Recent content by georgenicman

Yes agreed JohnD. We're rid of the builder now, caused too many problems before even realising this one. We're hoping to just grind a slope on the concrete footing slabs away from the house then re-lay the patio at a lower level (level tbc) and sloping away from the house. This would mean we'd...

Thanks for all your responses. I've lifted the paving and cement today. I'm thinking to run a step around the base of all doors (in an L shape below all doors) and extend the air bricks as we can't place the ventilation anywhere else. Unfortunately we can't get away with a neat flush threshold...

Frustratingly a considerable amount of water this week.. The lump of concrete with the pink chalk is the foundation for the vertical steel beam (1mx1mx1m - we hope). For some reason the builder built the 1m3 foundation and the strip foundation for the bifolds at slightly different levels...

Hi, this is my first post, I hope the below will make sense. We have been doing some research online but still in a bit of a quandary about what to do! We have had a small new extension put in with bifold doors in place however the foundations and new DPC are below the patio. Unfortunately the...