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Thanks muggles and squeaky. I couldn't face pulling it all out and starting again so I have lifted it as much as it would go and put a whole tube of grip fill underneath. It's now sat with 5 full rhino buckets of water holding it down over night and I'll see how it looks in the morning. Got...

Anybody? Somebody must have experienced this before.

About 3 months ago I installed a shower tray (Pearlstone resin) onto a concrete floor. It was laid on a 5:1 mortar mix (About 10-15mm) and levelled. It was then left without the surround fitted for 3 months as the walls were not ready for tiling. It is in a corner and has been sealed with...

Thanks kbdiy

I need to brick up an internal door in a supporting wall (1920's house). Having removed the door / frame and some of the plaster I see there is a wooden lintel above the door (in good condition). Can I leave this in place and just brick it up underneath?

Thanks Gazman. It's a brand new door made to measure. Just checked the miters joints and they are aligned perfectly so I guess it needs raising a bit on the hinges or just not having the black thing. On the other door it seems like the plastic bit stops it slamming a little but without really...

I've recently installed a couple of upvc doors that I had made but one of them is sticking due to this black plastic bit in the bottom of the frame : If I take it out the door works perfectly. Can anybody tell me what it is there for and do I need it? (The other door has this but it...

Thanks Micilin and Roy, so it's the actual bead that provides the break in the two surfaces and stops the dpc being bridged. That makes sense, I was wondering why I could never see a gap in all the houses around here. Thanks very much for your help. This forum is great - I've been trawling...

I should add that I have removed the previous plinth that was bridging the dpc and now the exposed bricks look very tatty. Because of the ground levels there are between 4 and 6 courses below the dpc that would be exposed. If it looked good I would just leave them but the plinth is for...

I am trying to work out how to fix a bell cast bead that will have a rendered plinth below but without bridging the dpc or leaving a strange looking gap of exposed brick. I was going to put the bead just above the DPC with the downward sloping base of the bead dropping to level / just below the...

Ah yes, thanks Alistair. Perhaps I didn't float it enough. Was following a youtube video that said leave it a couple of hours until it had started to firm up then float it in a figure of 8 pattern. I didn't want to do it too much as it seemed to roughen up the surface too much (made it very...

I'm trying to learn how to S&C render, using a brick wall for testing. I am using S&C in 4:1 ratio with added 3 in one additive to slow the setting time down a bit. Sand is a yellow building sand that the builders yard tell me is the correct one for rendering (I asked them because they don't...

Thanks roughcaster - another trowel it is then !

I have been teaching myself how to skim an interior wall using multi finish plaster recently and I now need to try some exterior rendering using sand and cement. I currently only have one trowel (a fairly expensive marshalltown finishing trowel) and was wondering if I can use the same one for...

Sorry to revive such an old thread but I still have this issue and now need to resolve it asap. If a new DPM is just lapped up the walls I can see how the floor is dry but the DPC of the walls will still be breached by the rubble underneath the floor. If I dig out and re do the floor I...