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Hi All, In the last stages of a house purchase but I've come across some issues with the outside. The 2 main issues are: 1. The rendering seems to have damp which can be seen by the darker blotches on the rendering. 2. The corner of the house has damp on the bricks at the bottom. My question...

We’ve built a party wall that straddles the boundary (party wall agreement in place) - neighbour has agreed this on the basis we’re paying to build the wall. There’s a double layer of breeze blocks with insulation in the middle. Builder says the neighbour must render his side, but the wall must...

The render on my gable end is causing all kinds of issues in the house with penetrating damp - it's coming in around 4 places. I asked the neighbour if I could look out of his attic loft to see the damage and it is obvious that it is cracked everywhere and will need redoing - the previous owner...

Hey, I have this small section of external wall (see attched image) that I'd like to tile over with more modern looking stone split face tiles. I'm after some advice as to how best to prepare the area. I was originally thinking I would chisel off the existing stone but found the existing stone...

I have to convert my roof from hip to gable and builder advise to make the wall in timber instead of block work as this would be lighter and avoid issue of sticking the insulated plasterboard on the internal side which is very expensive. I came across this detail which was discussed many years...

Hi, I have some heating pipe in copper which sit on a vertical chase through my internal brickwall. How would you normally close it dowm? Is there any special product you use to avoid any future crack? I was thinking to use gypsum bonding to fill up the chase on the brick and then some joint...

Hi, the back of my house is a bit of a mess. I started chipping off a patch of blown render and more and more came off. I've taken it back as far as I can and it feels very solidly adhered in the places that are left, almost impossible to get any off with a claw hammer or chisel etc. The...

As I had now removed most of my hard plastering inside the house due of the age and completely came apart from the wall. I was suggested to use dot and dab plasterboard system instead of plastering the whole house. Can someone advise on pro and cons of each method and which one would be the...

Hi, sorry for any silly questions, first time rendering here! I'm getting a guy to come and plaster this wall, but he said I could save some money by doing a coat of render then a scratch coat, then he'd plaster. It's such a small job, how hard would it be to mix the render without power...

I'm renovating my whole house during lockdown, and there's so much to do! I wanted to paint the exterior, but realised there are a few issues with the render. What is the best course of action to deal with these considering I've never done any rendering before. Or is it worth paying someone to...

I found out that the ceilings on my first floor were renovated but the laths were kept and pins were used instead of screws. My first question. Is it worth to remove the old plasterboard attached to lath and replace with a fresh one and maybe just tape and joint or new plaster? Why the lats...

Hi - we are looking to render our whole house (large semi-detached) with either Weber or K-Rend monocuche render and are confused as to whether we need building regs and/or a party wall agreement. Our house is currently pebble dash, we won't be removing this, the new render will be going over...

I had this door put in but it was all a bit ad hoc so the door reveal was too wide and some add-on pieces were put on (I don't know what the correct term for them is). The interior emulsion is starting to spot with mold along the inside of the frame so obviously it isn't sealed. I think the...

I have an old Victorian house in Manchester which is rendered at the front. Over the years, a couple of cracks have appeared below one of the windows and when I bought the property the surveyor put it down to "longstanding movement" and not ongoing subsidence. However, one of the cracks is...

I am a total beginner to plastering / rendering other than filling the occasional ding in the wall. I am planning on applying a parge coat of Gyproc Soundcoat Plus to an internal party wall which is constructed of aerated block. The instructions call for a 6mm thick layer so I have purchased...

Dear all, currently decorating a bedroom and above the main window the plaster was bulging and generally not looking good. I have knocked a lot of it off, and underneath there is a lot of salty residue that looks like it has literally pushed the plaster off. The house is 1950's with a cement...

20190804_161921 by Natasha Griffith posted 4 Aug 2019 at 4:33 PM 20190804_161958 by Natasha Griffith posted 4 Aug 2019 at 4:33 PM Hi everyone, amateur DIYer here looking for a little advice. This is our neighbour's shed which backs onto our garden. I can only assume the previous owners here...

Hi there, new to this forum and grateful in advance for any advice. Have a property that used to be a pub, so has a large cellar/basement, and looking to make the space a bit more usable by tanking the walls and floor to create a space for storage that's a bit dryer. The walls had a layer of...

Hi could anyone advise whether filling in faint cracks on new plaster should be something the renderer should rectify, or is it considered to be part of the decorator's job when painting? I had new rendering on the side wall of my house done in April. I've just got round to painting it but when...

Hi, I've built my garden planters from 7n concrete dense blocks with the help of bricklayer friend - not sure what i need to do next -pls can someone advise? 1. What steps do i need to take to get it rendered? 2. Do i use K-Render or Sand/Cement + Paint (on the inside and outside) 3. Once it...