Recent content by Eddy_H

I looked into Lime Mortar a couple of years ago. My property has cement mortar on the brickwork but proper Lime mortar on the internal plastering....bright white chunks, very dusty when disturbed and lots of horse hair. The walls are lath and plaster and super flexible, amazing how they've...

Hi, I've gotten to removing the last part of the existing floor, the section from front door to under the stairs ( the bit thats under the first couple of steps, boxed in with lath and plaster ). This is difficult to access, though, I have cut out a section of the closed understair in the living...

Thanks for that. Looks like there isn't a minimum figure. Think the 25mm cover is for when it's embedded in screed. I'll have to check with Gas safe and report back with the answer.

Hello, Hoping a Gas fitter may be able to advise on ducting pipes in a concrete slab. I'm going to be installing a 100mm slab in near future and would like to provide the gas supplies to the fire and boiler within the slab. I wanted to have them in a duct, metal or concrete with a removeable...

''sounds like you have to move a lot of material "out" by hand if theres no access for a barrow'' I've had the week from hell, already filled 2 x 10 ton skips, that's by filling 2 x rubble buckets and loading to a barrow outside front door. There is still half the floor area to go ! My hands...

So, I picked up Tamper from toolstation and used round the wall perimeters, whacker in room centers, all well and feels solid. I am now getting ready to build up the layers, My proposed make up is 340mm ( 100mm hardcore, 25mm sand,100mm insulation, 100mm C25 and allow 15mm for laminate or tille...

In terms of compacting the sub soil and MOT, I'm concerned about using a whacker plate in and around the house walls, talking to neighbours, I think these properties have had issues in the past. The sub soil looks really loose, you can dig it with your hands easily. I've never used a whacker...

This is the first house I've had with a concrete floor, it's proving to be a real headache, so much easier with a suspended floor

A option someone mentioned to me, but sounded a bit of a bodge, was to put the slab over the dpm, a layer of sand on top and bed the insulation on the sand,then caber deck the floor?

I was hoping that you could simply pour a thin layer of levelling compound on the floor to just cover the surface stones, but I wasn't sure it would actually stick to the new floor and not crumble when walked on. Mind you, it would need an awful lot to cover a 30m2 area. I can get away with...

Hello, I’ve just started digging out a concrete floor to replace a worn out slab and was hoping to get a few pointers regarding the install. 30m2 floor area and I’ve planned; 1, Compact the sub-soil 2. 100mm MOT compacted 3. Sand blind and lightly compact 4. 1200 DPM 5. 100mm...