Recent content by trumansparks

Hi, have a leak been coming in for a few months, nothing obvious in the roof valley but possibly tracking under the lead at the overlap 1/3 of the way down. Have been advised the valley doesnt go far enough under the tiles and the lead valley is too narrow. Advise was to replace the...

can certainly see the logic of it but it does bring a building half a meter closer to us than was suggested by those involved. no biggy, just trying to clarify details.

bit of advice required please, We have a back door onto an old yard type area with communal access accross for neighbours (terrace). After about 5 meters we have steps upto a raised garden patio area 16x25ft (same for all neighbours). at the end of our garden is a neighbours rear garden...

Cheers for that Tony Nothing is ever obvious in planning! Reference was always made to be 4 meter's from the hedge in discussions and as lay members of public the reality is different to what we feel we were "sold". Thanks for your help. truman

Hi, Planning was granted for a building to be erected no closer than 4meters distance from a hedge on our boundary. The building appears to be going up about 3.6 meters from the edge of the hedge but it is 4meters from the trunks of the plants (in the centre) forming the hedge. My...

just been informed their used to be a step into the back room so will carry on without trying to matching the levels and having a drunk floor. truman

Hi, have gratefully recieved help so far on this (noseall and redherring2 in particular) and equipment and sand etc coming sat am so need to do the screeding of my slab tommorrow , spent the afternoon trying to organise the levels and havent got very far. i started with a datum line but...

nice job red herring2 makes mine look rather easier than yours must have been, will look at your other posts on it, looks a nice project to me. will post back when completed, out of interest whats the easiest way to find the right levels, was thinking of using a lazer level and...

great help redherring2, yes its the irregularity of the stones at the base of the wall, had to try for as straight an edge as i could for celotex shuttering which left the odd gap/void etc and didnt allow me to get very close to wall in many places. So to recap i will use a lime mortar to...

thanks, The upstand is 50mm and i can find a particulatly deep skirting board for the room although the walls are being plastered in lime not boarded it should give another 10 mm ish too. i guess then its unlikely for someone reverse into the skirting and put a stiletto through the floor...

Cheers guys, noseall, are you suggesting removing the side insulation? i have read its use is less important on interior walls. so could leave just the one at front wall. how to fill the gap? redherring thanks for the answers, although still alittle unsure what to do about the top of the...

Having had previous advise on here my slab is now down in the front room, I now need to level and finish with a screed, but am unsure/ cannot find answers on how to approach the edges of the slab construction of floor is sub sand dpm celotex dpm concrete celotex was put all...

thanks guys, done the pour this aft, left an inch short and going to trim the side insulation down and do a proper screed over the lot. I havent found much info on how to finish the edges and small void to wall. I have (from centre of room to wall) concrete, dpm,insulation,dpm,small...

cheers, room is 13ft by 14ft, yes celotex underneath, think you guessed i meant 5cm not 5ml! oops. so how long to wait before troweling? is it easier to get as flat as poss then pore on a self leveling when dry than try to get perfect finish in the concrete? ts

Hi folks, got a couple of q's please. i have prepped for an internal slab, but its looking a little shallow in places, 11-14 cm, i was aiming for 10cm concrete plus 4cm screed, just thinking that it may be best to do concrete up to floor level (-5 ml) then use a self leveling compound...