Recent content by daza1001

Good luck then

You do know Strong Boys are attachments that fit to the top of an Acro props and not big lads from down the gym lol. You may be able to see from underneath if ceiling is being removed.

Big boys lol. I think you mean strong boys. Yes that is normally fine providing the joists bear on the wall that is being removed. Also it may be worth removing skirting upstairs to check floor joists are packed on top touching the brickwork above them.

Yes you are correct.

Using trench blocks you will save you on cavity fill concrete. You have to fill cavity up to 225mm from DPC normally.

A cranked duct fits to an air brick & drops down cavity to provide air to under the floor. If you have an existing suspended floor in your existing house with air bricks that are getting blocked by the extension you need to maintain air flow usually by putting pipes from new ducts under the...

Thanks advice is appreciated. Decorator not willing to refund deposit as he says it is ok.

Any ideas please?

Hello all, I need some advice/help from you experts. I am a building contractor who got a job of sanding & staining floorboards in an old Victorian house. I am no decorator, so I got my decorator we use to do job. He sanded floor then unknown to me at the time used Ronseal exterior wood...

Hello, I am trying to help out a customer. They have a Chinese oak floor approx 21mm thick installed approx 7 years ago (not by myself). The have suffered with it swelling before but this time it is a lot worse. I has pushed all the skirting boards back at the bottom & raised the floor in...

No did not seem to have a problem with ours. Bought it from a local supplier though. What make is it?

yes, not from tool station though. Why :?:

Just put a 30mm piece of board at skirting level. The joint will be covered by the skirting anyway & give you more to attach the skirting too. Leave approx 10mm gap form floor so any water spilt etc does no soak up the plasterboard