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As said, my treatment was following instructions received from above & i fully agree with you Woody in a few weeks the problem will probably be back. So lets assume that is to be the case and also assume thermal bridge is not the cause. Therefore, what would you recommend as the required...

Woody, my part of the job is the fixing, where possible, not the surveying side. The most recent case was a block of 4 flats with a common walk though area between the bottom 2 flats which leads from front to back. The building is of face bricks, however, the walls of the walk through area...

Thanks Woody, trouble is the jobs we're working on don't lend themselves to the design out option. Bascially we're talking about council owned houses where the residents report 'damp' mould on the walls where damp is not penetrating from outside. However, cold bridging is very much the...

I understand the principle behind Cold Bridging and find that at work we're coming up against this problem quite often. Other than major re-working of walls is there a practicle solution to the problem?

Just get rid of all the old wallpaper & paint etc to the best the wall can be, fill any large holes (filler or browning depending how big). Twice over with PVA and skim the lot with multifinish.

As freddie says the air brick isn't load bearing in the way you're thinking. What do you have on the inside, a plastic grill type vent cover? Bet there'll be quite a draft through it by the time you've made it into the cat's front door :D

I see said the blindman :wink: My interest in steel beams has always been t'other way round :)

Not really understanding this, is the second beam an RSJ with the first being a UB? On the face of it a 12 inch will take a greater load than a 10" but what on earth are you trying to hold up with 10 and 12 inch beams...? Full width of the house?

I'd reckon hammerswing is right in what he says. If anything, you are maybe over egging the pudding with 8 fixes on a unit that size but that's no bad fault. The only thing i'd be sure of is the frame and opener are true before adding the glazed units. If a fix has pulled it out of true you...

I've said this before on this topic but it's worth repeating. Go to a merchant and get a plastic mixing bath and a decent shovel Add your ballast and cement gauged in the correct quantity Mix up DRY When mixed, add water and further mix until the right sloppyness (for want of a...

I've just looked at a tube of frame fix in my van, it says coverage 6mm bead - approx 11 linear metres. So, 6'6" is about 2m therefore, one tube should do 5 panels easily. 25 panels x 6 tubes (to be on the top side) of Dow Corning or similar works out at about £25.00 in product, plus a few...

How many joints to seal, what length each and how wide a bead required?

Is the garage already built or are you building/sealing joints as you go? I'd probably look at a frame sealant or something like this http://www.screwfix.com/p/dow-corning-791-anthracite-weatherproof-silicone-sealant-310ml/44836

As said at the start of the post, i rarely have to drill cores but all the same wanted something up to the job and affordable to me. So today i took delivery of a Makita 8406, not new but a good condition second hand unit from a private seller, not an ex hire firm drill or something that's...

I'd be interested as to why exactly pepper pots are a waste of space and what if anything is better? All the merchants stock them and at work we fit them regularly, but we only have a few thousand houses to look after :wink: and must admit not all have a pepper pot but those without a real...

Something i picked up from one of our older surveyors, i've taken it to mean one or more chimney pots....but having looked on the tinternet it has no meaning at all.....i'll ask the guy where he got it from lol... :shock: But i'd like to think there was some kind of mythical chimney dwelling...

Then you want an 18v li-ion impact driver lol...but not for a tenner unless from 'onest Mick's van :D

Assuming the chimney runs behind the wall in question, does the chimney stack have redundant foves open to the air? If so it may need a terracotta pepperpot top fitting to stop rain getting in. If the above has already been done or similar then there is a chance of condensation running down...

For a tenner there abouts, i think the multibit job is gonna be a good tool for anyone, easy to carry in a pocket with 6 options of bit there and then

http://www.uktoolcentre.co.uk/Shop/p~39887~Multibit-Ratchet-Screwdriver-with-10-Bits.html?utm_campaign=googleshopping&utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=Product+Search&gclid=CInV2MmczLICFYcKfAodTkIAnw I'm on my second one of these and they are just spot on, holds 6 bits in the twist storage...