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Hi, we have a concrete poured house with a cavity. the garage was originally separate but a previous owner has put a door in the 'alleyway' and perspex over the gap. the kitchen door would go into the garage if it was rebuilt up to the side of the house. the current garage roof slopes...

Thanks for replying mountainwalker - about 20 inches

Hi, a friend has acquired an ex military concrete building which he wishes to make habitable and insulate. How could he deal with the insertion of a damp proof course and damp proof the floor. Would it be better to insulate and render on the outside? or insulate on the inside? rgds G

Hi, I have the XF100MH Electro-Mechanical Humidity Control with on/off Switch adjustable 20-90% R Is it designed to run any time that the humidity is above the set figure? So installation..... Fan isolator switch and fuse outside the bathroom? any advise welcome Graham

Hi, I almost think I should put this one under 'diy disasters'. I fitted a concealed thermostatic valve with 2 outlets and plumbed the bath in. The instructions for the valve state under problem solving - "shower or bath filler runs only hot OR cold (in my case hot) - hot and cold...

Hi, I have been making a bit of a buggers muddle of connecting the hot and cold feeds to a two outlet bath and shower mixer valve. There are 3 taps on the front controlling flow to bath, flow to shower and hot/cold. I cut the hole for it (it is concealed) and used 15mm flexible hose...

Hi, I understand that water pressure and boiler type can dictate the choice of valves for shower and bath - but I do not know what my water pressure is.... What I would like to do is fit a shower over a bath without changing the boiler which currently does heating and hot water. The...

Hi - thanks for the comments - yes it is a rough surface. I kinda thought, knock some of the paint off and render over.... If you replace render, you have to insulate as well - I have no objection to insulating..... but the cost is too much for me. Are there any alternatives? best rgds...

Hi - sorry, I appreciate a picture is worth a thousand words. Just 'smooth' wouldn't do it as the surface would still be 'wavy'/'uneven' - so yes, flat as well. any advice gratefully received rgds Graham

Hi, we live in one of those double skin poured concrete houses. They didnt care much about cosmetics when they were built - so there is a 'wavy' surface from the concrete, which has been rendered and painted. The render seems sound to me. What is my simplest/most cost effective way...

Background I had 3 x concrete walled sheds with asbestos roof in the back garden, near to the rear of the house. One of them has a loo in it. I extended to the front of these sheds - 0.5 m foundation + concrete base. I then over roofed using britmet tileform villatile and a relatively low...

Hi, Am I trying to do something too difficult? Can anyone give me a hand her? thanks Graham

Background I had 3 x concrete walled sheds with asbestos roof in the back garden, near to the rear of the house. One of them has a loo in it. I extended to the front of these sheds - 0.5 m foundation + concrete base. I then over roofed using britmet tileform villatile and a relatively low...

Hello, we bought a 3 pane window off ebay. The centre pane is an opening window. The 2 outer panes had the double glazed units removed to allow fitting the window frame to the new brickwork. We have all the parts and seals. The seals for the front of the window ar e roughly...

Hello, does anyone have experience of using decra lightweight metal tiles or kent direct recycled plastic tiles. Intended usage is on garden outbuilding with 0.5M fall from ridge to eaves in 3M Cost is a factor, but so is ease of installation and the look which has got to be better than 40...

thanks for both replies... fasteners for mesh - what do you need to hold in a celcon block 'helical fasteners'? fibre mesh I can find.... what is hp 12? rgds Graham

Hi, I have a small garden outbuilding that I am extending with celcon solar blocks, built as 'thin joint blockwork' using celfix mortar. I appreciate that I want the blocks with a 'key' on the surface - but there will be no 'recessed joint' to aid adhesion - because it is 'thin joint' I...

Hi, slightly similar situation but only roof panels on an outbuilding a bit smaller than a single garage. I got a quote of £450 from a national company - then saw an article on moneysavingexpert website. Asbestos cement is usually an item you can remove yourself and take to the...