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    Opening up Fireplace

    Hi, I need a little advice please I am prepping a fireplace for a HETAS engineer to line the flue and install a wood burner, this is a 1960s house. Looking inside the chimney I could see a lintel so I expected to be able to open the chimney to this point, however after removing a couple...
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    Blown render and consiquent damp problems

    OK that makes sense I have now had a broken tile on the roof fixed which had been out for some time, silly I know but I didn't associate it with the problem (doh!). The same guy is coming to check the gutters today and sort out any leaks there. What is the best way to proceed? I am...
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    Blown render and consiquent damp problems

    Hi Guys I have a real issue with my external walls, they are blowing like mad now and cracked and crazed badly. In fact this is now starting to effect the internal walls The house in an 1860s end of terrace and was re-rendered only 8 years ago and has been sat with a coat of...
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    Has anyone DIY tanked a cellar using a membrane system?

    Oooh I'd forgotton about this thread I've been running the idea past my father in law who is the DIY expert in the family. He thinks its perfectly feiasable albiet a time consuming job. The company who sell Oldroyd Xv are happy to sell direct to the public and the materials aren't too...
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    Has anyone DIY tanked a cellar using a membrane system?

    I have been getting quotes from various companies for tanking my cellar, a 3x4x2m 1860s coal cellar. I am finding the prices pretty extortionate circa £4500 + VAT and searching the net and looking at these systems I was wondering if it were possible to install them oneself? The diagrams...
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    Render problems, whats the best solution?

    Hello everyone I will explain my current predicament and would like some advice on how to remedy it. I suspect it is the result of painting my 1860s property in exterior paint 8 years ago and I am now reaping the whirlwind 8 years ago I bought an 1860s property, end of terrace. The...
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    Planning permission needed?

    Hells Bells that sounds like an expensive proposition! Its only a 4x3m cellar and the whole job including tanking won't be more than £5500! I expect an archetect will want more then that to get out of bed won't they? MB
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    Planning permission needed?

    Haha 2100mm MB
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    Planning permission needed?

    Oh dear Every question I have asked here has been in contravention of the forum rules. However I will continue. The room itself is 210mm high, however if the window is removed the entrance to the light well will be about a meter from the ground, with enough room for a person to fit in the...
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    Planning permission needed?

    I am currently in the process of a cellar conversion. Currently we have a 'light well' a rectangular pit open to the outside world at street level but in my front garden (4ft from the pavement behind a low wall) which lets light down 5ft to a window which is effectively in the cellar wall...
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