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"Chronic labour shortages" , How is this even possible ? There are loads of job seekers / on the dole people in the UK . Surely they could have these jobs in the food farming sector and contribute to the system with their much needed taxes !

Thank you for the reply. I have dot and dabbed some STS board to get them all plumb and level ,once dried i will install some of those large washers as well. Now the longer side of the wall ,i am going to batten and screw STS boards over using their directions etc. Am i able to install a...

Hi All , I am looking for a bit of advice on this area where i want to fit a shower tray and tile the solid walls seen in photo. I have already removed the loose plaster and re-rendered a scratch coat on. Now the walls are still very uneven and to completely level them i need to fill more at...

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I am currently in the process of building a double pitch roof ,double garage 5m x 6.3m and thinking of using standing seam roofing system opposed to standard roof slates (man made stuff) mainly because this stuff looks good and it appears to be easier to install. I am based in South Wales...

The outside floor level is the problem , dig a trench which will cut the bridging into your house wall. I would put a layer of gravel in the trench afterwards but since it is summer you can leave it empty for a while to aid the drying process .

Whatever you do ,dont listen to those "damp specialists" as it will get worse. Solution is simple ,find the source and eliminate it. Question 1 , What is that plastic pipe going in to the ground ? Question 2 , is the outside floor level higher than inside the house ? If so dig a 10-15cm wide...

Pics would help a lot but i would personally make the gap larger 2-3 inches and dig a trench and drop gravel in there assuming the only water you should have in there is direct rain water and rain water running off the wall. Obviously your patio should be sloped towards a drain and not be...

We had a section of the stone/brick solid wall built old house (walls 50cm thick ) with a damp quarry tiled floor. Upon removing the tiles i found rubble and ash underneath and going deeper there is soil and clay as per photos . The breeze blocked section in the photos used to be a door and...

if it is only that section of that external wall , it must be something trapping water behind the wall like gullies & down pipes as mentioned already.

i believe you would have to seal the concrete slabs with a brush on sealer and sbr the backs of the sandstone before laying them on using a sand & cement mix or an exterior tile/stone adhesive.

Thank you It has been drying nice and fast since the outside bridge to wet ground soil has been broken. And i dont want to have this wall bonded or tanked again which just hides problems and causes more damage to brick etc. I am not bothered with insulation either as the house feels fairly...

Got a house with solid stone/ brick walls which are around 45cm thick. There were some damp problems related to outside ground levels causing the damp to rise up the walls. i have resolved this by digging a trench around the house so i dont expect any major damp climbing up those walls again...

on that note is it better to use paper rather than mesh tape ?

I contacted them and been told they are not interested at all , lol Would I be able to run the pipe above the surface of the steps as shown in photo ?

Funny you say that , I have already emailed the council and received a reply from them saying it doesn’t interest them at all that I convert the room in to a bathroom. Are there different rules across different councils around the country ? I am in Wales if that makes a difference.

It is definitely is foul water by the way.

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Thanks for all the replies. I have a small problem though. The distance between the 2 manholes is around 20 meters however it is not that straight forward as the 2nd man hole is at the bottom of a set of steps which are around 2 meters lower than the top of the steps. So I am not sure whether...

Hi all , I am currently trying to convert our front bedroom into a bathroom upstairs. It’s a semi detached property with side path to the back of the property which is where the first man hole is , this leads to the second man hole at the entrance of the property. Based on the location of the 2...