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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi folks, If i could just run this past you all please, putting in a new floor (concrete), room 3.8x4.4m need a 10cm sub base (mot1?) and 5cm sand blinding looking to order 3 bulk bags of mot1 and 2 of builders sand. Does this sound about right? cheers truman

HI, amongst other things, ive got a new mains to be done, inspection in the next few days, jus wondered much mdpe needs to stick out of the duct under the pavement? ive got about 12 inches of the duct and 6 inches of the mdpe sticking out. I didn't get any straight answers off the water co...

Hi, 1st fix central heating been put in but had someone round to help with another job (complete renovation) who said the gas should be 22mm. 2 up 2 down stone terrace house with single story extension. gas pipe is from entry; up front wall 22 straight across 1st ceilings 22 then...

Hi all, Having dug out a meter square hole from my lounge floor (clay) and dug a trench under the front wall for a new mains supply, the hole has half filled with water (1 foot). now i can empty it but when the pipe is finished, inspected etc i need to back fill, the question is what do i...

Hi, under the lead pipe relacement i need to lay a sleeved insulated pipe under the footings to below the pavement from the front room, the foundations are shallow so its just clay at the depth required but is their a tool i can hire to drill the hole (approx 1 meter) horizontally under the...

Hi, I am about to dig out the lounge floor in prep for a new concrete slab, my questions relate to this Am i safe to dig down level with the interior walls or do i risk undermining the wall. I am concerned that the 1850's stone cottage may not have too much depth to the walls.also i was...

Having lurked and made use of the info on this forum its now that i really need some advise from the experts. Im Looking to buy a house with obvious roof issues, Having had someone look at it i have been told it needs re roofing and probably some supports replacing internally. Bit vague i...