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But what do I do with the soil already there first. its a bit spongy after I dug it back. Should I use a whackerplate add some clean stone then use a whackerplate a second time. Some places say to lay a membrane down but surely the idea of the clean stone is to add rigidity and to help level...

Its a metal shed and needs a concrete base. Comes with gutters and will have a water butt but the issue is the part of the garden its on is already going to be the lowest point.

Heya folks, I this weekend I cleared a space at the bottom of my garden (dug down about an inch) in prep for a shed. As the soil is disturbed its basically mud the ground I believe is clay. What would I put on top of this to help create a firm base Im getting conflicting advice. I can put...

Heya I fitted a Hive thermostat and things look too work ok... However I find that when the thermostat turns off for heat the boiler and the pump both stop at the same time. This is because the pump is going through a terminal block with the boiler... The pump live then goes through a normal...

Hey All, I bought a house its a fairly old one but the attic has tons of potential. One thing the ceiling in the upstairs landing is sagging and its because when I went to the loft it was holding 3 x 8foot doors on 3 beams over an unsupported 15 foot span on 2x4 timbers. Thanks to the...

What I am going to do is instead do a skirting board style cover and put that over it given that its going to be partly hidden by a radiator and a corner unit its going to be seen by virtually no one so better not to mess about with asbestos and given its concreted into the wall I might end up...

Concrete floors on both levels

Built in 1958. I might err on the side of caution and gripfill and put a tall wood plank like skirting over it and then fill the top effectively encapsulating it however it seems other walls don't have it so if it was asbestos someone has removed it from literally the rest of the kitchen.

Hey folks I bought a house that has some crazy concrete skirting in the kitchen. I am getting the kitchen replastered but I am wondering should I have the plasterer cover these concrete skirting or would just extra sized timber just be ok here. You can see some bits are missing so I'm...

Hey Folks, I have a closed loop heating system after my recent boiler upgrade I am on an Oil Fired Central Heating System. I have a fireplace with a back boiler that is connected to the DHW but not the rads anymore because the new boiler changed the system to a Closed Loop from Open Vented...

In the picture with the expansion vessel you can see an older expansion tank that looks to be supported in an L fashion to the purlin and to the roof. Perhaps over years of that being used it caused stress on that part of the roof due to the weight of water which would have pulled the purlin...

Hey Folks, I had a surveyor out to view a property I am planning to buy and they mentioned bowing Cross Members not on the Purlins indicating excessive weight and to get a structural survey. Are my right in thinking that they are likely just covering their arse and someone just just rested...

Hey, I am thinking about building a small 1 bedroom (Tiny House) style for Airbnb on some land I am in the process of acquiring. No if hypothetically I have planning permission etc my question is If I build a stud wall following (Timber Frame - Shell) Specifications and I want to have a...

I thought about that but I thought the walls would need to be built around the edge of the current foundations so having the area smaller would need new re-enforced concrete wall plates where the new cavity would begin

Hi Folks, I am from NI and I have found property I would love to build on. The Land itself already has foundations (to keep PP alive) but the plans are too big for my budget. While I would keep a majority of foundations in place there is one wall I would like shortened. The house is an L...