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It should be dry by now. Just make sure you seal the new plasterwork before papering or the paste will suck into the new plaster before you have hang the paper properly.

canny

Go buy some brick acid from a builders merchant and follow the instruction. The white stuff is brick salts weeping out of the bricks. you get it alot on new brickwork.

canny

Go to Travis Perkins and buy Bath stone Mix, which is like a cement mix for bath stone............Dont use any fillers it will only fall out

canny

Hi, its probably due to movement from the weight behind the wall. With all this wet weather we have had over the last 3 years the soil mass expands and moves when wet, so that can apply pressure to the wall. Repoint the wall and see if it breaks up again. good chance it may not. If it does you might...

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No worries.....................either your water table is near the trench or its rain fall. When you come to pour the footing, just pump or bucket it out. Once the concrete is in it will take it in to the mix..............Have fun

canny

Try getting a cartridge of anchor epoxy resin from the builders yard. But for blobs on ther back of the tiles hold it in place for about 5 minutes . Wont go anywhere after that.....................have fun :lol:

canny

if you have a membrane on th wall you have proberly got a rising damp or damp issue from the past. You can either clean to wall back to the bricks and tank the walls ( paint several coats of bitumin paint) and replaster( remember to throw sand on the last wet coat of bitumin to create a 'key' for th...

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go to any builders yard and get a price. If you looking to buy 80 sheets they should all be eager to help. Go to one for a starter price then play them off against each other. Sometimes the likes of Wicks offer better deals than the yards... which is very annoying for us builder as it means we have ...

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Hi, Dont worry about future fixing using glue.(Never done on site) Timber being a material that expands and contracts(related to moisture content), you might find that the glue joints might crack or split. Dont worry about this, as the metal fixings will hold firm.Might be worth insulating below you...

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Hi, Use 3 x 1 timbers and fix to the ceiling joists at 90 degrees to the run of the joists at 2 m spacings. Then fix a brace diagonally on to the roof rafters on either side of the roof. You could also use noggins between the ceiling joists or better still metal herring bone straping. Also screwing ...

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Use either a plank of wood or a stripe of mdf to create the flat face of the skirting, then fix a matching profile timber like ogee etc to the top. These profile timbers are normally fixed around door frames and are called mouldings.This is a cheap way of making old style skirting. :D

canny

Hi,
Try using 'brick acid',which you can get from a builders yard. Brush on neat, leave for 20 minues and wash off with the help of a scrubbing brush and water. :D

canny

Hi,
Go to a local builders yard and ask for 'brick cleaning acid'. Follow the instructions and you will be sorted
happy christmas :D

canny

Hi, Sounds like you need to take down the area wich is leaning out. Remove bricks until you get to a course which is secure. If you have done a bit of bricklaying and its a half brick wall, with scaffolding you might be able to ebuild it yourself. remember to gauge, plume and work to a string line. ...

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Hi. Remove loose paint, then give ceiling a good coat of PVA. Then use something like jointing compond(adhesive) or something like 'smoothover', apply to the depressed areas first until they are level with the remainder of the ceiling. Then spread filler over ceiling using a caulking blade. (Large p...

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