Recent content by SillyBilly

I don't know what to do gents. :( What I'd like to do is carefully render, as follows: 1. Clean existing brickwork with brush 2. Apply a 2:1 sand:cement slurry 3. Apply scratch coat of 3:1 plastering sand:portland cement + Everbuild Febond SBR 4. Wait for scratch coat to begin drying...

Thanks for the advice, Ray :)

Hi fella, thanks for your reply. I see what you're saying and it's logical, but that is how the property was prior to the ground level being taken down a notch (ie. rendering seems to have gone right to the ground) and also, my surveyor said that because of its age (around 1850s) my property...

Hi Ray, there is a slight runoff, angled away from the house, into a gravel trap under some bushes.

Hello folks. I'm confused why it would look like a patch? Once the render / filler dries, it will be given a quick coat of paint. The whole front was painted only 3 weeks ago, so it's all pretty fresh. What am I missing?

Hi guys! This is my first post, so go easy on me, haha! :D We have just had a patio done. To ensure a solid patio base, the workmen dug a good 10" down and as a result, once everything was finished, a strip of unrendered and unpainted wall has now appeared (previously this was not seen as...

Hello gents, I live in a ground floor flat, built in the 1890s. Unfortunately, the damn thing is approximately 100 yards away from a railway line and is also in the Heathrow flight path. :RpS_cursing::RpS_scared: I will be doing a refurb soon and would like advice on what I can do to minimise...