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It seems to me that we used to be adept at building basements - the victorians did a lot of it as we all know, but now the mere mention of the word attracts sharp intakes of breath.....my Uncle was over from Canada recently and he just can't understand why it's not an automatic thing to install...

But what would be good and what would be bad?

The one thing which keeps coming up then is the height of the water table. How do I figure out how high it is? Doing a google at the moment on it.......

Hi, it's a bit of all of that to be honest. It's a fairly large lawn area. I've actually plumped for some treatment from Screwfix and I'm waiting for my spreader to arrive.....but I will be studying that site for the next time. My lawn is doing remarkably well seeing as it's basically a footie...

Thanks very much Andy, I'll have a study of that site as soon as poss.

Hi there, can anyone recommend an online/store seller of lawn treatment products? I have a large lawn in dire need of treatment, so I want to buy in bulk if poss. There was a well recommended website up a few years ago called something like the grassman, but I can't find it now. Any...

Not sure to be honest, probably not for a few weeks yet.

Sounds like a good idea.......

West Sussex. I'm going to look into the timber side of it - I' have some books that might show how it's done. Where are you?

Ditto on the down pipes as I have a couple to work around. Like you I want to weather proof it form the sides. I'm not sure yet how the structure will come together....

Hi, no I've not costed it out yet, that'll be the next step....where have you been getting prices from? EDIT: What do you mean by self support - do you mean during the build or self supporting rather than using the fence posts?

Hi there, yes, I've just read your thread and yes our projects are really similar! Have you looked at Ariel Corotherm? This is the roofing they sell in B&Q, I popped in yesterday to see what they did. They do have a website with installation videos you might find useful, here. I'll be keeping...

Hi there. Well it's a long time since I was a regular on these forums, but the time has come to get stuck into DIY again and to be honest I'm really looking forward to it! I have some big stuff to do, but I want to start first with some smaller stuff. Namely, we have a passageway with a...

Hi there, has anyone any particular recommendations regarding ICF blocks? I've been looking at Logix, Becowallform and Durisol so far, which differ greatly in design. Just wondered if anyone had any recommendations?

Many thanks to you all, all very interesting! I think it's something I'm going to investigate further as whatever we do I think we will have to go deep due to a deep clay layer. I'd just love the space a basement would give us - games room, home business, granny flat, etc, etc. As far as the...

Hi there. I'm trying to decide what to do with our house. One thing I keep coming back to is that I've always wanted a basement with whatever we do with it. What I'd like to know is, how is a basement retro-fitted to an existing property - what is the process? I might have to underpin the...

Thanks. What timbers would you suggest and would you suggest timbers rather than some other method?

Hi there, I've done a fair bit of research on this, I hope you can help. Here's a couple of pics of my loft - it's a 1930s house in which we've had a few dampness issues over the years, due to driving moisture etc. We live in a pretty windy spot and close-ish to the coast.... I...

Right, after a bit more of a look at this problem, I've decided against ordering the hinges until I've seen whether the temp will go down overnight when I've wedged something heavy up against the door. If I understand it correctly, the next suspect would be the thermostat? Is there any way in...

Morning Dev, yes I slid the fridge out some while ago and the wife is giving me grief for it being in the way ever since! I'm pretty sure the hinges don't close the door at all, so again it's looking like we need new hinges. Sometimes the fan runs, sometimes not. I had to give it a good...