Recent content by ^woody^

You are over-worrying

It's just pointless for pointing.

There are certainly no upsides.

He's not a specialist then, more like a salesman. Condensation damp and rising damp can be determined just by looking at it. There are specific signs, stains and colours. Damp does rise.

Put the curtains back.

You will probably find that there is no actual gap and that is just the natural projection of the bricks and the lintel set back. The cover piece is covering the actual joint. It may look a right mess if you try and fill that with mastic as it's not an even line.

Its common for the joists to be built in with bricks to help secure the roof and stop the joists twisting. If you don't want to do this, the fascia will stop any twisting, and increase the staps to 1.5m centres or fit long straps (1.2m) at the ends and every four joists, and an intermediate...

You could point it up with a cement mortar, it does not matter with this location. You'd need to rake it out to at least 30mm and use a PVA or SBR bonding agent in the mix and damp the wall with it too. However, as this is also a fire-break wall, it could do with more extensive work to maintain...

No

Not unless you tamp and trowel it smooth like you might with concrete.

838mm is a standard door which uses a 920mm frame which will allow you 7mm each side for packing

Yes screed surfaces are soft. You can get a liquid to brush on the surface to harden it. Search for " Floor Dustproofer/hardener "

You will need a fascia of some sort, this would normally project about 50mm from the the wall face, and then make sure the roofers fit a further 25mm batten at the top edge to form the drip from the felt perimeter. Any flat roofer that just bends the felt down onto fascia is not a roofer. With...

Yes you can do as you propose, but it may be wise to remove more render to investigate for any damage to the frame. The brick should be OK, it's hard to tell.

A strap has to be fitted on top of a minimum 4x1 timber which is in turn double nailed to each truss. You can pack this out as need be. This timber should be tight up to the internal face of the gable wall or walls. You don't need straps at the existing house end.