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Perhaps i might have to buy another gun safe to fill the void. I know what you mean about extending the border to make it look proper. any further ideas ? Thanks Jon

Hello. Currently I am revamping my house and I've knocked through a bit of plasterboard in to an old fireplace area. The chiney is capped off and taken down so i cant use it with a fire. I thought at the time it might make a bit of a nice feature, now im not so sure! Any ideas...

thanks for the replies. interestingly there is no smell. there is no u bend or water trap to speak of i can jsut pull the plastic pipe out of the concrete, its about 6 inches long. there is no draft or sond of movement below. It must go somewhere though! its obviouls been cut off as you...

Hello, In an old 'coal house' which is attatched to the house, I can only assume there used to be a sink or some kind here as there is this conreted in to the floor. I can pull the plastic pipe out but the concrete cube on the floor remains. Can I remove this without damaging...

Nothing special then I take it, just block it up from the inside 1 brick deep? Thanks Jon

Ok thanks guys. Can I block this up. I can open the window if it starts to het humid. Anything special I need to do?

Thanks for the swift reply. I did ask myself this question, there are no gas fires, no coal fires, nothing in this very small box room. There is only a radiator and a window in the room. The only reason I can see for this being here (and its been blocked up with paint for at least 5...

Morning all :D I've got a quick query regarding a vent I hope someone can advise me with please. Just redecorating the small room in my house and this room has an air vent on the external wall. This vent is closed and has been painted closed so you can't open it. Behind the vent...

Nice one mate, I will do what you suggest and level it out. Cheers Jon

Thanks again. Here is where I'm at with this, as I've been a bit busy decorating now that I've finished one room I can turn my attention once more to this living room. Here is how it looks right now, I've cleared out the area just in front of where the fire would go, it was damp and fill...

Cheers Guys.

Sorry and also, what do you mean about the sand? Do you wrap the joist in the DPC, then sand on top of it, or cover the joist in sand then DPC over that? :?:

Thank you very much with your time on this question, you're being very helpful. Can I ask do you wrap the entire end of the joist? Or perhaps 360* only, or perhaps even just the areas the wood is in contact with brick work? Thank you. Jon

Okay I've had a search and my options appear to be: 1. pull up all the floor boards and put down some plywood, then floorboards on top - im not going to do this 2. silicon the joints. Can someone please advise if silicon is okay, I have searched now and not found that great a deal on...

:( I bet it took you longer to type that than it would have to answer the question. Though you're right in your answer. :oops:

Can I check please, is this item i've bought no good then for the wood? Do I need an anti fungal rather than a waterproof liquid? Thanks Jon

Te drop next door is above my DPC level (theline of blue bricks) hwoever there is a 1 foot 'trench' before the driveway level hits my house, a photo would show this better than I'll ever be able to descrbe but, yes that is sort of the the problem. I have moved a down pipe and cleared this ditch...

Hello, I have the floor up in the master bedroom at the moment and although I was toying with the idea of insulating under them I've decided not to, incase I stop the airflow and cause damp/rot etc etc. So quite simply, how do I stop the air blowing up through the floorboards. Can I just...

Hi mate thanks. I've bought some thompsons water seal http://www.thompsonswaterseal.com/products/product_detail.cfm?prod_id=1 Shoudl that be okay. When you talk about the "blocked cavity due to the chimmney breast. They filled them up with all kinds of crap during construction. "...

You could ask him to take a photo with a digi camera for him to show you. :) Jon