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Finished laying and compacting 100mm of hardcore. Put down the sand blinding, no idea how people can get it flat and flush - spent about 4 hours getting it flat and level with a piece of timber and spirit level but the moment I got the compactor on it made a mess of things. Wouldn't have...

Started laying the hardcore (got 2 jumbo bags from MOT Type 1) and hired a compactor for the weekend. Planning to take the hardcore to the first stepped section, then a layer of sand blinding which will help level out the uneven stepped section ready for the DPM (1200 gauge) and then celotex...

I have a 1930's extension on our house which was originally built as a small scale dairy, and more recently used as a workshop. I want to make it a bit more of a useable room as currently there are a number of problems with it - it is solid wall of only 6 inch, no heating, damp...

I decided take up an old concrete floor in a 'workshop' attached to the house and put down a new floor. The main reason for this is because it was in very poor condition and damp - this was built as a 1930's extension and was used as a small-scale dairy. If I had the chance again I probably...

The course heights are 30cm and total width of the wall is 223cm. I reckon even taking into account a bit of measurement error it must still be over 10 degrees. Thanks for the comments, gives me a bit of confidence that the roof will be ok for centurion tiles. Think I need to get another...

I need to replace a roof to an old 1930's extensiondue to leaks, and wanted to stay with a tiled roof. However, my roofer has explained that the pitch is too low for tiling and requires a flat roof. I measured the roof at about 12.5 degrees pitch so thought I could go for Centurian low pitch...