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Morning all (and what a lovely morning!), we've recently moved into a 60s house - and the back garden is about 80% covered in concrete. Our plan is to lift it all, and eventually get the back area turfed. This morning I started lifting some bits of concrete - and found something a little...

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So - to follow up on this original thread (that nobody responded to :)). I've decided best thing would be to cast a new slab - 75-100mm off the existing concrete. So - a question. Should I install a DPM between the existing concrete and the slab which is yet to be cast? Or, given I'm getting a...

Building on a previous thread - I have an existing large flat concrete slab (used to be the floor of a now demolished garage) slightly under grade of adjacent garden. I am putting a new shed/workshop there - and am considering casting a new raised slab (100mm or so) on which the shed can sit...

thanks for the replies. It's not a no-fines house (99% sure! - I'm sure I would have found out when buying the house). Also it's partially clad in brick, and is a detached (which I don't think was a no-fines typology according to Wikipedia). It's not a wide house - around 7m - and I'm interested...

Hi, we've recently bought a new house - it's a 60s Wimpey house just outside Glasgow. Having asked around I've found that the internal configuration varies quite a lot (ours is quite open plan). I'm interested in understanding the structure - does anybody know if these can be obtained from the...

So - just coming back to this now the garage is down. We've managed to get rid of the old garage and now we've got a 9ft wide slab - unfortunately at slightly lower grade than the rest of the garden, and also completely flat - so it's not draining well. I want to get a 16x8 wooden workshop on...

Taken me a few days to check back - thanks for the replies. The existing slab is pretty massive - the garage itself is around 13m x 3.5m and then there's some additional concrete/paving around the existing garage as well. I might - at some point - try and investigate the thickness of the slab...

Afternoon all, We've just bought a house with an old 60s brick garage with asbestos roof. Currently researching costs to get asbestos removed and dealt with. The brick garage is knackered though, and too big. I want to demolish and put a wooden workshop in place (anyone got views on Tiger...

Thanks both. Jonbey - it's lath and plaster partition wall, no brick to fix with (that'd be to easy!). Had a go with a magnet last night but didn't find anything - but I've bought a stronger magnet so I'll see how that goes. Not really tried finding them by sound - hardest bit will be keeping...

Hi, I need to hang a large glassboard on a lath and plaster wall. The room is fairly recently plastered - and ideally I'd avoid removing plaster to get to the studs. The four fixing points in the glassboard will never line up with the studs I reckon (unless I'm incredibly lucky). I plan to try...

Hi I'm preparing to install engineered wood flooring in our dining room, and at the same time will be preparing the (enormous) fireplace to take a wood burner a some future point. It's a late Victorian house - original floorboards which are at the same level as the constructional hearth. I am...

Hi I'm lining an opened up fireplace/inglenook with hardibacker 500. Manufacturer says this can be done using cement tile adhesive and then mechanical fixings. I'm fixing these directly to brick. I'm a bit unclear on the process. Should i predrill the boards, stick them to the wall, wait for...

Well for anyone interested :) I bought a £50 sds drill from screwfix and took the mortar off. Took less than half an hour. The brickwork behind looks fine and the damp plaster above seems pretty sound. I reckon the previous workman might have plastered that mortar on solely to give them...

Hi I can't get access to the inside of the fireplace to check it out. I'm going to have a go at removing the mortar today and see what i find. I'll feed back. K

Hi Thanks for replying. This is the party wall, and next door doesn't report any damp. Also no damp on the other side of the chimney breast. I'm going to take of the mortar at the bottom and also investigate how far up it goes. One question. Does the damp plaster all need to come off? If i...

Hi we've been in our house about 2 years now, it's a late Victorian mid-terrace. In the back room there is a patch of damp - quite distinct - that has been there (pretty sure) since we moved in. Wasn't noticed at first but when I came to strip the wallpaper I found an area that felt damp (and a...

Hooray I thought - 7 replies - there will be some useful stuff in there... Honestly - what is the point of arguing with people on internet forums - get a life: https://xkcd.com/386/ I'm going to do some further investigations - I think the space underneath will be insufficient for access, but...

Hi I'm trying to work out options on how to get hard flooring in the Dining Room of our victorian terrace. At this point the preference is to sand/stain floorboards - but it's going to be bloody cold without some insulation, and we've only got about 2 foot of space underneath. So it looks like...

Hi, thanks for the replies. I've seen some info online about the inefficiencies of bends - stem's estimate of 11m equivalent duct length is useful. But hood manufacturers seem to be cagey about duct lengths - anecdotally people seem to suggest a max 4 or 5 metres. But if stem's correct that...