Recent content by crabman1

thanks all for your replies, yes i did mess up , the origanal garage opening was about 6 ft wide (1960 build) reading the posts above if anything were to happen one reply said " i would have no claim against the Council anyway" so it really answers the question for me, what i will do is come...

sorry do not have any photos freddy, i have had the area dry lined and replastererd now and did not think to take any,

i purchased a house one year ago that had a garage converted into a bedroom, i later found out that building control passed the conversion retrospectively, while doing a refurbishment on the room i notice that the lentils above a window that was inserted in the old doorway are not to B/C...

thanks for your reply, your right i may as well fit one myself as soon as the weather is better i will take out the window and do the job, your reply was clear and intelligent. crabman

Hi i wonder if anyone can give me a bit of information I am currently refurbishing a house i purchased 1 year ago, i have noticed my patio double glazed window starting to stick, i then investigated the problem a bit further, after chipping away the render i can not see a Lintel above the...

Hi, I am refurbishing a 1970 bungalow the previous owner converted the garage into a extra room, he laid a new floor 2 years ago which has a Visqueen DPM the top edges of the visqueen are visible by approx 1.5 inches above the screed floor and lay against the inside render I have ripped out...

Hi some information please, I am re-furbishing a 1970ts bungalow the previous owners converted a garage into a bedroom, dob and dashed it and a made a cowboy job I could smell a leaching of the loft area smell creeping down on further inspection I noticed the join between the ceiling board...

thanks you response sounds very likely crabby

Hi, on this house refurb there is a exterior single wall it is 9” thick made of red brick When we purchased this old house I noticed that the render had cracked on the corner obviously down to frost getting in and expanding, chipped it all off had it rendered with a waterproof scratch coat...

Hi, can anyone tell me if it is O.K to lay self leveller directly on to a concrete slap or should I PVA it first to give a key for the self leveller, bathroom floor is way out of level and the original builder laid the conk so high without a cement screed then put tiles on top (uneven) I have...