Placing tiles over existing ceramic tiles
Tiling
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My kitchen has floor tiles. They are stuck to the concrete floor and are impossible to remove without either damage to the concrete or the pipes that run through them. I intend to roughen the existing tiles and place new ones on top. What primer should I use and also …
Fruit flies appear in office and bedroom
Plastering & Rendering
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I'm not sure how or why, but tiny fruit flies appear in both my office and bedroom in the 3rd floor of block of flats. I can only imagine that they come from little gaps in heating pipes coming from below or perhaps through little gaps in the skirting board. …
Unfinished fireplace plastering
Plastering & Rendering
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Our fireplace installer has skimmed the front of our chimney in the living room, but didn't skim the sides. The rest of the living room has been done a few weeks previously, but the on the advice of our plasterer chimney was left as it needed to be done in …
Reasons for damp/moisture in single brick extension
Plastering & Rendering
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Hi, I have a single brick utility/garage extension which runs along the side if the main house (original survey indicated it was built later). In the back of the house is the kitchen which leads into the utility section of this extension. There is a damp or moisture issue affecting …
Why are newly plastered walls are very fragile?
Plastering & Rendering
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We recently had our new apartment professionally plastered and painted. We were originally very happy with the job, but now we noticed that the plaster seems very fragile. With just a slight accidental knock or tap it dents, and we now have countless small holes and scratches in our plaster. …
Laminate / Swiss Krono 7mm
Carpets, Lino & Flooring
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I purchased enough laminate for my house. I laid this laminate which was 7mm width in my bedroom. After finishing the room the joints between the laminate are loose? Before buying I was assured that this was suitable for pets. Also suitable for kitchens , lounges and hallways. Yet the …
Smell like paint thinner in bathroom?
Plumbing
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I get a chemical smell - like paint thinner - in my bathroom. It is very intermittent. It will be strong for a couple of days and then just completely disappears. It’s been more frequent over the last month, but definitely not a sewage or musty smell and don’t think …
boiler overflow dripping
Plumbing
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when running the boiler overflow runs water, i have a pressurized system, over 3 floors, Hot water cylinder and what appears to be 2 expansion tanks ( 1 red, 1 white )
Any solution to electric plugs left sticking out of the wall?
Plastering & Rendering
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I had some plasterers come plaster a room. When they came they said they had to fully strip the scratch coat to the lath because plaster wouldn't stick. They did that in half the room not the other half. They finished today and left before I saw the room. They …
Cost of replacing hedge with fence?
Gardening & Landscaping
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Just wondering what price range roughly would it be to have hedge taken out and around 10 fence panels put in ,then labour costs