Recent content by Laura86

Hi, We've had our garage renovated recently, which included a self-levelled concrete floor and polyurethane paint finish. It's been down for a few weeks now and still looks great but we've been looking at some DIY sites that state the floor should have been ground with a concrete grinder or acid...

Thanks, John. I'm not sure if we should be worried about that as it sounds like potentially messy work. Then again, we need to get it sorted. Oddly enough my other half has one of those super magnets - it looks like a big watch battery?, he used it to locate ceiling joists when marking out snug...

Yes, building control were involved which led to some issues being rectified, for example lack of fire doors where needed. The air admittance valve was added after the build was completed. They'd forgotten to add it, having joined a new waste pipe to the air inlet of the existing downstairs...

One more thing, one of you guys asked for other things which aren't right. There are too many to list in one thread but as an indicator: Rear corner of the house (new fascia and brickwork). 45 degree air admittance valve (that's in the eaves aka storage area - and it smells horrible when the...

Hi. Thanks everyone for the replies. The work was completed in 2019. This is one of many issues but the loft company has put everything down to settlement. Someone asked if we could unscrew the screw from the eaves. Picture below. There are over 60 of the popped screws. Most are under plaster...

Hi. We've recently had a loft conversion completed and many aspects of it look a bit iffy. This is likely be the first of many posts so please bear with me (sorry!). One thing which really bothers me is all the popped screws. There are over 60 of them that we can see. The conversion includes 3...