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”
Tag Archives: wall fixing
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”
Chimney repair
This was a quick day job just outside of York on a farmhouse. The cement bed (flauching) was blown on top of the chimney stack and the top few courses of bricks of have seen better days as well. Even though it was a low chimney stack I hired a tower scaffold to access itContinue reading “Chimney repair”
Fixings and fittings
Another quick job, this time in Holgate. A lady was in need for a new set of hooks by the entrance and a bathroom cabinet over the sink. All in all, nice an easy job, it only took me an hour from start to finish. I started with the coat hooks, which had three screwholes,Continue reading “Fixings and fittings”
Screw it! 