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It's probably worse than it looks in the pictures. Would take days to tidy up and I really want a flush face

Thanks. I usually use melamine board for shuttering brushed with oil. Usually comes out a treat. Thanks a lot for the mix ratio

After smashing out some concrete pavers and the concrete base to install some drainage I'm left with an untidy concrete edge which will be visible when I landscape the courtyard. I'm thinking of building a form to create a flat face for the concrete down to ground level and pouring in some...

I have a very stupid toilet which does not have a bottom or side entry but instead comes from a channel at the back. See picture Both fill and flush valves are full of limescale and I'd like to replace both but struggling to find a replacement where the fill valve does not need to be...

I had a play with an old fashioned cold chistle and this stuff is absolutely bullet proof

Thanks. Yes I had some done internally. It's horrifically expensive and also has a tendancy to destroy the front of the bricks which will make the damp even worse. I've now given up on removal. Main issue is that it's too expensive for the companies to come out and do a trial so you're left...

So I had some grand ideas to return my home to its former brick faced glory by removing the exterior pain which has been built up over 120 years. Initial trials with a DOFF system looked very promising but unfortunately it turns out that we just got lucky (or unlucky) with the trial patches and...

Apologies for the probably noob question. I've got a large pile of mixed soil and rubble and looking to hire a grab lorry (muck away) to take it away. This is because I want to keep my driveway free and don't really want to have to spend an afternoon loading a skip. I've always used skips in...

I have an old window which I am getting replaced and in the process of removing some of the timber, the brickwork around the window has crumbled away. Just wondering what to fill this with? I am thinking of building a form and filling in with concrete. Does that sounds sensible or is there a...

Yes I plan to pay much more attention to the rest of the windows. I was prepping the window surround for plastering so keen to get off the many many layers of existing paint and at least get something on to protect the part covered by plaster. Have used Rustins a lot before but will take a...

Thank you so much. I had no idea what these were called but makes my google searching much easier. I may still remove and replace if I can't get them to the standard I want and because it will make wire brushing and sanding so much easier. I'll see if I can gently un-peen them (if that is a...

The inside sanded and primed before plastering

I have an old metal window I am looking to restore. Have sanded and primed inside and the metal is in great shape but does anyone have any idea how to remove these old hinges so I can clean them up, re-paint and reinstall? Haven't tried anything yet. Thought I would just check on here before I...

I'm in the process of converting an old bathroom into a bedroom and the heating pipes will need to be moved. The heating pipes have all been done using Buteline PB and I will need to run a length through a floor slab. Current plan is to use JD Speedfit 22mm conduit within a chase in the floor...

I've run a bunch of pipework (Polybutene - PB) for central heating and hot water what will be under a concrete slab and while most of them are insulated and inside some waste pipe offcuts to protect from expansion etc, there are a couple I forgot. Rather than having to drain and re-plumb I was...

Planning a wet room with a flush floor where the waste will run through a slab and through the wall to discharge to the drains outside. Using something like the below bottle gully, would building regs allow me to connect the shower waste underground in one of the top two 40mm inlets? As far...

In the process of renovating an 1810 bungalow (cottage). Having ripped some plasterboard off the wall I was greeted with this horror show. This was the original exterior wall of the house. It was all very damp because there used to be a toilet here and a previous builder decided to just lay DPM...

Thanks so much. Couldn’t find the definitive answer in searches. Not super convinced the existing DPM is any good but this will be mitigated with a decent one and the slip membrane shown above

Sorry I don't think answers the question. I have seen plenty of info on the outside ground levels being 150mm below the DPC. The question here is does the same apply to the inside slab? Probably I did not write the question well. It should have read "is it necessary for the floor slab to finish...

Surely not bad enough for a yikes? Worst case scenario dig out concrete, lay a new slab