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  1. pompeyritchie

    Major brickwork cracks in detached garage

    Hi. I’ve had a good look through all the posts but can’t find anything that matches my problem. I have a 5m x 2.5m single skin brick detached garage with an apex tiled roof. The garage sits on a concrete block foundation which is at the top of a fairly steep garden and public footpath. One side...
  2. M

    Reusing old concrete Spurs

    My fence blew down in recent storms and I'm replacing it with stronger close boarding, I have dug out the old posts & Spurs which are in great condition but have a large concrete ball at the end. Can I reuse these Spurs by digging a bigger hole and dropping them in securing it with more...
  3. D

    Crack in French Door...

    Hi Guys, I noticed yesterday that there is a crack in my french door, it looks like it happened when the door has swung open and caught the window sill (see attached pictures). Any idea how best to treat this or any idea on the repair costs, if indeed it can be repaired? Additionally it would...
  4. Careful_Bodger

    Liquid Acrylic Products for Flat Roof Refurb (not leak repair)

    I have a flat roof in good order needing a bit of TLC to improve the weathered areas and extend the life a bit. I have been quite impressed with Wickes Acrylic (with fibres), so was thinking about giving the whole ~ 20 sq.m roof a coat of something similar. The products I have looked at range in...
  5. L

    Loose window panel on upvc front door

    Moved into a property with fairly old upvc doors. The front door has a glass panel insert in the top half of the door, horizontally centered about 2/3 width of door. I've noticed the glass can be moved from both sides and seems the seals and fascias have come away to some extent probably due to...
  6. S

    Large plaster repair & re-skimming

    Hi I need to repair a pretty large hole in the old plaster (see picture). I have removed all loose plaster down to the masonry and need some advice on what type of plaster to use to fill the hole. The hole is about 1m by 40cm by 1.5cm deep. I am new to plastering. Should I apply a browning...
  7. meb97me

    Repair SWA Resin Joint

    Hi We've recently fitted a "Y" branch joint to the SWA cable that feeds our garage to run some power to another out building, however we're now experiencing tripping of the RCCB on out circuit board which can only be cured by the garage MCB being turned off. Having had a search on here one...
  8. V

    Cinder Block Corner Broken Off

    I've recently been renovating my house, starting in the spare room! Had to remove the plaster from the walls as it was cracked and slightly damp! When I was taking the beading off around the corner of the window frame a large corner of cinder block came with it....I was just wondering how I...
  9. edwardian1913

    Section of garden wall broken. How to re-attach?

    Here's vaguely how my wall should look: Broken wall by edwardian1913 posted 11 Jan 2016 at 10:17 PM But it's all broken! :cry: Broken wall by edwardian1913 posted 11 Jan 2016 at 10:17 PM I have replaced rotted fence posts before, so I am comfortable with preparing a new wooden post of the...
  10. R

    getting a water board adopted sewer fixed

    Hi all, I'm looking at buying a house with a diagonal crack, ~1/4" up the external wall of the passageway between the 2 terraces. The surveyor thought it was historic so shouldn't be an issue for mortgage. But I do want to tidy it up for resaleability, and before that get the leak fixed...
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