ia havnt been asked for the C.S.C.S card on the last 3 sites but in reference i do see that the work force should have some kind of training and keeps half these immagrants off my back
rats as a pet i dont get it but there is a material that even rats cant get through its a type off plastic called trespa usually used in commercial toilet construction and hospital furniture durable enough for the problem and is also avalaiable in many colours
sorry mate looks like damp problems you can hiher a moister detecter from speedy hiher which can measure the seriouseness off the problem now you propbley worked out why they wall papered the walls now
there is a system used with wood called a floating floor system usually used in installing gyms, dance floors and some commercial floors if your door is already sat higher this can be a solution but if the out building is off victorian - edwardian build then you can have a damp proof course...
by the sounds off it your builder has built brick piers straight onto the wood flooring which is a big nono but if your floor truses run over the wall in celler they would need to be fitted with joist hangers then the originol wall built to hight needed
hire the drill it might be for one hole but you need some thing with guts like the hilti ts 2000 if you use a lighter drill your drill time can quadruple and brn the core out in one go expecially on any thing over 100mm
i cant count how many dodgy trades man i have met but even on the building sites they turn up with there brand new 240 volt tools the problem even then they still let them get away with it there should be more chances out there for kids and others to be able to get the training needed to become...
i nether advertised but been working steadely for over 10 years by sub-contracting to building firms which tiling on most major developments is about £10 per SQ mtr ,with sub contracting im in work with out the need to worry about ripoff house holders have you tried the inland revenues...