Welsh Lime Works have finished my house!! Hooray. They have managed to work around the scaffolding and all the problems left by the last lime company to produce a lovely white house. The final coat to this lime putty render …
I have had scaffolding left at my house for the past few months that I have been desperate to get rid of, but will the scaffolder come and collect?? The heck he will. Unbelievable. The scaffolder was arranged by the …
Plastering with gypsum is obviously different from rendering with sand and cement When doing ‘conventional’ works to buildings it is a clear distinction of trades between internal and external works. This is because there is a difference in some of …
Most houses have extract fans fitted to them, mostly in our bathrooms and kitchens. However, we rarely think about which way they are facing. Most commonly they are fitted to the nearest wall, simple. The UK is one of the …
Ventilation does not mean uncontrolled draughts! Ventilation is key for all buildings, after all we do need a bit of the fresh air stuff to stay alive! However for older buildings it is even more important. Solid walled buildings should …
A problem that is easy to miss Many homes now have bathroom extractors that feed through the loft space and out through vents. This system has some advantages over systems that go straight through walls, but having just been in …
Getting a lovely white finish to a floor can be a bit tricky and so here is a little tip that I gleamed from Osmo last week. If you are wanting to get a ‘pure’ white finish on a floor …
The guttering at the front of the house is aluminium and so is well worth keeping, so I am planning to rub them down and repaint. However, the last set of workers managed to dislodge all the brackets on it. …
I hope that you can see from this photo that in the corner of the wall there is a dark rectangular patch. Under here is where an old doorway was blocked up using concrete blocks. The first coat of lime …
Look no hands! Nine bricks being supported by their edges by a 10mm thick piece of cement render. I was planning on capping the wall that abuts into my house (this was to reduce the amount of water that is …
