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We have decided that we want to remove the hearths. The hearths are made of a concrete block surrouded by a fender wall built off the subfloor and reaching to the level of the floorboards Any precautions I should take on removing these hearths. The breasts have already gone I assume there is...

1930s end terrace house Two ground floor rooms has been combined into one and two chimney breasts removed, all some time ago. Two fireplace hearths still remain. They each consist of a concrete block surrounded by a fender brick wall. All at or below floor level Some wood rot on the floor...

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KenGMac thanks for your reply I will take a photo of corner and hearth combined and post. I suspect there are two hearths in the room, as the room was knocked into one and chimney breats removed before my time. Building is circa late 1920's early 1930s I am going to lift the floor boards and...

Hello I have a suspended floor that needs reparing and would be grateful for some advise The suspended floor was sagging in the corner and I removed the lamonate to expose the floor boards. See photo. The floor boards are rotted and the joist underneath. I'll need to replace them and treat the...

Thanks for your replies. It would appear then that a sleeve/liner is necessary for a solid brick wall. Thanks

I have a late 1920s end terrace house. I need to install some air bricks to ventilate the subfloor. The wall is solid brick wall ( not a cavity wall). I understand that there is a gap between the leaves of the solid brick wall althougth it is very small When the airbrick is fitted, should I...

Thanks oldbutnotdead Yes the paving rises along the side of the house and the brickwork below the DPC narrows to 1 1/2 bricks tall. So not option but to have the single airbrick directly below the DPC here Thanks, thats good advise

It appear that even if I install a single air bricks 215 x 65 I will need to install air bricks directly below the DPC. Can or should the DPC be restored when the air brick is inserted. If I need to restore the DPC how do I go about doing it.

Yes the air flow rate of the plastic airbrick (as compared with the square hole clay airbrick) is almost three times more

Thanks oldbutnotdead. Yes its a solid wall I had thought to use 215 x 65 air bricks. However, looking at the British Standard I calculate I need in the order of 5 "double air bricks" 215 x 140 installing to obtain the ventilation required. I settled on 3 "double air bricks" in the end, with...

Thanks Ken I am looking for the larger size air bricks. I had seen the Wicks air brick https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Square-Hole-Clay-Airbrick---215mm-x-140mm/p/101321?reccs=pdpsimilar However this air brick will add another 10mm of mortar to the top and bottom of the brick, this is in...

Hello I have an end terrace house circa late 1920s I wish to install two air bricks along the side elevation of the house. The house has one air brick installed along the side now · Engineering bricks used · Existing normal Bricks 235 mm wide x 75 mm high · Existing...

Tigercubrider the screw extraction kit has a two ended bit. One bit is for the pilot hole and the other is for the extraction. I think brake fluid came second in a Youtube video I saw conparing fluids used to loosen a screw JohnD I would need to take a look to see what is undeneath, probably...

Thanks Burnerman thats a good idea. The battery tray is plastic but I can wrap some heat resistant material around that. Just need to buy myself a torch

Renault Megane 1.9dci, no photos at moment

Hello I am trying to get the screws which secure my battery tray to the car out Tried everything. Tried soaking them in brake fluid to lubricate them. Tried wrench with correct size star key. Tried impact driver. Tried screw remove kit with electric drill, which is a left handed drill bit...

Thanks foxhole. Yes this is very similar to what I have already tried with the problems described above

Thanks endecotp its given me encoragement to give it a go taking the laminate floor up Thanks foxhole. Ive tried a cheap usb camera attached to a laptop. Air brick gaps are very small and camera just goes througth. The problem with a camera is that it is very hard to manipulate the direction of...

Thanks Ian, unfortunetely the area I need access is away from the stairs and as I say blocked by subfloor pipes from the access under the stairs I was just wondering if anyone could comment on the difficulty of removing and returning laminate flooring. Is this a difficult job.