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Not harsh enough. Look at this old post http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=160901 , there we saw DIYers getting stuck in doing some DIY, but these days we find fewer and fewer posts from DIYers who are capable of, doing DIY! Instead more and more posts from people who are...

Sorry Mr Chattyman, I forgot to say PLAN C has an underground walkway 2.5 metres wide, 3 metres below ground level linking back garden to front.

I have been pondering over posts from people who are not DIYing. In the Welcome section of the forum it says: 'DIY can be both challenging and rewarding - this is where DIYnot.com aims to help. Our expert teams have brought together hundreds of information pages. Why not Do It Yourself?'...

Ronald, this forum is all about DIY - 'Do it yourself'. I have given you advice for you to follow, but you are not prepeared to take this up. In the Welcome section of the forum it says: 'DIY can be both challenging and rewarding - this is where DIYnot.com aims to help. Our expert teams...

I thought you were getting a plasterer to do this work? Ronald you sound like a TW

PLAN C

Ydolem, you did get at least 3 quotes didn't you?

In that case you are at the mercy of roofers, unless you run a hosepipe out of the roof window, spray water up in a fan type way to simulate rain, and see what happens via bicnoculars

I have replaced my valleys in zinc and know from experience you need to get a ladder out, and a hosepipe if required and check it out for yourself. A problem that seemed a puzzle from the ground is very clear up at the roof level under the hosepipe test. But whatever you do, don't look down as...

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Ronald, why don't you go to a proper builders merchants and look at the bagged sands. You will find: Bulding/soft sand Sharp sand Plastering sand Simple really. If your builder reckons he renders with building sand, maybe you need a new builder Had you thought of googling...

The title of this thread is 'Question about existing damp-proof course condition' Then you wrote 'damp coursing', do you mean damp proof course aka DPC? I cannot see a DPC. Can you point to the DPC on your photos? What is the DPC made of? Which bricks feel damp? The ones above the holes or...

FMT I am considering DIYing my windows in the near future. I have some bay windows and have not been impressed with the way many replacement bays are sized on houses round my way. For example on the upstairs bay of friend's house a few doors away, the wall under the bay is 1/2 brick thick...

If you mean a 'proper' DPC then you will need permission from both parties to fit the horizontal ones across the 9" (guessing width) party walls. But for the vertical ones you would need tocut through the wall and this would break the bond between the party walls and the outside walls weakening...

How do you plan to drain the dimpled membrane system on the wet side? also, what is the floor area? the party walls area? and the remaining damp walls area?

I'm not sure if you are being serious H, but ajrobb's joke was about the condensate freezing on a hyperthetical condensing boiler heating your house. The electric heater will be in your new cabin at the bottom of your garden is it not?

You will need ventilation to remove the products of combustion from the those candles. So vent bricks top and bottom of wall please.

ToAoB that is not a multifoil so you have not been conned. It is not a 'foil' insulation either, just regular bagged type. A very good product.

@ ToAoB You have been conned. google 'multifoil hot-box bre' and read on.

If you had seen weeks of poo in an I.C. as I did once, you would not be :lol: :lol: :lol: I assure you :wink: I had to take a picture of it just in case it cleared on its own (then I would be charged the £20- £30 callout fee by Thames water for a false alarm). My camera stopped...