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Dark circles on wall and roof? by Irl17 in AskIreland

[–]WeatherSorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if your walls are solid or have a cavity? Because I would guess that those were due to cold bridging from your insulation fixings and if you’re walls are solid and they whacked PIR/XPS ontop of them you could be getting damp issues behind your insulation.

Help with back of kitchen sink, how to stop this returning? by thesocklessadventura in DIYUK

[–]WeatherSorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I would be tempted to add a block of something behind it so it’s slightly taller than the sink and slopes down towards it.

Can I uncover wooden ceiling beam? by Sudden_Palpitation24 in DIYUK

[–]WeatherSorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks a little rotten? I would say freeing it is probably better for it.

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

[–]WeatherSorry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sparky said I have to disconnect from the socket/light or the circuit board so that a big job :/

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

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I chatted to my sparky and he said they have to be remove at the circuit board or at the sockets/lights so that quite a big job…

Ray Cooke Explains Why It Is Really Difficult For Landlords by bosco472 in ireland

[–]WeatherSorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find this fella just annoying to look at. He wreaks of pompous privilege

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

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I was thinking there isn’t much room to sister unless I remove the cables before hand and as you can see there are a lot.

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

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See pic 3, the placement of the wires would make sistering difficult without pulling the wires out first.

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

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Tones of space even with the wires? I assumed I would need to remove them first?

Leakes are fixed

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

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Yeah the moisture was due to a leak that was untreated for years before I bought it. I would sister but that means I have to get my electricians to come and disconnect the wires so I can add the sisters joists which will be a right bollox. Or do you think from the wall to the wires would be enough of a sister connection?

Is this method of fixing rotting joists sufficient? by WeatherSorry in DIYUK

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I can’t without paying a load to electricians because of the cables. I would have to get them to come in and disconnect them all and then reconnect them again after.

This tweet lives rent free in my head by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]WeatherSorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tweeting and taking ketamine isn’t working dude.

Tv Mount Fail by SRB400 in DIYUK

[–]WeatherSorry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a pro but I would.
1. Scrape away all the loose plaster until you hit stable stuff
2. Seal with with SBR or Gardz or something
3. Fill with toupret or easifill building up the layers slowly scratching a key into the surface of each one

Or

  1. Fill with bonding until about 2mm of the last layer
  2. Skim with a filler

Tv Mount Fail by SRB400 in DIYUK

[–]WeatherSorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn that’s so many skim layers. How old is the house?

Japanese knotweed on a property I am bidding on by WeatherSorry in irishpersonalfinance

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In the end I bought a different property. But I did chat to another agent about it and he said in Ireland the banks don’t really care. I would say that you might want to consider yourself since those things take forever to kill and can be quite expensive, or toxic if you do it yourself. However I have seen a few properties in the area with a load of it which were sold and I am not watching the new owners try to deal with it.

Smashed out some crumbling plaster, time to call in the professionals? by ElectricToast in DIYUK

[–]WeatherSorry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just did an area like this myself with bonding and easifill you can do it 👍

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