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Hi -- I'm renovating an old property. It's a former agricultural building, about a hundred years old, and the walls are two skins of brick (well, brick and mixed rubble and other junk) faced with flint in lime mortar. It needs proper insulation, but I'm conscious that there can be moisture...

Hi -- small question about a DPM for an extension. I installed the DPM on hardcore and sand blinding, then 150mm insulation boards over that, then a further DPM over that, then poured the slab this morning. It's awkwardly placed so there was a lot of raking the concrete along to get it from the...

I need to make a small change to the direction of a soil pipe as it enters a sturdy old brick inspection chamber (private sewer, on my property). I've dug down past the bottom of the pipe; it's bedded in a large bit of incredibly hard concrete on the outside where it enters the chamber...

Hi -- can anyone tell just by looking if this is asbestos? It was lining the inside of a hearth, around a wood burning stove. I've ordered a proper testing kit but I'd like to know if I should be avoiding the room where the rest of it is while I wait for the kit to arrive.

The planning notes from the architect recommend Thermalite Turbo and Shield lightweight blocks for the cavity walls. I've not used them before; they look great from an insulation and handling point of view, but a builder friend has said that he's had problems with them cracking in the past. He...

I'm building an extension where the house's existing soil pipe runs across the face of the building into a large inspection chamber with multiple inlets. Like this: Could you tell me what best practice would be with regards to the pipes coming from the house into the soil pipe? Would it be...