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New water pipe. Proper approved company... I have done a spot of concreting with a screed plank where you work the fat up and make the typical pattern... This just looks dry, and weird. Will it hold up? Any thoughts appreciated

So you can't 'invite' water from the household cold water into the central heating loop and drain down through that can you? I e. Via opening the loop filler?

Company fitting new blue water supply have come in under boilers cold feed to join supply there. They have fitted a stop cock but no drain off. Is this ok, as their quote says they will do so. Don't want to pick fault if perhaps they didn't need to for some reason.... I.e. like the central...

Good point. Lol, .. Tile kickers! Thanks. Now I know the name I feel.more sure about making them..

Thank you. Hadn't even considered cheek to cheek side fixing. Yes much more solid and of course hidden within facia and soffit. Tiles.. Double Roman tiles I think. Guessing I would fix two ends pieces and set a string line to locate intermediaries? Like with bricks...

Sorry, yes badly drawn, badly worded. But you get it basically. I did not want to just copy something that was problematic somewhere else..

about the worst drawing ever maybe... I want the gutter to project as far forward as poss to protect the door from rain. The eaves is just above head height. These wooden wedges in blue were on the rafters of the roof I am re building. They allow for fixing the facia to the wedge and also reduce...

Yes. Them.

eBay and Amazon are full of the same pics of these 1/4 inch bit holders. I bought a set and for a recent project and they have been really convenient. I got about 15 and have had all the bits I need on my tool belt. Very handy. Though about 5 days in it turns out they are poor quality and are...

Reassuring input. I asked the question as was not sure, but your rationale makes sense in this odd case (most places aren't damp.) As you say, reducing air flow and heat loss could cause problems by making coldest spots condensation zones.

None of which occured originally. Water inputs were through floor, from leaking roof, from WC, and from washing machine. (Clearly counteracting successfully) outputs were the huge amount of free air moving around given the old design /build. The new roof will be water tight, everything else...

I am putting a new roof on a lean to comprising of larder, WC and storage space. The slab is likely without DPC. The bricks are single skin. It will need plenty of air flowing about to stay dry. It got overly warm in summer as a result of being half glazed, but this won't matter as will soon...

Thanks Andy. My wife agrees. Have not got that kind of money though and are aiming really to stop the current leaks and the glass framed section coming down on us as it's rotten. We had a quote for what I am going to attempt, but not inc external shiplap to RHS/timber section, nor electric...

I have a 910mm wide opening (excluding door frame) in a lean-to porch that needs re roofing in tiles across the whole. LHS is brick, RHS is (skinny) timber frame and glazed built on a half height wall. My plan is to use a lintel/wall plate combo made from x3 4"x2" treated timbers as show on...

Many thanks- I will (try) to make a more succinct post on building section and link to this.. Re your point of timber lintel being needed only over the door-this would save timber lintel from being used across the whole of the masonry. I.e., meaning raise the LHS masonry, rather than...

Hi and thanks for taking the time to look and hopefully advise... :p Short form; see pics and Q: Will this 'beam'/wall plate/header/design for over the doorway aptly support the rafters, or is there a better way? Longer version; We have a single skin brick lean-to with half pan tiles and half...

You were right. The came out and jetted it. It's now always clear.

They are best short enough that the whole length of them have the full width of the screw inside them (with the pointy bit out the end). The best place for a felling wedge, for lifting purps is beaten all the way in.

Update... I noticed a terrible smell coming in the lean to shelter. The AAV sat atop the soil pipe and was a couple inches below the polycarbonate lean-to roof-The one I had planned to cut through to extend the soil pipe up to the proper height,...until Durgo ideas, at least. I took apart the...

Depending on finish required, for the edges and the speed of delivery, I would use a multitool with grout remover (diamonds) or stitch drill with Dremel and 'pop -pop-pop' connect the dots cutting little by little with Stanley knife. Melting-stinky and horrible. Angle grinder hard to stop it...