Recent content by DazyD

Hi all. I'm just having my bathroom redone and have removed the wash basin to have the walls replastered. The P-trap was put together with lots and lots of mastic and the trap was attached to the waste pipe with tape! The waste pipe is cast iron but it has this copper fitting attached to it...

Thanks, that's great advice tony1851, it's much appreciated.

Cheers Tigercubrider. I've been looking at how I create a recess grate but all the drainage channels I've seen are built deeper than the 2cm difference between the slab and the path below. I guess I could cut part of the path away to accommodate but am I creating more work than is needed, or is...

Hi all, I needed to pull up some quarry tiles (10 or 11) that run alongside the skirting board in my hallway. Having pulled them up (some have broken), I've noticed that they've been laid on what I think is pure sand. (The property is a mid 1920s Wimpey no-fines house.) All I want is to re-lay...

I like the idea of a two stage drop that foxhole has in their garden. This will allow me to have a thin layer of gravel on the garden (below the air blocks) which will then meet an edging before the path that will be a little higher. I can then fill between that and the path edge with some and...

Thanks Tigercubrider, that makes perfect sense.

Thanks for this. The concrete is sound and I reckon I could get away with 20mm slabs. That said, why would I need to keep it away from the house (well I understand why because of drainage issues) but if the existing concrete path runs all the way up to it, why can't I run slabs all the way to...

That looks fab. My concern is that I need to have just enough gravel to not go over the air blocks but there be enough to cover the base of the granite sett edging so as not to show the mortar I will be laying them on. Obviously this wouldn't be an issue with option 3 but that is a lot of work /...

Thanks endecotp. The path is completely sound with no cracks, but it does look like the old Council paving slabs (cheap) and no amount of jet-washing will change that. The garden was / is my priority, but my logic is that by addressing the garden alone will make the path look even more tired /...

OK. Current path to my front door is about 4.5" thick concrete with obvious small stone / pebble mix. It looks dated so Ideally I'd like to replace with slabs with some cobble edging. The options in my little DIY head are: Lay slabs over the path (the path is quite level) Pull up the existing...

Thanks for this. I wasn't sure if the screed would stick to the wood and would be a problem to remove once it had set.

Hi folks, A bit of advice please. The front door in my hallway has a concrete internal threshold, which is about 1m (W) x 24cm (D) x 3.5cm (H). I bought three 60cm x 30cm x 9mm tiles to cover it. However, when laying down the tiles, I noticed there is a 1cm drop from right to left. Now I did...

Wow, thanks all for this. Now I'm almost there but... I've measured the height of the existing lintel and it's about Height: 82mm) Depth: 100mm) Length: Between 90cm and 100cm depending on how far the one end of the lintel goes into the side wall. Length: Now the lintels I've seen (don't...

Hi all. Thanks for your advice this week, it's been very helpful. However, on closer inspection, I'm not too sure if this job will be as easy as I thought. What you probably can't see in my original picture is that there is (dirty cream) wall running at a right angle, just to the right side of...

Thanks Stuart, that's exactly what I am planning on doing. I just needed to know if acrows were necessary and if so, how I would be able to pull the lintel out (after removing the bricks) with the acrows being in the way. Cheers.