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I live in an old stone cottage that had a single storey flat roof extension built in the 70's. About 14 years ago I put another extension on the end of the extension, and went over the lot with a pitched roof. I stuck 120mm of Celotex on top of the rafters. The new part that I built is much...

A thermal camera will help you see where the heat is going to.

I guess you didn't see the photos woody.

I put 120mm insulation boards on top of the rafters on my extension. Made fixing the counter battens a bit more of a challenge.

Look for backer rod foam. You can get different thicknesses. It needs to be a reasonably tight fit to hold the sealant.

Looks to me like what's left of the DPC that was under the wall.

It makes you weep building the wall when you keep cutting off the snots.

I take it you won't be sticking any photos on of your garden walls done in that style then?

When I first saw a house done like that I thought the outer skin had been ripped out.

Bit more for Surrey.

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There's around 20 different styles of pointing, but the concave half round (bucket handle) and flush are the most common for new work. The best jointers are made by Rose.

Yes, it's still on sale. I need a new one, I've worn the old one down working for subbies, so it's doing 5mm joints now.

There was a hire mixer brought back to Jewsons yesterday that had been used for a resin drive and the drum was wrecked.

The problem with deep fills is that they can look well compacted, but below isn't. They are supposed to be wacked every 6 inches, but this doesn't normally get done. They often find with road repairs that it will sink a bit in the first 6 months. For concrete floors a maximum fill of 600mm is...

Might be worth leaving it for a while to allow for any settlement.

The DPC is a bit of a slip plane, so does allow a bit of movement. Also the masonry below isn't affected by temperature changes as much.

When a crack stops at the DPC, it's often thermal, but when it goes into the ground it's more likely to be a foundation issue.

I'd never have guessed that.

The most difficult bricks I've worked with for different sizes were reclaimed ones which had come off a few different jobs. You need to check the different sizes before you start, and then take your time setting out the first course. When building up the corners use the bigger ones as using the...