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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...

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

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, 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...

i have a 1900 end of terrace. While trying to trace a leak cased by an old rose growing through the brick work I discovered that the bottom 2 courses of bricks in my foundation were missing at the corner, leaving the outside 6inches of house unsupported. How bad is this. Can i rebuild the...