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I am getting the old and rotting windows on my property replaced with bespoke hardwood framed windows. At a minimum they're going to be double glazed, but given the costs involved I am wondering whether I should go for triple glazing. If it makes any difference, the windows don't actually get...

My house is in the perpetual shade in what seems to be an abnormally rainy area. As a result and keep getting moss and other flora build up on the most shaded parts and the lower couple of feet of the exterior walls. I am thinking giving them a good brushing getting whatever lifeforms I can...

Thanks for the reply. So basically that'd be leaving this wall as a "wet" and non-breathable wall? I think my issue with that, is whilst that might be the best I can do for the retaining wall, it doesn't seem like the right approach for the other two external walls for that room...

One external wall of a room in my property is constructed from solid stone but also serves as a retaining wall. The room has 2 other external walls which are not retaining walls but are also solid stone. All of the walls have been rendered in what appears to be a cement render, then plastered...

Thanks again. That answer everything I wanted to know. TBH, I just had a look at another local building merchants website and they do a premix bag for cheap with hydrated lime in it. Just gonna go for that and call it good. like Blup said, I am sure it'll be fine.

Foundation is probably an overstatement. It's just small stone wall to level the ground for the log store and keep its timber feet off the ground. Reason for thinking about lime is simply so it looks nice and fits in with the surrounding stone work as it will be on view.

Thanks Jeds, and you're absolutely right, whilst rushing around I didn't pay attention to Hydraulic vs Hydrated. It is of course Hydrated being sold. I've done some further googling and can't quite get answer; when would you want to add hydrated lime to mortar? Does it have an impact on the...

Hi, I'd like to build a very small foundation for a large wood clad log store to ensure that it is off the ground and also level. Everything else in the area is built from stone and lime mortar so I was just going to effectively built a short (<1ft) and level wall out of stone and sit the legs...

haha it was my neighbours who suggested the idea! Although they might be playing the long-con to get me in trouble.

Great, thanks. That's very helpful. The current size is 18" out from the wall, and I am tempted to extend it to 24" so it's wide enough for a chair an small table. That's still a fraction of 1/3 of their overall length. I'll probably offer up some drawings and photos to this forum before I...

Thanks for all your help! Just to clarify that, if a 2x8 c24 joist is 6ft long - you could have 4ft inside the interior of the property, and 2ft extending beyond the exterior wall?

It had ventilation from below. As I said, I am rebuilding it, so happy to add in better ventilation. It and a DPM between the joints and the deck that went over the top of it. This will be reinstated. But I was tempted to give it a few coats of either weatherproof paint and/or bituminous paint...

Nope, I am hoping to keep the existing joists, but replace the boxing around it, as that was exposed the elements. Just wondering if there were any regs about this stuff.

Hi, My house has a Juliet balcony which is constructed from the internal joists that then extend out of the house acting as a cantilever on the external blockwork. This balcony needs some work and I'll basically be rebuilding all of the box section it and re-treating and then weather painting...

Thanks for all of the replies. I think it's a hybrid of a few things. The drill bit is true, but it is also fairly long so and I think the hammer action is just causing too much vibration for material. Using my two drill strategy seemed to work and I got my job done. Thanks for all the help.

So a bit of an update. If I drill an 8mm hole with the SDS Drill, then enlarge it with a non-SDS 10mm masonry bit in my cordless hammer drill-driver then it seems "okay". So I might just do this. I think there is a chance my hand is just not really steady enough with that much power I am just...

Hi, I feel like I am missing something here. I need to drill some holes into concrete block (not Airlights) for a 10x55mm rawl plugs I am using a "Boschhammer" drill with a brand new Reisser 10mm SDS bit but when I drill the hole it's oversized for the 10mm rawl plug and when I then add the...

I assume by this you mean shim out the battens so that they're plumb? That's what I've done before on a wall that isn't remove flat. Sticking the board up directly to the existing wall is easily the quickest way, but I really don't like using adhesives and it just seems to store up problems...

Hi, I have a house with a cavity wall which currently has plaster applied directly to it. The house is quite old and I live in a very wet area do I do not fancy my chances with the sort of insulation that is pumped into the cavity. What I'd like to do is use insulated plasterboard on the walls...

I'll have to draw on later on; I just put the osb boards back; one of the reasons I want to do this is because the attic space is utterly useless, you can only really crawl in it and it's an absolute pain to access; I'd rather that the space was "given to room". it's not going to happen in a...