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It’s not going anywhere to be honest mate literally water logged the garden and now sitting in the trench that’s the problem I’m facing

The rain from the street goes into the gullies on the road and the rest from peoples drives looking at the makeup of the ground run to the house then down the alleyway into the drains in back garden. I’m not guessing the water doesn’t drain as the ground in clay for a good 800mm as I installed...

Hi good afternoon I’m after a little advice please I’ve got a front garden which is built on clay soil 1970 ex council house. Next door has the drain for roof water in there garden so I’m left with no where to drain my water fall from footpath is towards the house I have an alleyway at side of...

It does slightly sound hollow, crack looks worse on the photo thanks

Can’t get fingers in just unsure how it’s happened after plastering completed 2 months ago

Hi good afternoon I got some plastering completed on a house refurb 2 months ago heating has only just gone in and starting to notice a few cracks is it anything to be worried about most are corner of doorways but 1 is in corner of room. Thanks

Hi good afternoon I got some plastering completed on a house refurb 2 months ago heating has only just gone in and starting to notice a few cracks is it anything to be worried about most are corner of doorways but 1 is in corner of room. Thanks

Was genuinely asking woodys background not being funny I ask for advice on here and take it all onboard thanks

Thanks woody what is your background your responses always seem to make me feel better about problems I’m coming up against

Is it nothing serious with the cracks running diagonally through the mortar especially as it’s at a top corner thanks

Hi all just noticed a stair type crack on the exterior of my house running through the mortar at the top corner few courses down from the guttering wondered if it’s something to be worried about or best way to fix it we’ve just purchased the property so unsure how long it’s being this way thanks

I’ve now blocked underneath the beam to floor level using concrete 7N blocks so almost certainly shouldn’t go anywhere now

Hi good evening all I’m just on stripping house I’ve just purchased and noticed this rsj supporting underneath the stairs going from kitchen to hallway. It’s probably been like this for some time the house is 60s ex council should I be concerned. I’m planning on blocking up underneath from floor...

That was the wall in question what I removed it was in line with the doorway ya can see the patch repair from removal of wall

All joists run onto the rear wall on the first floor and the roof we are not exposed and rear wall is approx 6.5 metres in length with patio doors it’s a semi detached property and the house has a solid wall between next door. I wasn’t aware about buttressing and lateral support until I started...

Good evening all Ive removed a 4” block wall between my kitchen and dining room in a 1960 council house I have recently purchased. The wall was approx 2.2m long. The wall runs parrelel to the joists above it with no joists touching the wall and nothing on top of the wall just a empty void to...

This is the only wood in the wall, wall runs opposite way to joist above and below was literally built off floor boards and easy to remove

It’s approx 1600mm high, 50mm block dividing toilet and bathroom nailed to edge of wooden door frame and finishes at the wall. Thanks

Thanks but it has block work up to it then couple blocks above it so not sure why it’s there to be honest

Good afternoon just on removing a 50mm block wall between toilet and bathroom upstairs wall is built on floorboards and nothing running above it in the loft ex council house 1960’s. Noticed some timber in the wall 3/4 of the way up, in line with top of door frame just wondering if anybody has...