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I like the one about the tea. The neighbours were quite friendly when we met them, perhaps we could have a tea hatch! No really the house is terraced and has a slate or bitumous dpc back and front (seen from outside). The party walls either side are one brick length deep with some damp...

The neighbours recently told us that the house was built on a flood defence and that the stream at the end of the garden was converted into a culvert to control water entering the local homes. The only problem I will have a problem tackling is inserting a dpc into the partition wall. From...

i have read around the subject including your link thankyou

We are in the process of buying a terrace (2nd from end) 1920's house in Whitstable, Kent. We had a full homebuyers survey, which found a problem with rising damp. The damp patches are situated mainly in the back dining room on the rear wall at ground level, on the chimneybreast and on a solid...

Sorry about the long delay guys I had problems locating the web page i had used. Thankyou gadgetman. I did consider ball-bearings on the bottom of the door with the top and bottom of the mdf fitted into a channel for guidance, but i couldn't find any ball bearings to do the job (i even...

Dear all Does anyone know of a cheap solution for some internal sliding security doors? We have heavy-duty shelving installed in a storeroom and these require sliding doors on the front of them, so they can be locked. I am using 18mm mdf for the doors 2.4m h * 1.7m w and they have to slide...