Recent content by deanalewis

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...

Spoke to a person in a similar house and my surveyor both suggestions said it's fibre board

Hi Folks I'm currently doing work in my house and In my shed... The entire ceiling had plasterboard but when I screwed back a patch I found some wired brown stuff looking like mulched wood. Attached to the ceiling or a fabric. I haven't touched it I took a photo and rescrewed that...

Where as damp companies where going to tank the floor with an epoxy and inject walls for £2000.00 and the poblem only actually costs £500 to fix lol.

Yeah Basically tear up the original 100 mm screed, Replace the DPM / Add a layer of sand add another DPM (Lapping up walls) then Insulation then Screed. Just as a note the floor being replaced is in an extension that was only built in 2002 - The plumber put pipes BELOW the DPM and somehow...

Ok I had a surveyor out instead who recommended to break the slab and install a new DPM at cost of £500 inc removal and refitting

Hi Folks, I wrote before about this however I have done some further investigation. I have had a damp problem in the bathroom since the day and hour I bought my current house. It was not noted on the survey because 1) The room was tanked 2) The walls had wallpaper on them So any surveyor...

What I mean is that there his a hole between the Concrete/Insulation/DPC to the Hardcore meaning that if I just filled this in without patching moisture would wick up through the hole bridge the concrete/insulation then rise up the walls. At least this is how I believe it happens? I intend to...

Hi Folks, I wrote before about my floor with the DPM with a hole in it. How come most people say just lay DPM / Lap it up the walls and then Insulate and Concrete it? I thought it needed to be 'toothed' into the mortar to join with the DPC on the actual bricks? I spoke to several builders who...

Hi Folks, My bathroom floor has had problems with damp and thinking that it was just condensation I pulled the Lino back to reveal pipes in the floor had been leaking. What is worse is whoever installed these pipes had also cut a hole in the DPC for the waste for the bath and never sealed...

Hi Folks, To cut a long story short me and my other half had the wetroom pulled out and a bath fitted with the floor leveled. When we put Vynl down on straight onto the concrete it has massive bubbles everywhere and when we push them down more form - I think the concrete might be damp. Not...

Hi Folks, I recently replaced my bathroom floor and I have found it was bubbling, We kept it like that for 6 months then done away with it and decided to get a new one (Perhaps a dodgy installer). We went with another well reputable company paid for a full stick down and again its starting to...

Hey, I attach a view of the outside so you can sort of see whats going on. Basically the old door would have fan flush but the old lady living here before us had the cowboys in who threw this thing in place of the door by fixing the frame to two outside walls and covering the mess with...