HELP NEEDED PLEASE – BUILDING MATERIALS & TOOLS FOR URGENT HOME REPAIRS 🏡🧱🙏🏾

Good morning all,

I’m back visiting my home in Sheffield for the summer and am currently trying to single-handedly repair the damage left by my former tenants and slowly make my house safe and liveable again.

I’ve recently discovered damage around the chimney/loft area which I urgently need to get repaired before we have heavy rain and it potentially causes further damage, costing me an arm and a leg!

I’m reaching out to this lovely community in the hope that anyone may have leftover or unwanted building materials gathering dust in a garage, shed or garden that they’d be happy for me to put to good use.

🧱 TO REPAIR THE CHIMNEY, I NEED:

1. Around 15 standard bricks
2. 1 bag of cement
3. 1 bag of building sand

🛖 TO REPAIR THE GARDEN SHED, I NEED:

1. 1 length of fascia board – approx. 5" wide × 10mm × 5ft
2. Approx. 20ft of 10mm tongue-and-groove timber
3. A bag of clout nails
4. 3 rolls of roofing felt
5. Any spare/offcuts or reusable parts from a standard wooden garden shed – even odd pieces of timber may be useful for the repairs.

🔨 TO BORROW, IF ANYONE CAN KINDLY LEND ME:

* Lump hammer
* Chisel
* Bricklaying trowel

I only need to borrow these tools temporarily and will, of course, look after them carefully and return them once the work is completed.

I’m not expecting anyone to have everything! Even a few spare bricks, leftover timber or felt, part-bags of usable materials, or simply lending me one of the tools would be a massive help.

As I’m doing all of this without a car, anything fairly local would be especially appreciated, although I’ll do my best to arrange collection where possible.

Many thanks in advance. I’m truly grateful for anything I can find at this point. Every brick, every offcut and every helping hand will help me slowly turn my damaged house back into my home again. 🙏🏾❤️🏡

Have a blessed day,

K

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repairing my home (Shirecliffe S5)