Last week, I fielded no fewer than five phone calls from homeowners with the same grim news. They found it nearly impossible to get quotes from contractors to do fairly simple repairs. Each caller’s ...
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I'm a heritage bricklayer and this is how to avoid common mistakes when repointing brickwork
Repointing brickwork is usually required at least once or twice per century. Wear, weather and structural stresses cause the mortar between bricks to deteriorate over the decades, until you’re left ...
Q We have responded to a leaflet for external wall coating for our house. The coating is guaranteed for 15 years, and conforms to British Standard BS5750 and ISO9002. The salesman assured us that the ...
Q We have a Sixties brick-built house with a first-floor, south-facing balcony. The balcony is a 6m x 1m slab of concrete and is in need of repair. Water has penetrated the tile covering and is ...
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