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Right well I have just finished off putting the stakes in and what a job that ended up being. I used a long spirit level. First I started off on the left side at the front end of the garage where the trench meets the drive, this looked like the lowest point. But by the time I'd got round the...

Ok thanks guys! Gonna go and buy a longer spirit level on my way home from work and give it ago later. Another quick one is there a problem with leaving the trench open for a few days before I get the concrete in? Like it'd it rains will it affect it?

Just a thought before I have ago at this Tommorow, is it worth me buying one of these as they are only cheap (I know it's not an amazing make): Would that make the job allot easier if I had that?

So as the trench floor is at its highest point at the top right corner would you start there and level it all to that one? So set that one at the 300 which is what I want and then just level the others to that which will mean at some places it will have more than 300 concrete in to meet that...

Just had a look at that, would that really work? Would need to be a long tube!

Hi I have just had my foundations dug today and just finished off tidying the edges up ready for concrete. Now I need to put the wooden stakes in now but not sure how to get them level all the way round is there a specific way of doing this? Here's some pics: The trenchs were meant to be...

Thanks for the reply, not sure which bit you mean by the header? Do you mean the main bit of wood at the top of the stud wall that runs right across?

Oh too late just ripped them all up. Hopefully there wasn't, they didn't give of any dust or anything when broken but who knows. I tried the heat gun on the adhesive before and it didn't budge it one bit, in fact didn't even affect it all didn't even burn

Just to add to this here's some pics and hopefully it will make sense: You can see 3 doors here and the middle one is a partition that I created which was going to be the loft staircase for a future loft conversion, this plan has now changed. So because of this there is another stud wall in...

Im planning on tiling the kitchen floor which is concrete. I pulled all the Lino up and it had some sort of old vinyl tiles stuck to the floor. I pulled them up and most of them came away very easy but others have left a slight film of rubbery adhesive there. What I want to know is would it...

I asked on the screw fix forum about this too and some people on there are saying it's going to weaken the ceiling allot and they wouldn't risk it, I will get some pics up

Haha ok I take your point. I will go up in the loft again just to double check everything before I go cutting

Is there a way of telling if it's structural? There is no wall directly under it. Nothing in the loft above it. The only thing I can see is that the ceiling joists are split in 2 and they join together above this wall. But there not specifically joined too the wall

The walls in my house are brick downstairs then wooden stud walls upstairs, I plan on making a large hole 1500mm x 1981mm in my bedroom wall that leads to the bedroom next to it. Is this date to do? I will be framing the hole I make with timber to keep as much strength as possible. The whole...

Sorry to bump up my old thread guys But i'm going to be doing this job in the next week or so, I have decided to redo this in tiles after hearing bad reviews on the brown upvc cladding with people saying the coulor fades away badly after a while and looks a mess. So going with tiles. Done...

Hi, about to tile my kitchen which has a concrete floor. Have read many threads now and most say Mapei is good adhesive to use but I cannot find the right stuff. I can find lots of the rapid dry but not the normal setting stuff. Any idea where to go? Im using porcelain tiles on concrete...

Superb work there! Love the idea of building the frame in the bathroom for abit of a cubby hole. And angled for the water to run off is clever too.

Ok I will get a price on a pack of them too. Cheers

Another quick question for you, the blocks upto DPC are these different blocks than the rest of them? If so which ones?

Thanks guys great advice! :) So I need to ring the council now and try and find out how deep to dig, maybe dig a test hole just to see whats down there at the different levels. Price up the concrete and off I go. I will get lots of pics up when this all starts and I will let you know exactly...