Recent content by Kingpinrich84

Hi Everyone, So i'm replacing some hallway floorboards in my Victorian terrace house and i thought i would take the opportunity to check the state of the underfloor ventilation. What is the best option to achieve decent 'though' flow when the rear of house is effectively blocked with a solid...

I plan to lay a polished granite hearth/slab on top once levelled. Is there a particular type of concrete best used for pouring? The only type I've used is ready-mix stuff for patching up brickwork and certainly wouldn't pour.

Hi All, Planning to install a decorative non fuctional fireplace. But am a little lost on how best to lay a new hearth. I've pulled out the old one and left with whats in the picture. The old constuctional hearth appears to be a 'dry stone wall' type construction with the gaps filled with...

Its a timber door and the gap will be larger. I assume then some timber trim, like the stuff you find in most big DIY sheds?

Hi All, So I plan on fitting a new exterior door frame and door. After plenty of reading I get the general idea. One thing i am still unsure of is how best to finish up around the frame. I plan to fill gap with foam. Is it normal practice just to fit architrave around to hide this...

Hi, thanks, I'll try those. The window pane is held in with glass putty (Is that what its called?). Is it a similar procedure but just replace the putty? sheers, Rich.

Hi All, I need to replace a wooden exterior door sill (threshold?). Any ideas where I can get such things? I also need to replace a cracked glass pane in the toplight of the same door, again, whats the best way to go about this? Thanks in advance, Rich.

Hello everyone, What are your thoughts on covering an unsightly patch of recurring efflorescence with lining paper on an internal painted/ plastered wall? I'm also aware alkali resisting primers are availiable that might help, anyone have any experience with these? Thanks, Rich...

I'd be pretty chuffed if i could control my sub-floor temperature to within 5°C of the dew point! Thats the sort of thing i was thinking. I've seen fairly cheap in-line fans that come with ducting, originaly meant for showers/bathrooms, but I can see why they could be used for this...

The dwarf wall and wall plates make access very diffuclut to the front inside wall, i'd have to remove them temporaly to be able to get a drill in. How about having the fan(s) on a timer? or solar power? One thing that puzzels me, airbricks allow cold air from the outside into the floor...

At the front a dwarf wall supporting the floor makes access with a drill very difficult, unless i temporarly remove it. I think it would also badly impead the flow of air, this combined with The sub floor being below ground level inside, i'm not convinced it would make very effective...

Hello People, What are peoples opinions on fitting active ventilation in sub-floors? I have an old victorian suspended wooden floor with which I have just finished laying new boards and replacing rotten joist ends. Airbricks are present at the front of the property but on investigation...