LadyArowana
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Update on my roof and bucket situation. Not only did the industrial abseilers not fix the leak, but they have managed to create a new one. I’m now out of buckets!
Its amazing how ignorant most trades people are when it comes to old housesJoy - been resolving damp issues at my elderly parents house, been sorting out ground levels, fixing breached DPC and repointing the bricks below it in lime. They hired a carpenter to cut out the rotted joists and floor and replace / repair, which has all been going well, until today, when they decided to become "damp experts" - they hacked off the blown gypsum (fine) and are now merrily trying to convince my parents to cement and sand render up to 1.5m on the internal face of the exterior wall
Going to march round later on with a bag of NHL 2 and confiscate their cement
Same thing happened to me, got some roofers over to inspect my leaky chimney stack and one of them broke a joint on my guttering with his ladder. I ended up having to go up there and replace the joint which was really difficult as I hate heights and my fingers aren't strong enough to snap those plastic clamps into place. In order to get the fix I had to detach the guttering from another joint alongside. Now guess what, thats dripping!Update on my roof and bucket situation. Not only did the industrial abseilers not fix the leak, but they have managed to create a new one. I’m now out of buckets!
snap those plastic clamps into place.
Well, cue much faffing about I ended up doing the plastering myself, so set to it on Saturday morning. Despite not having lifted a trowel in at least 4 years, found some builders sand in my stockpile and once I had defrosted it got stuck in, pretty pleased with the result (and yes only showing a photo of the best bit ) - who needs corner beads!Joy - been resolving damp issues at my elderly parents house, been sorting out ground levels, fixing breached DPC and repointing the bricks below it in lime. They hired a carpenter to cut out the rotted joists and floor and replace / repair, which has all been going well, until today, when they decided to become "damp experts" - they hacked off the blown gypsum (fine) and are now merrily trying to convince my parents to cement and sand render up to 1.5m on the internal face of the exterior wall
Going to march round later on with a bag of NHL 2 and confiscate their cement