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Oh, very nice! I worked on those for Air New Zealand at Christchurch, now back in sunny Brum!! rcs

Hi PP I didn't need to follow your link as I remember seeing your post before and thinking how impressive it was!! The flooring that has had to be replaced has matched the existing within 5mm, albeit thinner, but I plan to lay hardboard to level to the existing floorboards, then fit furring...

Do you mean 'furring' strips? rcs

Cheers Jason These 'Firings', do you have to make them or can you buy them? Cheers rcs

Hi Having read mattysupra's very useful sticky, I was wondering what is considered 'very uneven'. I'm looking at tiling the bathroom floor but the house has had settlement and the floor has a drop of 25mm over 2 metres to level. It's not a visible drop as the room is small but when you're...

We have a similar problem but due to historic settlement. The Structural Engineer advised to cut back the render 200mm either side of the crack, make good the pointing in the brickwork (and chock up any movement with slate if required) then re-render the area. I've spoken to a good all round...

It's a Worcester Bosch 35 Cdi.

Well it doesn't appear to be syphoning, just constantly trickling. I understand that it should fill a 'trap' which once filled, then empties by syphon action. If it's just trickling out and not ouring in a deluge every time it's filled, it would appear that it is effectively the flue! The...

Sorry, don't understand "blr" or "classified as i.d." Could you elaborate please? Many Thanks rcs

Could you recommend a good tanking kit and where it might be purchased?. For the benefit of beinerts, of course :wink: rcs

Hmmmm, terracotta....

Do you need to tank aquapanel? If you apply Aquapanel tape and waterproof tile adhesive to the joints, corners and holes (pipes for mixer), would this not suffice? rcs

Tank or stud with tile backer boards - Hardies or Aquapanel rcs

No fumes evident. Have sorted now by plumbing into waste trap in sink and now I don't think the tap is constantly dripping! :lol: Thanks rcs

Note to self: Must read original post properly :lol: Is the problem area well exposed to the elements and prevailing weather? So if the area has been bodged before, there must be something there that needs to be/has been rectified, i.e leaking gutter. Poor pointing can act act as a ridge...

Is the render removed in that area, cracked or blown? If it's just exposed 9" brick, it would be fair to say that render would fix penetrating damp.

Compo is short for composition, i.e. made up of various parts. It's mortar, just another word.

My sentiments entirely. I always like to keep an eye on things too. Depends on the proximity of the soil pipe to the wall, which like you say is going to be a bit of a problem anyway. I can't see a problem having the joint in the wall space as when it's assembled, you could compo around the...

Solid brick walls act as heat stores (to a certain extent) and so maintaining constant central heating will dry out any damp problems providing sufficient ventilation is provided, and will stay reasonably warm once heating is removed. When we were doing the real messy work and so uninhabitable...

Had a similar scenario as did the neighbours 2o years ago. The fix was to improve the ground level drop away from the house, check that the external floor level is far enough below the dpc so rain doesn't splash up, ensure the dpc was not bridged with render and improve sub floor ventilation...