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replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote:
I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time -- for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...all-65770-.htm |
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On 11/12/16 20:14, Looking160 wrote:
replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Usual homoaners ******** |
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On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote:
replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? |
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"Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. |
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On Sunday, 11 December 2016 18:14:03 UTC, Looking160 wrote:
replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time The OP is probably dead by now. Get yourself a sensible newsgroup client or portal. This is news:uk.d-i-y. NT |
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On 11/12/2016 20:35, Rod Speed wrote:
"Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. Your newsreader must be infinitely better than mine. Would you be kind enough to add the lines you say I deleted? |
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On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote:
replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time That's how I recycle my old engine oil -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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"Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 20:35, Rod Speed wrote: "Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. Your newsreader must be infinitely better than mine. Nope. Would you be kind enough to add the lines you say I deleted? I didnt say lines. for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...all-65770-.htm It is included as a sig, which presumably your newsreader dropped automatically when you replied, but it was visible before you replied. |
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:45:40 +0000, Fredxxx wrote:
On 11/12/2016 20:35, Rod Speed wrote: "Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. Your newsreader must be infinitely better than mine. Would you be kind enough to add the lines you say I deleted? This one! for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...all-65770-.htm I hate HOH as much as much as anyone, but at least its sig does exactly what it says. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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On 11/12/2016 23:24, Rod Speed wrote:
"Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 20:35, Rod Speed wrote: "Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. Your newsreader must be infinitely better than mine. Nope. Would you be kind enough to add the lines you say I deleted? I didnt say lines. for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...all-65770-.htm It is included as a sig, which presumably your newsreader dropped automatically when you replied, but it was visible before you replied. The sig didn't include the context or the date of the original post. I don't see why I should click on a link to find out, assuming it would be there in the first place. |
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On 11/12/2016 23:29, Graham. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:45:40 +0000, Fredxxx wrote: On 11/12/2016 20:35, Rod Speed wrote: "Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. Your newsreader must be infinitely better than mine. Would you be kind enough to add the lines you say I deleted? This one! for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...all-65770-.htm I hate HOH as much as much as anyone, but at least its sig does exactly what it says. Maybe, but the sig doesn't directly contain the date of the OP's post any more than mine. -- https://www.diy-forums.com/threads/e...one-wall.8470/ |
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"Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 23:24, Rod Speed wrote: "Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 20:35, Rod Speed wrote: "Fredxxx" wrote in message news On 11/12/2016 18:14, Looking160 wrote: replying to Michael McNeil, Looking160 wrote: I dont think sealing a wall is appropriate Michael. Walls need to breath, they take moisture in & let it out. Sealing will leave wall damp as no escape, crumble & then structural damage caused. I think rub on some kind of oil on the stone, it brings it out & stays looking darker for some time Would you care to tell us the post you replying to, and which decade it was posted? He did, you deleted that from the quoting for some reason. Your newsreader must be infinitely better than mine. Nope. Would you be kind enough to add the lines you say I deleted? I didnt say lines. for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...all-65770-.htm It is included as a sig, which presumably your newsreader dropped automatically when you replied, but it was visible before you replied. The sig didn't include the context or the date of the original post. But did include a link to the full context and date. I don't see why I should click on a link to find out, More fool you given that it said where the context was. assuming it would be there in the first place. No assumption involved, it said that explicitly. |
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On 11/12/2016 23:29, Graham. wrote:
I hate HOH as much as much as anyone, but at least its sig does exactly what it says. But the posters from that site don't seem to see that the articles are decades old. It happens so often that they must be seeing something different to what's contained in the advertising link. -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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