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Hi i have just built concrete block shed in garden when i have laid concrete floor inside i seen to be getting a lot of water of it. Any ideas why or how to stop it?

Need some advice regarding concrete flooring please. With the rubble and sand blinding + 100mm insulation i'm left with 110mm to internal floor level. Is this enough for concrete + screeding? The room Will be used as a kitchen. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have to fit some brackets onto a concrete pad. However, the concrete pad is slightly too small and will need to be extended by about 6” along one side, to a depth of about 4” The brackets have 6 screw holes, 3 of which will need to be screwed into the “new” concrete. What is the best way...

I am getting one of those concrete sheds what come in slab form. It is going to be 10ft x 21 ft. I have to put a concrete base down first and the company will put it up then. Any done one of these, how deep does the concrete base have to be 12 inches or 6 inches ? What cost am I looking...

Hi, new to forum and seeking some advice/ guidance. I have a concrete floor and have removed skirting. However it appears the concrete floor was poured after the skirting so I have now have a small gap around the perimeter of the room. Deeper than 5mm (so am thinking self levelling compound...

Ideally I want to concrete in my aco drain and last remaining flat top concrete edges today (for patio) Weather says temp will be 0 degree lowest but 7-8 during day. Is it ok to concrete in these conditions?

Hi I have two questions please: 1. I have a square patch of built up soil in my back garden that I'd like to remove and concrete over. I've had a quote today and he said he would remove all the soil down to 6 inches then fill with stones and then 4 inches of concrete -for £250 including...

Hi, I'm about to start prepping for my floor in the new extension. BC have mentioned if I put the insulation on the concrete there is no need for insulation around the side and this is his preferred way of construction.... Are there pro's and con's to doing it this way as the "standard" make up...

The edge of our concrete garage floor where it exits the garage has a 15cm sloped section, to help water run away from the door. We're replacing the door with a PVC French door and I need to straighten up the sloped bit. My only concrete experience is pouring it into a hole to support the...

I ordered a concrete truck today to fill the floors on my house. The area that was being filled in is 46 square meters (100mm depth). The concrete man claims that he has put in 7 cubic meters of concrete which makes no sense - the area is not big enough. To confound it further, he had a counter...

l would like to do a concrete driveway in our garden but l'm sure l have seen somewhere that you cannot do concrete driveways for drainage reasons :roll: is this true or have l just imagened this.... If there are no such regs on concrete driveways then l could do with a little bit of advice...

Evening all, this sounds so silly but it's been vexing me for ages. How do you make grey concrete? The only concrete I've ever made (OPC & builders sand) is buff. I want to do a pour job in the garden and would like the industrial grey you see in cast concrete, hell at this point I'll take a...

Hi, I’m looking to set a concrete lintel flush across a concrete path. This is to provide a smoother surface for a flood barrier seal that I’m putting over the area and will be a continued length with no joints. Also I’m thinking of reducing the lintel width to 50/60mm to prevent having to dig...

Hi I am building a lean to extension at the back of my house. There is a concrete base there but I don't know the composition other than it is at least 8" thick. Builder wants to dig it out and start again. £££££££ Can I just lay a dpc membrane, 150mm of insulation and a new concrete and...

I need to put a small amount of concrete down around a shower tray and make sure no water penetrates it. Is there anything I can add to concrete to make it completely waterproof? The reason for doing it is that a number of times the tiles around the tray have let in water and its gone down...

Can you fix a concrete post directly to your house/wall? I have read that it is advisable to use a wood post or a wall plate. I just wondered is it bad to attach a concrete post to your wall and why?

...these panels and posts, so I dug down to start post/panel removal. The problem I have is that the previous owner and his fellow numpties concreted in not just the concrete fence posts as you would expect, but also the concrete base panels, presumeably to make sure they stayed level. To...

Howdy Footings dug, concrete required... Any suggestions for a concrete delivery company in Surrey? I need to either be able to pump or chute the concrete over ~10m as I am mid terrace without a rear access. Cheers one and all

Hi, I'm coming to the point where I will actually need to get some concrete in. I like the idea of volumetric concrete so that I pay for what I use. I need about 1.2 cubic metres of concrete and will have to barrow it. Having phoned a few people up there seems to be a big difference in price...

I contacted the manufacturer about using hardibacker directly on top of a concrete floor to serve as a flat base before tiling. They advised me that they dont recommend using it on concrete but didn't say why. Does anyone know why this might be?