So I’m having a bit of a mare trying to work out the best way forward internally rendering my house with so much different and confusing information about I feel like I’ve messed it up already .
So i have an old house about 100 years old double brick wall construction with empty cavity that...
We have just had the chimney breast removed and we are left with soot stains on the wall. I have scrubbed it twice with TSP cleaner which i read was the best thing.
I have read various things on how to cover it before plastering.
Could someone give me some tips on what's best to do so that the...
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My house flooded in storm Dennis, am slowly rebuilding it. The walls were hacked back to stone, sbr & cement mix applied, then 2 coats of render with sbr mixed in. The walls are now ready for skimming. Prior to putting on the plaster, I've read some say pva others unibond or blue...
So I fixed a small damp issue on a house of a friend where a wall had just been plastered over plaster and plaster to try and fix the issue which I’ve now solved! After 6 months The wall is now completely dry, all the bits of plaster are flaking off the wall and there is a pile of dust on the...
Hello, this is my first time posting in this site after using it for information regularly over the past year, so go easy on me.
I am renovating a 1930s ex council property in South Wales. It’s built with cavity wall bricks and the walls inside are mainly black mortar, but in good enough...
Okay so it's an absolute minefield out there at the minute with all the different products out there.
I just want to know what is your preferred method when it comes to dealing with high suction backgrounds. Wickes bonding agent, PVA, SBR, Blue grit, gypPrime, bond-it.
As I'm aware it does...
Have a 1930's solid brick concrete floor terrace and have taken the ceilings down and walls back to brick. The wall is a flemish bond solid wall, really dusty and a draft can be felt through some of the gaps in the mortar.
Having read up a bit I wanted to sand and cement with a good glug of...
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