Recent content by SouthDrive

Hi Woody, I owe you an apology, I was quite rude to you, unnecessarily so, thanks for taking the time to read and comment on the thread - I'm not sure I agree with expanding foam but tbh I don't know much about it or it's uses / applications. In other news I bonded and plastered over the...

Bro are you serious, expanding foam isn't how you fix your house. It's why I'm in this situation rn, because the previous owner couldn't be bothered to repair the problem properly, expanding foam isn't a solution it's a bodge. Pay less attention to adverts. Clown. Everyone else, many thanks -...

thanks everyone - bit relieved tbh

Hello, I've posted a question already about some air bricks and this is a follow on from that. After knocking off loose plaster and removing the filler and bits of wood etc.. this is what's left of my kitchen wall - I've marked in red where Im going to put the new bricks. Q1) have I missed...

Thanks every body, I deleted the thermal bridge and removed as much rubble as a I could

Hiya, could you elaborate on Q2, you said no, could you explain why, Thanks

Thanks

Hiya, I was doing some work in my kitchen and behind a cabinet was the air brick below. (small semi detached cavity wall house from 40s/50s) Q1) in the pic below, the cavity surrounding the air brick appears to have been intentionally closed on all sides - forming a sort of air tunnel into...

Thanks, I think this is the only logical solution

The surface area to be finished is 2M x 0.6M

Hello, How feasible is it to polish the unfinished under side of this quartz worktop to a level of finish that is similar to top? .I have a grinder and ROS sander, but nothing specific for stone polishing. Reason; worktops are being donated from a friend, his sink cut out has draining...

Thanks guys, WIill report back

Hello (again) - This is a question about drainage. This is the front view of my semi detached. Total surface area of the tiled roof (on this side.of the house) is approx 50m2 There is a single drainpipe (white middle.of picture) that terminates in the ground. As you can imagine the ground...

Hello, I know there have been a few threads on loft boarding, but I couldn't find much in terms of diagrams or anything specific to my loft so I thought Id ask. The intention is to board part of the loft for storage, without loading the existing ceiling joists too much. Aiming for 300mm of...

Hello Thought I would show what I did incase it helps anyone in the future. Replacing the water pipe was the goal,. 1. Dug out and exposed the old pipe 2. Cut out the broken bricks, (grinder and SDS) 3. Removed old pipe, put some Flexi duct in from eBay, put the mdpe in, bricked up the hole 4...