag, well she was from Batley, tried it on with me (court action that is) and the Registrar used...

Writes like, argues like gets annoyed like - Flynnyman. As Occum would say its -Flynny or a plagiarist.

|Everywhere where there are high levels of salt in the soil especially southern Australia. It is defined as a particular form of rising damp

Its not a question of being cocksure. Your argument is rather like saying that gravity does not exist when everyone can see that it does. There is endless amounts of info on the internet about rising damp. The building Research Establish, Britsh Standards, a university studies organisations...

Are you suggesting that asbestos does not exist?

JRPlastering writes ; yeah thats it steve just get someone else on a quick course to make them think they can plaster, how about we come to yours and take some food out of your mouth and see how you like it. . The first point to make is that this is posted in a DIY advice section. The...

Link Removed www.kgbanswers.co.uk/...life-expectancy...plast... - Link Removed 3 Feb 2012 – The average life expectancy in the UK is 78.7 years, and there are no notable health risks from a career in plastering so it should be no less.

I think you should continue doing it yourself. The other half has let you do all the hard stuff so far so why let him take the glory by doing the finishing off bits? As a matter of fact there is a one day course in Huddersfield that should do the trick for you. Best wishes Steve

Irish pretends to be committed to non-belief but Flynnyman has gone quiet

Personally I'm avoiding this debate but I understand that only half of the duo who formerly held this belief, zealot actually, is still a committed non-believer.

You started this thread by asking for advice you got it from JBPlastering 'price for bronze and deliver gold'. Spot on IMO. DM describes your unreliability and inability to do the job - this is supported by Fatarm. You are in the middle of basic learning en route, you hope, to becoming a...

Well, thank you, I expected a ballocking.

Hello Spunky. I notice you are competing for the longest and most boring posts.:RpS_thumbsup:

I always look forward to your wise, erudite and kind posts with a that subtle hint of misogyny.

Spunky you have to learn to compress your posts a bit of editing here and there you could have reduced your story by half. I fell asleep reading it

Counter batten it with 2 x 1. Plasterboard and then you are left with a skimming job rather than stretching what you state as being your novice skills. This improves the thermal and sound proofing qualities of the ceiling. No muck either and the old stuff is held in place.

Did the walls clean-up ok?

extinct form of elephant, surely?

If it's an old house with many years of coal/coke/wood fires the brickwork is likely to be contaminated due to the products of combustion depositing salts in the brickwork. If the rendering is a weak mix without salts inhibitor/water proofer salts may migrate to surface of render and in turn...

Replace it with a louvred on/off vent then you can have ventilation or not as the whim takes you

Insulation is the way forward and it is the gonna be the new big issue but as you point out its got to look right

The UK is the easiest country in Europe in which to borrow money – this is correct because I read it somewhere this week. There is a wealth of experience in EWI amongst contributors to this thread. There is considerable business experience from contributors ranging from one-man bands to others...

Children In the same way that none of you are able to distinguish between the need to investigate so that you specify for rebuilding a wall rather than providing a render specification you all repeat the same naivety three web wages later. Before you attack in pack manner, think about the...

Dear Warrior I presume you are commenting in your capacity as a member and not that as a moderator No impartial or fair observer could select my contributions to this thread and single me out for criticism and leave others unscathed. I challenge you to get a fair and impartial observer to do...

Yeah really. Is your short term memory going?

Short of abuse tonight, lets liven things up. Thank you for posting Freed. Just shows that we Beardy stocking types, sitting on our arses in expat land have got more of a clue than a clutch of hands-on, we've got a lifetime of experience plasterers. I think I might have to return to the Uk...