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Unusual lock, not seen one in the UK. I think in the bottom right hand corner there is a snib mechanism to lock the latch when the door is closed in the frame. This should be sticking out the faceplate like the latch and deadbolt but its not, I think that part acts on it to push it out. Fit the...

It could be moisture or water inside appiance, see it all the time in production areas. I would be performing a PAT test and internal inspection but it's probably not worth it for yourself.

They would extend slightly above the current ceiling plasterboard and the plasterboard that I fix to the thermolite would I suppose lock in to ceiling. Like I say, I could build a shallow wood frame instead, it just got me thinking about mortar and how strong an adhesive it actually is, I...

Surely the question is....is it still moving/cracking further? Glue some picture glass across the crack and monitor for 12 months

Hi, How much bonding strength can you get from mortar ? Let's say you have a 2m concrete lintel and you wanted to lay a single course of thermolite block to it. The lintel is none load bearing, its just where a wall used to be and the only thing it and the block will hold are a couple of small...

Hi, Wondering if anyone can answer a couple of questions about repairing a brick wall. If you have a load bearing wall and you wanted to remove a couple of courses of brick, one at the base of the wall and one in the middle in order to install a DPC roll and replace damaged / loose mortar...

Hi, Could anyone advise on a couple of issues regarding DPC / DPM ? My property requires a number of bricks replacing on a downstairs internal wall. This wall has two damp courses fitted. Firstly , the original bitumen DPC which is fitted below the original concrete floor ( about 4 inch and...

I didn't think you could get a mortgage without the Building Control certs, infact the house over the road from me was up for sale at a big discount for cash buyers only, because of this very same issue ( Loft Room ). Same with home insurance, although, I was told that the current owners...

Thanks for the reply. That sounds good, I was worried they'd turn up and start quoting all sorts of obscure regs, that would cost a fortune to comply with. From what I understand, there will probably be two visits, would that be one at the very start of work i.e no flooring down / bare walls...

Hi, Can anyone tell me what to expect with building control regarding moving a bathroom upstairs. Currently the shower and W.C is next to kitchen downstairs. I was looking at a relatively simple install in the unused bedroom above. 1. Backer board on floor with tiles 2. 50mm battens with...

Hi, I'm looking to remove uneven and creaky floorboards and lay down 22mm backer board to tile an upstairs room. I have two issues, 1. The room has an old solid fuel fire with a concrete hearth ( shown in pics ). I removed the top screed of concrete and what is underneath is hardcore, I haven't...

Is it true that you can use lime mortar instead of normal sand cement anyway but not the other way around ??

I'm in a similar situation, need to repoint but am not sure whether I have lime mortar ( pics ). Mine also doesn't fizz but is much more grey in colour. You think they'd have come up with a easy solution for determining what it is....if it indeed is so important.

Thanks for reply. The property is about 80 years old. I'll look into the lime mortar thing. I don't suppose it's a huge deal as I'm only removing a couple of bricks, I just assumed that mortar that sits below ground, wet most of time, would just erode away.

Hello, Can anyone advise on making good brickwork, below soil level. I am doing a lead replacement and am about to go through the foundation wall with a 4'' duct. I was originally going to core through, however the bricks ( cherry red ) look different to the ones above ground, I'm told these may...

Hi, Would a demolition hammer be suitable for cutting a trench through a concrete slab ? I need to trench about 8'' wide for about 2M inorder to run a duct . I had a test run of using a diamond blade on a grinder, on my outside path ( this too needs a trough) but had to abandon due to dust going...

Well then that's the plan then. Rent the CAT machine, try get an idea of where it is in the path from front door to boundary line. Break up the concrete across the path ( give me a chance to use the demolition Breaker I got from Toolstation ) and get digging, and hope it doesn't run diagnoally...

Thanks for the replys. Regarding the CAT locator, will this tool still work if the pipe is running next to the party wall, this is the route i imagined it would run, with the meter being sat next to the wall as in pic, I assumed the pipe would be ran, under the slab ( not in it ! ) and...

I paid 500 quid for an Engineer to look at a similar issue. Like Woody said, most qotes were around that mark. You want an engineer, not a surveyor, and it's not always made clear.

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has tried using a CAT buried cable locator, I see you can rent them from most hire shops, bout 40 quid a day. I'm wanting to run a blue water pipe under a concrete slab and come up under my stairs to fit a stop tap, only thing is, there's a gas meter in there and I'm...