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Should always lay slabs on a sand cement screed, sand will eventually wash away a slabs will move..then grout them...:)

You have to expose the old foundations by means of test holes to see how thick and how deep they are. Then get the local building control officer out to check and hopefully pass them to build an extra floor. Educated guess is that they will not be strong enough as they were only proberly...

When you have raked out the old mortar, make sure you wet the beds throughly or your pointing will not take properly

Put up a couple of layes of Gyproc 50mm soundbloc, then your false ceiling, should keep some of the noise out..:)

Never put cement based products directly onto copper pipe, it rots it through time and does not allow for expansion, place copper pipe or any other pipe in a plastic conduit then fill the channel

@ Coggy: Did not direct my post to you but at the first posting..my apologies if you thought so..:) @Masona: If you are not a time server tradesperson, how do you know you have done the roof properly?, just because you 'think' it's right does not mean it 'is' right.

Takes a long time to build your reputation up, but if you start at the bottom and work up i.e. local papers etc you will get there eventually. Don't expect to make it over night,. Walk before you crawl before you run :) ..and make sure you give it 100% I myself don't advertise now, I get...

The best way to go about this is to strip back about 5 course of tiles, then starting from the middle of the gutter form steps either side using a stepped wall plate on the wall side and a stepped lay board system on the roof side. Form the base of the gully from 20mm WBP board. Lay a WBP ply...

I'm sorry if I'm about the upset people but afraid the old saying comes to mind 'Jack of all trades master of none', you can't expect to charge top rates if you are not a time served tradesman

If it is cracking at the top where the plaster meets the ceiling, its probably due to noggins been omitted from the floor joists that allow you to nail the plaster board close up to the brick/studwall. The only long term remedy would be to insert noggins from the floor above and re-nail.