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You would be more likely to do multiple samples if there was a chance of finding asbestos. Where it's highly unlikely most peeps would just get on or you can send in a sample to confirm. So easy to get paranoid about the wretched stuff.

The white bit is what you screw to the floor, The threshold piece gets tapped down into it hiding the screws. Simples!!

I don't think I've ever seen purlin supports at 1200 crs. Like any beam the loading (rafter length) and section (you'll find anything from 4x2 to 9x3) determines the length the beam can run between supports. I would expect the props to come back to the central wall but you do need eyes on and...

Not so sure about the "I" Harry. Or perhaps you meant Architect Idiocy.

Unless his quote specifically says arisings to remain on site I would view it as a cowboy chancing his arm. Hand portable conveyors are another option for moving muck through a house. One assumes he has a plan for the concrete, bricks etc to go the other way?

Fair play to you for your plan and fair play also to the mum for not just plopping them down with the 'putor. I had my grandmonsterskids (7 & 9) banging in nails prior to laminating a floor just a couple of weeks ago and they loved it. Agree with all FMT's comments and would add gardening...

Yellow pages for farmer/recovery??? For a one off I'd just go for it

Get a cat.

It seems to me that if the heating chaps have cut through your dpm (the bitumen) and done nothing to reinstate it then the onus is squarely on them. You might wind up at a state of equilibrium where the water leaking in was evapourated by the pipes and the floor stayed dry but I very much...

You find farmers all over the place. Heavy recovery firms are another possible. In truth an obliging driver on the unit will get an empty trailer into some pretty unlikely places though some are proper jobsworths and refuse to do anytthing other than drive along a road, We still don't what...

For a one off I would just get a local friendly farmer with a big tractor and a dolly to drag the trailer in. You might need to think about some form of protection for the gas pipes if the trailer is loaded but if there is no restriction on the field in general then you should be ok empty.

I'd have to stick to fool even if with good intentions because he's used much more cement than he need have over the years. He could have used half the cement and those houses would still be standing: founds need very little strength. Even with groundbeams when we are designing elements to...

Tube stuff: Pink Grip or one of the many alternatives.

The pros will lokely view it a bodge but I've used constructipn adhesive for this kind of situation several times with nary an issue.

So maybe <30 days and cold weather. I'd say it's likely the screed hadn't thoroughly dried out: simple as that and if so then the floor layer should have advised waiting. The hollow in your first pic just looks like bad levelling in the screed

Your teacher was a fool or incompetant. "Correct" for what? Concrete comes in myriad forms for myriad applications. We can vary the strength, how quickly it gains that strength. how easy it is to place, its density. We vary the mix to suit the size of the element we're casting. A mass...

What is the aim? What kind of wagon: transit' 40 foot artic? What's the ground like? How straight is the run (width required?) For any sort of ongoing access you need to be thinking about digging out topsoil at least, Terram then 150 or so of crush. Even for a one off less than 50 is really...

Your analysis is generally very good but a few small clarifications: 1. The flux coating melts to form a protective slag which protects the weld metal for the first vital seconds. One of the signs of a poor weld is the guy chipping away with a slagging hammer for ages trying to remove it. A...

Or run off the top if you'd finished it properly.

That could well be Asbestolux: where is it?