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I think it would be overkill. I have filled larger holes with mesh and loads of toupret, love the stuff. This seems above a door frame, so an area which will not get into contact with anything, so a repair largely can be cosmetic only. I would just pull out the plugs and fill with toupret. And...

quick vent >> AAAAARGHs.... why do so many DIY projects on victorian properties start with opening a can of worms and discovering problems that need addressing first. Buy a victorian period property they say...it's got so much charme... don't worry the L3 survey will pickup on any issues.. HAH...

pressed a screwdriver in with virtually no resistance.... all mushy.. Here some more details. The wooden lintel is about 17cm wide, but the entire brick arch is 40cm wide. The wood lintel is just on the front part... this picture shows the arch and the wood board from below: and then the...

Will check tonight after work and provide pictures and more details.

Thanks @Munroast. Appreciate it's guesswork based on pictures, but still sounds like a good/reasonable assessment. I don't really mind any potential damage to the tiles near my front door, as I plan to get the front garden redone in a few years, pending some more works inside the house. Got a...

Thanks both. I like the theory that the arch is supposed to hold itself up and the wood lintel is just a temp support and therefore I can "ignore" it.... I fiddled around with it a bit, and a big chunk came off... that brown area behind feels very porous, I can almost carve out more with my...

Hello all, I am doing some works in my old victorian damp cellar. Whilst working there, I have noticed this lintel over the old coal chute arch, which is not is used anymore. The lintel is actually wood and suffers quite some wet rot, especially on the left side. I can almost peel off bits of...

Thanks that's helpful. Agree, unfortunately that is not possible, as the middle room is 4 steps higher. The floor level of the outrigger is offset by a bit, so that brick wall actually just goes straight up all the way.

Some more info here...

Hello All, I am looking for some advice from someone familiar with the construction of old victorian terraced houses. I have posted my question in another forum already, but have not gotten quite the response I was after yet. Long story short: I want to know how the ceiling of my outrigger is...

@op, hypothetically do you have more roof space to make the array bigger? 2.5kw system is rather small IMO. A battery setup needs to be installed correctly with a good quality lithium phosphate. Your ASHP will require a lot, so it would need to be decent sized system. That does require some...

If I understand it correctly, then the answer to your questions is yes. And it is really important to secure the rockwool, to allow for sufficient ventilation underneath on airbrick level. I am doing something similar in my victorian terrace and am using some netting and a cheap electric...

I have used JB Weld to seal up a cast iron fire surround. Mine just had an old rusted hole about 5cmx10cm. So I JBwelded a steel sheet to cover and painted it. I don't know if it would hold up your surround, but that stuff is very strong! Use gloves! Once it's dry it should be safe this is...

I've purchased Hager as well for a severed cable, but they are quite large. End up using a QuickWire JB, which is very space efficient and MF. See right picture here.

Let me add a bit of context, as it is not so straight forward (at least to me). I have had a bedroom converted into a bathroom. This obviously means new drainage etc and building control approval. The works have already been completed and my installer is looking to get a building control...

Hello everyone, I just had a visit from my LABC for some plumbing works, mainly inspecting external waste pipe runs. The works they were meant to inspect were all fine, but annoyingly they have noticed some other close but unrelated waste pipes that were not up to regulation. Some minor points...

Last time I checked, they do not. But my level of knowledge might be out of date, as I was unware that you can now fit RF inserts straight into the alarm module, and keep the old wired base. in that case yes no need to change base! Well thought-out Aico.

Yes it does. Aico does RF for each series afaik, and you can mix and match. However in order to link the hardwired interlinked ones with RF ones, you need to swap the base on one of the hardwired ones (for the signal) and then for all the other RF once you need the RF base in addition to the...

Last post on this... I finally managed to finish this project, and quite proud of my work. Installed 3 smoke alarms + 2 heat alarms (all Aico) over 4 floors, all interlinked and mains wired. Had to open up a small bit of wall in four different places and drill through 3 noggins that were in the...

Finally had some time to work on this again. Cleared out a lot of the debris. Ended up not using the Hager, but instead a Wago with line for the 3-core and a quick wire for the 2.5m T&E. After pushing everything inside the void it actually looks quite decent.. no significant strains etc. I've...