Recent content by Mick061261

John and flynnyman, thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Good for another 15 years then!

Morning, hopefully this will help? Having scabbled all the top layers of paint off, I'm going to rake out all the mortar joints. Am I worrying too much about cracking between the old bricks and the new parts ??

Hopefully when I post the pics tomorrow it will make a bit more sense

.......afraid so, every joint in the body is wrecked but the head still thinks it's 26!

7 newt blocks, will post pics tomorrow, am really appreciating the advice.

Thanks Shadow and Flynnyman that seems like sound advice with the Eml. So with the weaker 6:1 scratch and finish, would most spreads aim at 15-20mm total thickness or would that change? I only ask as the windows have just gone in and I've set the reveals up with a 15mm angle bead in mind so that...

hi guys, firstly if this is allowed, I'm a heating engineer/gas fitter so happy to try and help with any gas questions I've just taken the roof off my bungalow and added a second storey, the existing common bricks had 50 years of paint and the new top part of the gables are in lightweight...