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Any help on the above please?

You could notch a bit of where it actually mounts to the glass allowing the squeegee section to push further in against the hinge.

Just to double check before I buy the materials. I had planned on filling the cavity with sharp sand below interior DPM, creating a DPM trough that I then pack out with celotex. I'll use this to then fill with concrete covering door lintel and bringing level with remaining bitumen on floor...

Is there a reason I can't just use a cavity closer and then screed over this?

I've shoved a tube onto the hoover and managed to clear loads more. It's about 30cm clear below the lintel DPC. Is this sufficient?

How much of the cavity do I need to clear? I've gone down and found a DPC coming from under the base of the house. This isn't along the full length of the threshold cavity. I've cleared this much so far, and feel I could be clearing forever? Shall I trim back that clear DPC flush then run fresh?

Removed the concrete and it seems this whole cavity has just been filled with rubbish. There's wood and nails in here. Presume this isn't ideal as it will be bridging the cavity and potentially introducing damp? Shall I remove all the rubbish from the cavity then do as above?

So if the bit between blue and red is hollow, shall I knock this out to then run the vertical insulation?

That's just a full bitumen layer over the concrete base, they aren't tiles.

I've highlighted the photo to make it easier to understand. There's DPC exposed under either wall left and right (highlighted blue). Then a DPC wrapped over the door lintel (also blue). Where the red line is where the bitumen layer starts and everything between lintel and red line is just...

Using a multitool was the one, then used a sharp scraper to get the rest off. The gaps are terrible, just a shame when people do jobs like this! Ill be foaming and filling the whole area.

Having removed the carpet by the front door I've found the floor cracked underneath the upvc door. I presume this has occurred when the door has been fitted and the bolts have been screwed down. I have removed all the broken floor and want to repair this. The floor in the house is concrete...

Thought that might have been the case! Aslong as it's not moulded into the door that's fine. I've actually already removed a section and I'm glad I have as there's a big gap behind it that's letting cold air through. If needs be ill multitool it as I'll be replacing it anyway and can fit one...

Around the front UPVC door there is an internal trim which has gotten abused a fair bit. I'm currently redecorating the whole porch and want to remove this trim to replace it with fresh. It has been placed over the old paper. It appears to be glued to the Upvc frame, what can I use to remove...

It's easily about 10-15mm, I'll have to measure it

I may need the height in order to fit some wood flooring and have it inline with the carpet.

The whole bitumen edging was vacuumed when the skirting boards were removed, so bit late now! This was before I removed the grippers but the bitumen was still already cracked. Obviously I had no idea there was any fibrous material beneath! I'll get it sent off for sampling as I ideally want to...

Its dark now

Whats actually wrong with secondhand upvc windows? If the windows are the correct size and the glazing is intact why is there a problem? Genuine question.