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AronSearle, would i just need to treat the areas where i see exit holes - or the whole lot - as per what Damp Stop are telling me? They want to spray the topside of the floor boards AND the underside (not sure how they think they can do this without removing ceilings below). Eddy

so what you are all saying is that no matter what the company says - however they justify the need to fully treat the whole of my house, i should tell them to sling their hook!!! Some of the holes look fairly new. some are on one of the stair stringers but there are no holes on the stair treads...

Thanks for the response, I have invited a building surveyor who does not carry out any remedial works to guve me a second opinion. Reading through the articles previously mentioned and the one posted by AronSearle, it seems to me that it is unlikely that i need any form of treatment as...

I have just bought a house and there appears to be a small amount of woodworm holes in the loft bedroom floor. the company we instructed to do a damp and woodwork survey say that there is a small / medium scattered infestation throughout the whole house but when we took up ALL the carpets (at...

Thanmks very much for yout time and help, i will take this to me client....

I beleive the builder has laid plywood - not sure what thickness. The room is going to be a dining area through from the kitchen. I was thinking of suggesting to cut out strips of insulation and fix battens/joists to garage slab and then board over with 18mm marine ply. Will Ditra be any good...

I have specified this as an upgrade to a garage floor (for conversion) and the client has been told by a tiler that he cannot lay floor tiles on top as there is too much deflection... Tyvek Control layer 70mm Kingspan K3 Visqueen Sand blinding Existing garage slab. I would have thought...

well, that really is simple!!!! sorry to be such a clown about that! Thanks FMT Eddy

this is how i did the image... clicked the 'Img' button above dialogue box clicked 'show my images' dragged the image into the dialogue box clicked 'Img' button again Is this not correct?

Thanks, i have been looking more closely at the detail and am going to change it! Raise the pitch to 15 degrees and include a section of flat roof beneath the first floor window. Thanks for your time and trouble though. Eddy

Thanks FMT. how do you do that - for future reference...

Hi roofers! I have designed a roof that needs a pitch of 12 degrees. It is for a lean-to extension and with the first floor window and depth of extension, 12 degrees is all i can get. I have attached (i think) a sketch of the detail, and i was wondering if anyone has designed/constructed a...

Tried that Woody, they wouldn't even put me through to a planning officer - they "don't give free advice of that nature over the phone"!

I have a client whose house fronts Road 'A', there is a front door and the propertry looks like this is the front. The address of the property is Street 'B' , along the rear of the property. The front is about 1.2m back from the rear of the footpath of Street 'A' and the rear has a driveway...