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By the way its spelt thus: 'competent'

Not bad.... I have rendered old flint and brick walls in an old cottage annex that we own. It worked fine so I guess if i get the mix right and do a base/scratch coat and then further coat at lower ratio mix. I have learnt skills as an when I need to. I don't believe that you have to stick to...

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Yes, that is pretty well what i have in mind having thought about it for the last 6 months, while i work away on the rest of the place. I have already insulated below the floor. I want to avoid heating rads all along the walls as this means I haven't made a good job of the insulation. i...

secondary glazing is UGLY and will impact on any future sales price. Effective but ugly i'm afraid.

I will do the work myself so the only expense will be in materials. That will pale into insignificance compared to labour costs!

Here are some photos Forgot i took some months back. You can see that is has been 'slapped' onto side of the house. However it is built better than it looks. has foundations and double block walls. Roof is pretty bad but can fix. Windows overlook neighbours only. Bottom of wall needs to be...

I shall do so tomorrow. Thanks. No, not listed. Photos will help and shall do so

​​I am self renovating a n Edwardian House. It has an annex facing north with single pane glass windows all along. This leads to massive heat loss for the whole house. I have decided to reduce the glass content of the external wall rather than replace with double glazed units. Question is what...