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Both. Neither did anything.

Seems to be sandy. Doesn't do anything if I stick it in vinegar. It's grey on top but if I scratch some away it's a sandy colour. I actually just went out to remove some mortar to do this and the mortar right under the window, exactly where the damp is worst, is crumbly and soaked. Similarly...

I'm back for my 6 monthly clueless DIY post. I need to repoint parts of the brick wall around our bay window. We thought we'd got rid of our damp by clearing a blocked drain but I think we just got lucky with the weather and its back with a vengeance after it pissed it down the past couple of...

I forgot to mention. House built around 1890. There's a handful of air bricks around the house. My job this evening is to go round and see if they're blocked up at all. Dehumidifier on order from Amazon.

Here we go again. Could not shift the blockage so had to call a roofer. He took a few attempts to clear it, but it seems fine now. He also told me the gutters were blocked so he cleared those too. I can't actually get to the gutters and wouldn't if I could because they're so bloody high up, so...

Think I've figured it out. There's a small hole in the flat lead roof over the front window for the water to drain via a small drainpipe in to the main drainpipe. The small pipe is blocked so excess water is running down the wall right in the corner between the two houses where you can't see...

Hi. We repainted about six months ago and noticed some damp shortly after. Prior to repainting there was none noticeable. Its all on the front wall of the living room which has a large, flat roofed, bay window. Recently with the weather it has got much worse. Now there is an almost perfectly...

I thought, stupidly, that it would be worth taking a couple of radiators off the wall today to prepare for a week of decorating. I should have known not to do anything plumbing related on a Sunday evening because last time I did a local emergency plumber ended up £150 better off. It's not...

The gesso panels were awful. I don't think it's a particularly interesting art form, but I think someone with some genuine skills could embrace it and do something more intricate and impressive than the examples they were given. The bloke who ended up getting that challenge seemed to write it...

I have a CL3 I'm thinking of selling although I'm up north so may be out of your way. It's been under the stairs for a while and I'm getting used to the idea that I wont have the space for it for at least the foreseeable future so the best plan may be to get rid and buy another when space...

Judging by the fact that the one pot I made was rock hard and dark grey at the base, and crumblier and sandier the further up it got, I'd wager that I mixed too much sand in and mixed it badly so the cement at the bottom wasn't properly incorporated. I've tried again and given it a thorough...

So I took everything out of its mould in preparation to throw it away. Most of the things just cracked and crumbled, apart from the one that was going to be my 'test' piece before I got carried away. I basically half filled a yogurt pot with concrete and then pushed a smaller yogurt pot filled...

Hi, I'm making some concrete planters and dishes from moulds to put various plants in. I've made some moulds, but I mixed some concrete from cements and sand, let it cure a few days, took it out the moulds and it's just cracked and crumbled. I checked my cement and it's way past its sell by...

No workshop, but I have a lot of two to three inch thick oak slabs that used to be worktops, and quite a bit of inch and a half thick sapele. I follow a lot of woodcarvers on instagram and I've been inspired to get back in to making utensils and general stuff that can be used around the home so...

I ended up selling it. Got £15 for it, which could well be less than it's worth but it's one less thing taking up space and more money for the new shed fund. The top is just glass.

I want to sell this lamp. Took it off my dad's hands when he moved, but I've never used it as the other half doesn't like it. Does anyone know what kind of lamp it is so I can upload it to eBay or something with the right description? I've tried to google but I don't know where to start...

I left my keys on a shelf by the front door once then closed the door behind me on the way out. I had to jump over the back fence, get a length of wicker or bamboo or something that I'd bought for my tomato plants and try to fish the keys out through the letterbox. Two unsavoury looking blokes...

Looks to be sapele to me. Got a ton of it taking up room in the shed. Thinking of whacking a few boards on eBay myself.

I have no experience with beech, but my mum had oak worktops in her old house, and they were a pain in the arse to maintain. Constant re-oiling and the grain looking mucky after a while. All in all, it depends on what kind of look you're going for. I think beech looks nice in a more...

Windows Defender is all most people need unless you're downloading a lot, clicking ads or visiting certain websites. It's surprisingly reliable for a Microsoft product. I use Malware Bytes and Spybot Search and Destroy on top of Windows Defender. I've never had a virus, but to be honest a virus...