Recent content by 68martin68

I have looked into these but the doors are UPVC French doors and are very heavy so I'm not sure these would work

Hi all, Looking for some advice... I am having my house re-rendered, but where the back door currently is, the french doors sit about 2 inches in from the edge of the wall ____-------____ like so, if the dashed line is the door and the non dashed the back wall. I am looking to have the...

Hello all, Just thought if post a quick update as I hate when posts are not resulted in some way lol! NHBC man came round today, he has agreed that the render has failed and even said it is not even attached to the wall anymore in some places. He will write out a full report to this...

Ahhh ok, pretty sure they will be thermalite the as they are very easy to drill, sometimes to easy! And they are very light (we knocked some rear wall out for patio doors). Ok I'll try get in contact with NHBC, they are sending a claims assessor round on 11th feb, but I may start asking...

Ok, thanks for the comprehensive reply, really appreciated! I have drilled holes as I am fitting a new kitchen, also I have had a new boiler fitted so a hole was drilled for the exhaust which I saw, what would tell me which block was used? The house was built as a one off addition to an...

No idea what type of block, we didn't buy the house new unfortunately. Again for spec of render, no idea. I don't have pics currently as it seems to have been ****ing down whenever I e been home in day light hours for ages! Only pic I could get would be from inside of the damp. I...

Forgot to mention, the house is built out of solid 9inch block it would appear, hence why it is so easy for the water to get to the inside wall, no cavity! Also the areas you can see the block work pattern are away from the cables so it is definitely a widespread problem! Thanks for the...

Hi all, I have a couple of questions about render... Firstly, how long should it last? Cut a long story short the render on our house appears to have failed as damp patches have appeared in the kitchen and lounge around the coving. Our house is less than 10 years old and so came with the...

Hi all, I am in the process of renovating our kitchen/dining room, as part of this we have put double french doors in the back and blocked up the old doorway. The problem i have is that our house is built with 9 inch block with a 20mm insulation board on the inside the plasterboard over...

Ok thanks again Tony, will look into it :) Cheers

Thanks Tony, Would there be no need for the interjoining RSJ's to be fixed to one another in any way?? Thanks Martin

Hi everyone, Been lurking on here for a while now, and finally have a question i need help with!!! I am currently renovating the kitchen/dining room in our house, It is quite a large room (6m x about 4.5m) so the joists run front to back with an RSJ supporting them in the middle running...