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Hi, I have purchased an off the shelf French door 2090mm x 1190mm to be fit in place of a window which is around 2000mm wide with the top of the window being around 2200 above the DPC. The house is a mid 70’s build standard cavity wall construction. I want to fit the doors tight to a finished...

Hi, I want to remove a chimney breast (cb) from the rear bedroom of my old Lancashire (Chorley) mid-terrace house, however I am happy to retain the cb downstairs in the back room. The cb seems only to feed my home and is not shared with the grumpy neighbours. Ideally I would like the stack...

Thanks for your reply. You certainly know your stuff. Following your advice Im going to re gig the brickwork so I can lay the concrete in one go seems easiest option in the long run. Thanks once again.

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Hi, Thanks to all for previous help and advice. Latest conservatory concern is that having built an exterior wall and an interior cavity wall up to ground level I am about to infill up to ground level with hardcore to allow the concrete floor to be poured. My concern is that I have not...

Ah I see, you remove the exsisting air vent and place it lower down the wall, an opposite to the illustration. Seems obvious now. Thanks to you both Cheers

Can I also clarify as the exsisting air brick sits just under the dpc (floor level) the 4" plastic soil pipes will be very close to the floor surface, how can I lower the pipes to allow a sufficient depth of concrete to be poured. Thanks Steve

Hi, Im building a conservatory, footings and brick work done up to floor level, (yet to in-fill with hard core) however I have 2 air vents which may or maynot require moving. The 1st airvent is directly in line with the dwarf wall which I have built over, I did this because the property...

Thanks for your post. I was a little shocked by what you had to say, thats a lot of concrete. I guess the up side is that it means Ive less blocks/bricks to lay. Thanks once again, its better to know now and do the job right than finding out in 10years. Cheers mate, take care Regards...

Cheers mate, I feel a lot better now. Im just getting paranoid about this whole job. I'll order the concrete and see how it goes. Thanks once again. Steve P.S. I notice your from Birmingham, you were unlucky today against Man U. You played well. Im a Bolton fan by the way :-(

Hi Guys, Any clarification would be very much appreciated. Having dug footings for a conservatory the soil being heavy with clay to a depth of 90cm and to a width of 60cm I am ready to order the concrete which I am going to specify to a depth of 25cm on which to build the dwarf wall...

Wow, suspended floor that scares me. Its a great idea but I wouldnt know were to start. I did read on one post that some conservatorys dont suit suspended floors because of the heat? I was left even more confused. Thanks for that anyway. I'll try doin some searches on the net. Ive dug the...

Ah I got yah, I see where your coming from. Thats is a better idea. I'll give it a go. I may post some pictures to the projects part of the site. Thanks once again

Cheers bud, Thanks for your reply and reassurance. I was concerned the side ways force of the hardcore and concrete might push the wall over. I'll press ahead now. Ive dug a 2ft strip foundation and the ground is full of sticky clay, on top Im placing a 300mm wide block as recommended by...

Hi, Could anyone please advice? I am at the moment digging the footings for a 4x3m conservatory which I am building for my mum and dad. I was going to dig 3ft down on top of which I was going to put 10” concrete (reinforced?) as I thought the norm however having dug just 2ft down I am already...