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    gap between bath and wall, what's reasonable

    Currently fitting a shower bath into the corner of our bathroom. Short edge is against a stud wall covered in Aquapanel. Long edge is against a brick wall, covered in dabbed & screwed Aquapanel. Have just tried the bath for fit before I finish fitting all the Aquapanel. As I feared, I...
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    fitting celotex floor insulation

    We're replacing a concrete floor at the moment, the final make up will be (top to bottom) 75mm screed inc UFH pipes, 100mm celotex, concrete, DPM, sand and hardcore. The concrete has been poured and set and I'm now laying the celotex before getting someone in to screed it. Typically with...
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    Concrete floor repair

    Just to update the thread, I've had a sulphate test done which gave a low Class 2 result. However the test did show that the slab is only about 50mm thick with a thick layer of sand underneath, he didn't find much in the way of hardcore down there. The surveyor was of the opinion that theres...
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    Concrete floor repair

    We live in a 1962 build semi detached with concrete ground floors. Construction looks like concrete poured level with the DPC in the walls, with a screed layer on top. The screed is spaced away from the walls by about an inch and is about half an inch thick. On top of that were some plastic...
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