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Thanks for your replies, I've sussed out my valleys now! Charging onto the next problem some point soon no doubt!

I think on the last roof i did, about 8 years ago we put thin ply over rafters then lead with edges rolled over on top of that but my reference pics are missing for that one and they guy 'helping' has confused the issue more.

Sorry cant quite picture it... triangular fillet straight onto rather, then membrain, then lead with edges rolled over.

I'm currently building a house, and battening out my roof at the mo ready for slating. When installing support boards for the lead valleys can I lay 150mm(ish) wide 12mm ply over the rafters edged with batten then butt the 25 x 50 mm roof batten up to it rather than fitting board flush with the...

Using 20mm marmox cos we have a marmox shower former which are 20mm as we want a level access shower. Figured we would have extra security of water resistant / proof floor just in case anything escapes through the enclosure door. Also good ammount of insulation for floor heating. Using 20mm all...

Thanks Richard, I will lay a floor first, either ply or it seems I may be able to use osb board. My only queery is the thickness. 18mm is the most but do you reckon we can go thinner, just trying to reduce step into the room. Was going to check with marmox head office on tuesday.

Is it possible to lay 20mm marmox directly onto floor joists or does it have to be supported. I don't want to lay ply or anything over joists 1st as this messes up levels. Will I have to put battens on side of joists then ply to meet top of joists then marmox. Cheers

We found water under our suspended floor too. It turned out a rose root had been growing through the brick from outside which was pulling water in from outside with it. We dug up the root and re-pointed the bricks and the water has dried out now.

Hiya, we've uncovered a bit of a nightmare behind the plaster work on our chimney in the downstairs back room. we would like to make this a nice builders opening but are really worried about the work which has been done before by the previous occupier. The original brick...

Hi, thanks for your reply. I have uploaded a couple of pictures which might show what i'm chatting about a bit better. cheers[/img]

Hi, We're in the process of building the constructional hearth for our fireplace and are unsure about damp proofing. we have damp-proofed the earth/floor with slate and damp-proof membrane, do we need to damp-proof the sides up to the slate damp proof course before we fill in with...

thanks very much, I have lifted the next 2 paving slabs underwhich were some rusted old paint tins. I think i have found some solid ground, sadly not a nice concrete base. i think i will ask a few people what they reckon. But i like the idea of pouring the concrete and building up with...

It is only the very corner that is missing some bricks. There are 4 or 5 courses of brick under the DPC in some places, here it seems the bottom two courses are where the problem is.