Recent content by Minino1

Many thanks, that's good to know. Yes it does look to be stainless steel. The plasterer was actually quite good and seems to have done a decent job, I was just concerned that rainwater might run down that gap and then cause a damp issue. I intend to paint the plinth with a breathable plinth...

I also don't really understand why they included airbricks when its a concrete slab foundation, not block and beam. Seems odd to me.

Hello, I'm fairly sure the DPC is one brick below the top of the plinth. Please see the photos which I think show that the DPC was level with the bottom of the door, and the plinth raises up one brick above. I guess that's bad news as the plinth could potentially be increasing moisture above...

I recently had an extension built - a number of problems are now becoming apparent, unfortunately I wasn't around when the work was being finished. Anyway, this is probably an obvious point to those in the know but there is a plinth around the base of the extension - it has a metal strip along...