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Hi, Could anyone shed some lights on how to hack off internal render and plaster? I'm planning to hack off some damp render in a disused fireplace - see picture. Planning to hack off render inside the greenline and leave the brickwork exposed. I have heard that a chisel drill will do the...

Thanks! Does the vent has to link to the outside (e.g. install a vent in the disused fireplace on the wall facing outside) or just a vent in the chimney breast which circulate the air inside the house and the chimney stack? About the DPC, I'm not sure wether that would solve the problem...

Hi, I have a stubborn damp chimney breast issue in my home in Cardiff. We’ve replastered the affected areas a couple of times in the last 5 years and injected DPC but it doesn’t seem to solve the problem. I don’t what to do to get rid of it. Would really appreciate any expertise advise! I...

Yeah, I think the new gully will feed into the foul water system. Is gully used to collect surface water or can it be used as an access point to the internal manhold, e.g. like a rodding eye? by the way, the building regs drawings have been approved by the building control company.

I think the manhole is about 1m deep? Just checked over the weekend and it doesn't look like 2m deep to me... I actually thought the depth of the manhole is the difference in the two figures, i.e. 9.85 - 8.95 which comes to 0.9m? Please shout if I've got it completely wrong! :P

Hi all, Thanks very much for everyone who replied - that was very useful information, pointed me to the potential risk that I wasn't aware of. I have spoken to my architect since then about the risk of the internal manhole and the angel the drainage pipes go through foundation. A couple of...

Hi, Could anyone shed some lights on whether the drainage below would work or not? I've attached the Building Regs drawing below. The green lines are existing drainage and the red ones are to be built. The idea is to build a new shower room and use an existing FW as MH and connect all...

Thanks all for replying. Deciding on project managing myself isn't an easy decision. I'm doing a 30 m2 single floor bungalow extension, plus a garage conversion (15 m2) and some internal work - knocking down 2 short non weight supporting walls. I spent 3 months getting quotes from...

Hi, Thanks. Apart from the overall cost, I'm also interested to get a full list of what materials are needed and the quantity. Not sure if this is a practical idea but I was hoping to find out what material and how much do I need for each key stage of the project. The idea is that I'll use...

Hi, I'm planning to build an extension to my house. At the moment, I'm trying to estimate the material cost of the whole project. I have heard that some builders use quantity surveyor who provides them with a full list of material required, quantity and potentially cost. I tried to google it...