Recent content by craiginuk

Hi, I am selling a rental flat which was rewired in 2008. It was organised through lettings agency so am confident was all legit etc. I received a green "Part P Domestic Electrical Installation Certificate" from the installer which I have always kept on file. The seller questionaiire...

Sorry - think I posted this in the wrong section - please could someone have a looka ta thread below? //www.diynot.com/forums/your-projects/help-filling-in-floor-around-new-fireplace-hearth.339785/

Hi all, We have just had an old open fireplace removed and a new wood burning stove fitted. The new hearth doesn't protrude as far into the room as the old fireplace did. I am left with a gap about 1ft x 4ft of exposed concrete floor. The existing floor seems to have about an inch thick...

Can anyone suggest a way of fitting a lock to a sliding bathroom door? I will be fitting the screwfix sliding door mechanism to a fairly basic wickes door. I was thinking of mounting a standard offset/cranked door bolt on the wall adjacent to the sliding door. This could work but I would...

Thanks for all the help! Could you point me in the right direction for a strip of insulation. Will wickes do it? Cavity is only 70mm across so how thick should the insulation be? Also is there any advantage in using a double layer of DPM as I bought loads of the stuff.

Yes - thanks - understood that about the trough. Have bought some DPM as well as some joining tape so will make a proper compartment for it. Could I end up with condensation on inside if the cavity wall is bridged or is it ok because it's under floor level? Sorry - all very new to me :oops:

Thanks - sorry about all the questions. Do i need to allow for contraction/expansion when i pour this small amount of concret? or do i just go to the same level of the floor in one go?

Thanks - don't think it was a window before (it's in the new part of the house) but maybe they read the drawing wrong when they did the extension and thought it was a window. Then made a bodge to fit the door. Is it quite normal to fill the cavity with concrete below a door? So I just line...

I am hoping someone can help. We are about to have oak flooring put down in a dining room which is part of a ground floor extension completed in 2002. (before we bought the house) There is a door threshold where the door meets the cavity wall. This has been a bit loose to stand on for the...