Recent content by Wayners

You want crushed concrete either type 1 or 2. Whatever is cheapest. One is finer than the other. Just Google nearest gravel merchant and give them a call. Sometimes it's so cheap to buy like £20 a ton. A car parking space 4 inches thick is approximately 1 ton. You will need 20+ tons easy I'd...

Get a lorry load of crushed concrete. I think 20 ton is the biggest but see what's available. Buy it from local gravel yard. They will drop piles along track and you spread out by hand. If you don't want to do it get ground local ground workers. Any type one gravel will do but crushed concrete...

Stick insulated plasterboard on with foam. Mechanical fix through that. Or Dpc timber and fix on wall. Screw foil backed plasterboard on timbers is another option

It's only a small area to dig. You can cover with shaving foam or I would just wet area before busting up. The black bitumen used to stick those asbestos tiles down with will have asbestos in but its solid. Don't go sanding or grinding. It's low risk but get good PPE and dig up. Spray water as...

Get digging It's not so bad as you think to move when you get at it

Eco loft. Non itch for health reasons. Looks like you have too much stuff in loft. The weight will cause the ceilings to bow. Fit some loft floor boards to spread weight across joists. Screw some timber across on big spans to spread weight across joists. Put what you can above walls for support...

I've also made a T bar to lift joists level before strengthening if required. That's if they will flex. Maybe hardwood

Gardz will seal a surface really well but won't help the original paint stick. Same goes for peel stop. I guess it depends how well it is stuck and if you want to try seal and paint and try and get it looking better

Cut around at wall edge then fit some timer to support the new floor. You don't want any flex around the edges. You can fit timber under the wall a bit to support existing floor and the new flooring. Knock through and have a look at what's under before you cut. Don't want to hit anything

Make or fit a rodding hole on ground and rod up for now. Need a link? I watch a drain guy that drills hole to rod down but you will be rodding up

4.5mins in you can watch sistering joists. Then strong tie mini joist hangers but you will need to measure the width and see whats available. Get the correct width of timber so it will fit in joist hangers.

Hopper and pipe clear? They fill up and get blocked with moss off the roof as thats what it looks like.

Rip the chipboard flooring up and replace

I you sure its a cavity wall? Unlikely with that age of property.

Just stick on the clear and sort the colour out in spring. You can top with whatever after a week or so, be good to go in spring. Sounds like the wax won't work if applied in this cold weather