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Right, help needed. I have needed to remove the back ( tiled) wall of a shower cubicle in a loft conversion. The Builder had used normal plasterboard glued onto 25 mm Polystyrene that was dot and dabed onto the part brick/part block wall. The whole lot was sodden, and fell apart as I removed...

Right, 6m of concrete arriving tomorrow morning 9.30. Type 1 down, blinding sand then DPM down, then mesh on bricks, all good, however how do i finish the DPM round 2 peirs I have, eg 2 external corners. Also the dpm is just overlapped ( by 6 feet ) assume this is ok moisture wise? Busy day...

OK, I have finally got to the stage of pouring the garage floor (4mx7.5m) Couple of questions : I am going to have a gully drain across the garage door threshold, should this be set in first and do i have the dpm under this or upto it(hope that makes sense) What slope(pitch) would you have...

I need to hang a repo column rad on a thermolite block wall, also a floating shelf and a plasma bracket. Was going to use Hilti hit, but which one do I need? Do I need to use any Sieve Sleeves? Or am I just going over the top? Thanks for any advice. Alex

Hi, well the brickie has been here 2 days and I am a worried man. The quality of work I think is sub standard, and slow(on day rate). This is a single skin garage with peirs. Lack of bonding on corners, mortor joints in line, quarter blocks at the corners, bow in wall, bricks in peir not...

I have had my footings dug and the concrete is due for delivery tomorrow. 8m3 of trenchfill. Couple of quick questions.. As tomorrow is due to be nearly 30 degrees is there anything I should be doing to stop it going off too quickly ? Should I be doing it in that heat at all.The supplier has...

Following on from a previous thread, I am now at the stage of getting the garage built. Have sorted out a man with a digger for the footings, I will do the footings using readymix and I have a brickie ready to build to wall plate. The Garage is going to be just under the 30m squared. However...

Your advice please. I am starting on the refurb of our house, first port of call is the old electrics. Before I(under building control) or a spark, touch anything, do i need to get the supply uprated? Pics below show the layout, the dia of the metal incoming supply seems small to say the...

I am about to start to build a new detached garage at the bottom of my garden as the first stage of a general reburb of our house. The size will be 4.5m x6.5m. I am getting a man in with a digger to dig out for the base. So 3 questions. First, I am going to use the garage year round for...