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If the house is otherwise reasonable condition and that is obviously letting it down I'd repair it. You can usually determine areas where it's failed by knocking on it (like a door). It will sound solid or hollow. If you can manage this and it's not a large area it will be patchable either by...

Unless you're a dab hand at brickwork? I'd focus on preserving the outside - there's usually a way to bodge something workable from inside.

I think the ones I've chopped, the ribs were 8mm so planing 10mm will remove the first part of the box section, and you'll need some expansion room or it'll buckle. On my prefab garage I did as suggested by robin and ground out the back section on some, but also recall that some of the panels...

Sounds like you're drowning generally, a few fan heaters, warm clothes and your electric shower will tide you over the remainder of the winter while you address your finances. Try MSE.com - loads of genuine help if you're honest and open about your situation.

I can spin mine off by hand but I've greased the spindle. My dads we ratchet strapped a block of wood on the drum and hit it round with a hammer the first time.

Use the dritherm high performance stuff, water doesn't get across it and can go below dpc.

Whatever happens, I've got one in full working order if you get stuck.

I built a staircase for my loft conversion - it wasn't particularly difficult to build it (cheap DIY router and a jigsaw) but measuring could be tricky (wasn't that bad for me as being a new staircase I was able literally put one of the strings in position and mark where everything needed to go)...

Rips of 22mm flooring grade chipboard are by far the cheapest and easiest way to do it. Absolutely solid.

Personally I'd be doing a bit more investigation. The location of the tray is fundamentally wrong. That old lintel should have been removed as water could be tracking back across it. The other windows have no weep holes to let water out. The 3 courses of brickwork below the incorrectly...

If it's the clay that goes on forever, once you've hit it there's not much point going deeper. Mix some cement with your MOT in your holes and build your pillars off that (if you hadn't already bought your materials I'd have suggested some reclaimed paving slabs are good for spreading loads). If...

I was going to suggest a cheap oil and filter change at Halfords so I googled it - from £149!!! That is absolutely unbelievable, even in this day and age, I'm absolutely stunned.

Presumably you're have some kind of patio and will be digging off the topsoil and putting down a subbase of MOT so just fill with some of that in compressed layers. Punner or widen till you can drop a small whacker plate in there.

I turned down the brightness of the dashboard lights to a just about acceptable level and the horn worked for another year or so till I sold it. Strange fault.

Just screw strips of chipboard to the side (or both sides of each joist. There won't be any noise or movement if you do it properly.