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Hi the damp is on all walls including the interior walls. No banked earth or water leaks it is just rising - this was confirmed by the previous damp guys. The outside is red stock brick sat on a sandstone plinth, the inside is just standard old brick. I will post some photos when I get chance...

Hi all, I have a damp issue in the majority of the walls in my old (1896) house and asked a company some time back to come and install a damp course. They came along and did as requested and installed one of the modern cream based damp courses. This is the only bit they did, i.e. they didn't...

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Hi all, Would anyone happen to know whether stone lintels / cills can be refaced in situ? See pics of damaged cill and lintel at the back of the house, these are the worst 2. Will they have to be taken out and replaced or is it posible to reface them in stone?? Also I have a front window...

Rear Lintel - Bathroom

Rear Lintel - Kitchen 1

Rear Lintel - Kitchen

Rear Lintel - Kitchen

Rear Lintel - Kitchen

It will be more of a workshop really......purposely built to the specification of a house;)

Yes, I was just summarising the main construction but yes, I will be including the visqueen and blinding. Apparently the screed specification will take the weight of a vehicle. Having said that it will only have motorbikes in it anyway.

From further research, in case this is helpful to anyone, I understand it is best to lay the hardcore (compacted), 150mm of concrete then 100mm insulation with the UFH pipes clipped to it. On top of this then a 75-80mm of screed then whatever floor covering required. I will probably go for fibre...

Thanks both D

Hi all, I am building quite a large garage and I want to build the floor with insulation (like a house), underfloor heating and possibly a polished concrete floor. Any advice on construction of the floor. For example should I go 150mm MOT, compacted, 100mm insulation and 150mm concrete?? I am...

Thanks for the advice.

This is the only one.

Thanks for the advice. The problem is it is right next to the front door and looks odd. I can't move it because there is a window in the way. D

Morning all, I would like to replace a soil stack that goes up past the gutter (its a bungalow) with a short stack of about 1m high. I understand that this can be done with a special type of capping but could somebody please advise what would be needed. Is this approach acceptable from a...

Thanks. I will go for the 10mm as recommended. D