Recent content by Cindysotherhalf

Blocks easy to remove, just drill all the way around it chop through with a bolster chisel and clean up the opening before fitting the new block. As for the floor could be either, look around for signs of cracks just to check for movement in the house itself.

Best to lay them down flat thus giving you a 9 inch wall. Use concrete blocks of medium to high density, not airated or Thermalites.

Ready mixed screed tends to be quite dry and has a retarder in it so you have plenty of time to lay it. I tend to run sufficient screed around the perimeter of the area I'm working in first and form bays with more rows of screed. Providing these are level you then fill them in pushing down on...

The only way I can see of doing this cheaply is to remove a couple of floorboards every metre or so and pushing 50mm rockwool or similar mineral fibre insulation between the joists. If you overfill the gap you defeat the objective, sound is absorbed in the air gaps in the insulation. Hope this...