Recent content by morterman

Started an office refurb for a bank in the City of London monday, about 3 weeks work all metal stud boarding and tape and jointing, i can assure you all there is no recession in the city the pubs and restaurants are banged out lunchtimes full of suites living it up while ime trying to find a...

Dont realy need to skim any areas that are to be tiled and i wouldnt use bonding in a bathroom if you can help it. Mo

What part of the breast has cracked mate behind the burner or the front of the breast either way it should not happen with a wood burner ide check the installation first, correct flue liner etc. Mo

Tail between his legs heh, what part of Spain is the job Church Del is right about Perlinor but its not available every where let me know and i will let you know what to keep away from and what to use. Mo

Building inspectors dont like timber frames or battening against the wall and infilled in between as the timber does not have the same U value as the insulation so causes a cold spot that why they always ask for insulation board. The fixings are incase of fire but are essential to hold the board...

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Not sure where you are getting your info from Kirk but for general purpouse morter using lime putty or NHL the mix is 3 to 1 with cement it is 6to 1 and with 6.1.1. the principle purpouse for the Hydrated lime is to plastisize. Mo

Spunky the Spanish do get involved in war they were in Afghanistan but when the Madrid bombings whent of they bowed down to terrorism and pulled the troops out, bunch of tossers and the Spanish economy is in deep s**t. Mo

I use moard finish. Mo

I put them on with a catapult. Mo

Ide like to know what price the brickies and plasterers are on with these new builds Danny cos round my way they are 40% down on 3 years ago and even the Poles dont want to know. Mo

It is dying but still a call for it especialy on repairs, its normaly built against shuttering but some work to lines. You can buy concrete blocks with the flint embedded in them now but dosent quite look the same. Mo

How old is the house Oasis? if its old 9 inch brickwork and possibly combined with poor pointing and recent weather the walls are probably saturated and pumping up the heat will cause these type of cracks, the answer to your question is that plasterboard is less likely to crack just dont butt...

1890s should be lime. Mo.

Get the old one repaired and keep as a spare Oasis. Mo