I finished this job not long ago in York town centre. The lady had damp problems with her open fire. Water was getting into the chimney through the top and made its way down to the fireplace. As the fireplace was non-stop wet, water started to make its way through the wall. And as soonContinue reading “Chimney breast repair”
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Wall repair and door step
This was the follow up work for the pointing job I did in Clifton, York earlier this year. Once the outside work was finished, the customer sprayed the whole front area with high quality water repellent to make sure there is no more water getting into the house through the front wall. After this weContinue reading “Wall repair and door step”
Cast iron fireplace & hearth
This was an exciting job in Acomb where I spent 3/4 of time with preparation and it just flew together in a few hours afterwards. Customer had an old gas fire and an ugly mantelpiece what they wanted to get rid of. A Gas Safe engineer disconnected the old gas fire and when they removedContinue reading “Cast iron fireplace & hearth”
A bit of plastering
Last week I helped a lady with some small plastering needs. She has a side entrance which is directly under her bathroom and at some point there was a leak and the water cracked the plaster in the doorway below. I removed the old plaster completely, prepared the surface ready for a new plaster andContinue reading “A bit of plastering”
Screw it! 