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I've got an old concrete base in my garden which I am wanting to extend and put a new layer of concrete over the bit already there. How should I go about it? anything to watch out for etc etc

concreting paths on Monday , whats the ideal mix and what thickness should concrete be for general purpose use any help would be appreciated

...at purchasing the house next door to my in-laws for some crazy reason. I know these houses suffer immensely from damp from the existing concrete floors. Apparently they're built on an old stream, they do have wells in the rear gardens and a lake not more than 50metres away. I've just...

Hi just a quick question about drilling into concrete. I am building a wood shed and the posts are going into holders which will be fixed to a concrete block in the ground. My question is would it be better to drill the holes for the fixings before the concrete is fully hardened and then let the...

Before tiling on concrete What’s the best thing to repair deep (5mm+) holes/divots/chips out of concrete?

Hard concrete layer on top of the powdery concrete

laying 150mm concrete, will 1 day be enough to allow to go off before walking on it?

I'm slowly rebuilding a secondhand conervatory, and now need to concrete the base, it will have a dwarf wall. How thick for the concrete? will 4" do ? I have a lot of used pavings to get rid of, can i concrete on top off? Would this cause me any future problems? thanks.

Iv had to damage my concrete path / area outside my front door removing a pesky tree root. Iv cracked away some concrete and underneath its just soil. What do i lay down on the soil before i pour some concrete in and what kind of concrete is required. I was going to smash up the old...

just wondering what the norm is for laying water pipes in concrete floors. Concreteing beetween house and garage and running pipes to washing machine, hot and cold

Hi all, I have a lovely 1970's concrete patio which someone has scratched a lovely pattern in (not!!). I reckon the concrete below goes on for miles so to save a monster job digging this up, can decking be put on top of concrete? Thanks in advance for your help :D

I have a small. Strip of concrete that garage door has damaged …and also concrete fence posts on a few there face has spalled exposing rusty reinforcing. Anybody used a concrete ‘patch/repair’ paste … is this one any good ? or do you know of better. On posts, I will use rust converter to try...

what size drill bit do i need for a 7.5mm concrete screw, builders supply say 6.5 but this seems a little large,[going into a concrete brick ]

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concrete bbq

Concrete Base

Hi. i'm installing a concrete base under a lilleville summer house. The ground slopes, so on 2 sides we'll need retaining walls and on 1 corner we'll need to build the ground up. The damp proof membrane will go between the type 1 and the concrete, but how do you stop the damp getting to the...

looking to build a new steel framed garage can I put a concrete base down first or do I need to do foundations and concrete floor inbetween

Are these any good to get rid of my old crap concrete patio? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HEAVY-DUTY-240V-ELECTRIC-CONCRETE-BREAKER-CHISEL-SET_W0QQitemZ170126072295QQihZ007QQcategoryZ112393QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is obviously a stupid question because i am obviously a novice. But do i have to lay plywood over my concrete floor in the bathroom? Or can i lay the ceramic tile on that concrete floor. Also, the concrete floor has been painted and sealed with a polyurethane coating. Would it be...