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The little one had been following me on this thread, on and off, but she suddenly took a keen interest in the cartoon, so i thought that i'd share what she said: "Its what the class idiot does when he textes. He cant spell so he does pictures from Simpsons & Family Guy". From the mouth of...

By posting pics of yourself, you do, of course, gain a little sympathy. Ref. salivating in public, the best DIY advice i could give you is not to advertise the condition. I wont ask you any more questions.

What an odd choice of word in the context of the quote: "deluded"? Do you consider that i'm deluded because i can differentiate between sulferisation and desulferisation? The OP's question, or my answer to it is not the issue as you well know - if it will help, perhaps you will answer...

How sad, still wriggling, only now you attempt to squirm & shield yourself behind the OP. I'm not asking him the questions - i'm asking you. Why? Because you claim authority in this area yet you dont even understand the difference between sulferisation & desulferisation.

Your google reference is a nonsense. It refers to Desulferisation ie. to removing sulfur dioxide from flue gases. Perhaps you didn't understand what you were reading - its understandable. Sulfurisation actually lacks the prefix "de", plus the sulfurisation in the sooty flues that we are...

Thing is, the rain in Connaught comes in horizontal on its way to Manchester. I'm glad that you worked something out and found dry flues. Whats the next plan?

Alastairreid, Constantly saying the same thing again and again ( repetition ), and expecting a different result is not an argument, its obsession. I asked three or four questions last tuesday, and i'm still waiting for a reply to even a single question.

Job unseen. Whoever gave you a price of £8040 is working for wages. No building contractor with employees could make a profit at that price - and profit is the key to pricing, you are not working for wages, you are working for a profit. Some garages in south Manchester charge £100+ hourly...

In general, the concrete path surrounding the bay could do with lifting and the GL lowered. You could replace it with gravel and dig a little trench by the wall and fill with stone. The S&C plinth is pulling up moisture & could do with being hacked off - however, perhaps just hack off...

Your ground floor layout, and the common flat roof to the utilty rooms and garage would suggest, perhaps, that part of the concrete floor might have been the original garage and hard standing floor. Consequently, it might not have had a membrane. Notice that the utility room floor is lower...

I've split my post into two less you go comatose reading it. Correction to Item 11. Dont remove the wood packers, leave them alone. I was thinking of something else. 13. You have a capped off gas pipe in 15mm copper. Is this pipe still live? Was your gas installation tested on moving in...

When replying its quicker (if not cut & pasting a quote) to simply refer to the item number. 1. Are the floors suspended floors, except for the kitchen? 2. Do you intend to lift all suspended floorings? Any knock-thro's or c/breast removals anywhere. Smoke test & sweep all flues. 3...

Repetition is not an argument. Maybe you will prove me to be wrong or false but first, of course, you will have to provide an argument based on facts. AAMOI: What type of air do you consider your sealed chimney flues to contain? Do you deny the fact of sulpherisation? Can you refer...

Is this a cavity wall or solid? Typically, you do not "paint" walls. Is it brick or render or something else? First identify why the moisture is getting in before any cautious talk of water repellent.

You should have a DPC or DPC's at 150mm above ground level. Are you proposing fixing some kind of frame into a basement? What, exactly are you attempting?

If you have a wooden wall plate, say, a 2" x 6", running on top of the chosen wall, then that might act as a lintel depending on the rafters/trusses. You would be well advised to fit a frame with a sill. Before the day of the race, perhaps post a few inside and exterior pics on here.

nitch, If you are interested, i could point out a few things, and perhaps take you a little further.

Thank you for the pics BAS. I had heard of the technique, but the idea of applying and cleaning up an acid slab surface does not appeal to me. Thing is vackie, the process is applied, TTBOMK, to the concrete surface (a polished surface by the look of things) not to a sand and cement screed...

Thank you for the replies and the vid. Trouble with the vid was i had no context but there was a definite circular crack, and possibly some hairline lengthwise cracks. Were we in two different drains? I couldn't make out the possibly two different flows. If there is a suspicion of one...

That was not sarcasm - it was a critical observation based not on any possible implication but on what you posted. "not too fussed, as long as it passes as fit for people to rent." - thats a bald claim with no obvious implication beyond what you said. If you didn't mean to imply what you...