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    AG1960 replied to the thread Building on sand.
    In terms of preventing damp in there, a cavity wall will help, as will the use of DPC in the walls and especially a DPM in the floor...
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    AG1960 replied to the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help.
    Not if you're normal, but the cretins who built this did do some very odd and horrible things, hence I have taken the plaster...
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    AG1960 replied to the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help.
    If they've used plaster, it would seem a bit strange that after 55 years there are no cracks. Not even hairline. And it's not as if the...
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    AG1960 replied to the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help.
    1971, who knows? Still standing and fine so I doubt it's plaster. We are leaving the existing ties in but adding some new ones here and...
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    AG1960 reacted to Charlie George's post in the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help with Thanks Thanks.
    The starters you posted are not suitable, these are better and are drilled and plugged...
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    AG1960 replied to the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help.
    For adding new ones, would digging out the mortar and then using resin to hold them in place work?
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    AG1960 reacted to ^woody^'s post in the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help with Thanks Thanks.
    Wall starter ties are not designed for the horizontal movement of cavity wall leafs, but for the vertical movement of extensions.
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    AG1960 reacted to stuart45's post in the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help with Thanks Thanks.
    Looking at the photo you have wall ties every course. The regs for ties back then with a 2 inch cavity were 3ft horizontal and 18inches...
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    AG1960 reacted to stuart45's post in the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help with Thanks Thanks.
    You don't need to remove butterfly wall ties, because they are too thin to damage the brickwork when they rust. It's only the thicker...
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    AG1960 posted the thread Wall Tie Replacement - Help in Building.
    Hello, We have exposed the inner leaf of a 1970s extension by completely removing the outer leaf, and found the old galvanised steel...
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