Recent content by JPsantos

Is there a special paint I could use to paint all the breeze block and other bricks? something that I could then paint over once I have the OSB on, as I intend to then paint it all white? I had a look in Wickes today but all the paint that looked like damp protection was all for external use -...

can't I just paint and then put a dehumidifer inside? bear in mind, I dont even know if it's damp inside, it looked pretty dry to me today to be fair, but my plan was prevention and get what I had been reading - DPM, insulate walls, and roof, put a vent fan, etc..- before I move in, have...

I'm not sure if its damp or not yet, but 10 years ago I had a detached garage, single skin brick and i had to have a dehumidifier running in there almost 24h during the winter to stop standing water on all the metal surfaces. the current garage I have is attached to the house by one wall, the...

Hi all. About to move into new property, went over today to take some measurements in the garage in order to workout budget for materils. Objective is not to be warm, is just to stop condensation as much as possible due to milling machine, lathe, metal rods,etc... Previous owner to current ones...

Ah yes I see, agree with your advice, to lay the course of bricks and dpc. in terms of building regs... well, the brick garage is 5m wide, so this "extension" I was looking at 5m wide and at least 6m deep - that would still stay behind the front of the house..and that long because the car is...

that's quite a good point to be fair. and do you have any idea if it could be built on top of the tarmac or would need a concrete slab? (that would be quite a cost to add)

I see what you mean, so following the same roof as the brick garage right? but at that height I'd need planning permission wouldn't I? because that little path and gate on the right side is for the neighbour house (there's only a path that goes from his front door to that side door. It would...

yes, its not a new estate where you cant even put a shed up without asking 20 different entities about it, its an old estate from late 80s early 90s. lots of houses in this estate have had work under PD, like loft conversions, rear extensions, etc,etc But taking away the fact it might be ugly...

hi, yes understand the how it might look, but the cars are more important than the looks and they are too long to fit in a standard double garage. but would make it look as best as possible. ideally I'd extend the garage forward in brick, but that would cost a bomb, so for now I'm trying to find...

Hi all, my initial thoughts was to build a car port in front of the double garage, but having second thoughts I thought, why not just build a timber extension with a flat roof?? In regards to planning, I think I can do it under permitted development. The house is not near a road, from the...

ah yes, could turn that one on for the hot water, I can probably time the showers seeing as we at home all day on lockdown.

gotcha! pushed the lever in and it locked on M. However if I leave it on M, the hot water comes on (when I force it to always on on dials, hear boiler come up), but the heating does not come on (when I force it on dials nothing happens with the boiler) If I push the lever all the way to H, then...

Not sure what is going on but I can't move the valve now to middle position, I notice a notch on the override lever, but even moving it up so it slides on the slot I cant move the lever back, seem to be stuck. but.. at least the house is warm again! Need to test what happens if the hot water...

just had a thought, what happens when the hot water comes on on the dial? as I now tried to get that lever back to its original place and doesnt seem to move... as I thought "Do I have to move it back to W when I need hot water?" seeing as there's no auto control of that valve. (and was going to...

Got it going mate! had a look on youtube and how that valve works (had no clue it was a valve) I used the manual override lever, pushed it to the right, as soon as it was all the way to the side and the marking was on the H I heard the boiler downstairs kicking in (I had left the dial at 25...