Recent content by John W

That's actually really handy to know, it's our first year in this one so maybe it is just that. Thanks mate.

Definitely makes sense. I'll fill it this weekend and see if it re-splits.

The outside wall is like an old flint and mortar wall with brick, no rendering. Let me see if I have a pic of the house... It's the upstairs front & left wall as you look at the picture

It's an old Cottage, a couple of hundred years I think. The cracks were there when we came and looked around which is why I paid for the most in depth survey to make sure the front wall wasn't falling off! I'd have to dig the report out but he basically said they were old cracks and there was...

Thanks Tapit, maybe I should give that a go first and see if it cracks back though in the next few weeks and use that as a guide to see if it needs redoing properly?

Thanks for the feedback guys, we had a full survey done when we bought the house and the surveyor said it was nothing to worry about in the report...

Hi all, I was hunting around to find somewhere for a little advice on some plastering in one of our rooms that I have been avoiding since we bought it last year but with lockdown am really running out of excuses with the wife! I have never plastered before (although have rendered external...