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Hi i wanted to know can you put self levelling compound on top of liqiud dpm also can you name a few.

Hi i have a damp concrete garage floor and would just like to know do i put liquid dpm direct on the floor and then self levelling compound for nice finish or is it the other way round, also after the self levelling compound do i need to do anything else, please can someone tell me the process.

Hi i have an outbuilding that has a damp concrete floor, i know that my builder put dpm underneath the concrete but i think that something has gone wrong and i have told my builder to go due to some problems we have had. I have heard that he was supposed to do finishing on the surface but he has...

Hi i have had a garage built, and my concrete floor has got damp proof membrane underneath it and metal mesh, but my floor is damp most of the time. My builder did not do any finishing on the floor. Am i right in saying that i need to put surface damp proof membrane on and then put self leveling...

Hi there i have an outbuilding being built which has 4 double sockets and 2 tube lights i also want to have a running machine and tv in there and occasionally will be using my lawnmower and power drill. So what mm cable should i use as there are so many, some people say 1.5 others say 6 or...

Hi i want to know if my builder is doing the right thing? I have a garage with felt roofing, and he is going to put the gutter on. What i want to know is that should the felt hang into the gutter or shall it be on top, my builder wants to put a piece of ply wood along the side and put felt over...

Hi i have recently hade a garage built and the walls are made of breeze blocks but my builder is a d*ck and does not do things quickly, as a result my walls have not been painted with masonary paint. Its been like this for months now i want to know that if one of my walls are getting so wet that...

Hi i just wanted to know would a 2ft by 2ft foundation be ok for a detached garage, and also do you think building control will accept this.

Hi i have already built the walls of my outbuilding, but planning told me to lower the height, which we have done. Now it is permmited D. But my floor area is over 30sq metres, a building control inspector has come out and seen it and told us to do a regularisation. i would like to know do i...

Hi there can someone tell me the minimum size you can get roof joist and beams, also what is the height a flat roof adds to a outbuilding minimum size please. Thanks

Hi there i have had to lower the height of my garage walls which are made of breeze blocks due to planning. It does not have a roof and we have not yet painted it with masonary paint, my builders started taking off the bricks using a bolster and hammer but it seemed to come off so easily...

Hi i have recently got walls built for my outbuilding, and was told it was to high by the council so now i am forced to reduce the height they said to remove two breeze blocks all around. Now can someone tell me the best and safest way to do this so that my walls do not get damaged, oh and is it...

Hi i am not a builder but just wanted to ask that i have a garage being built and there is a course of dpc and dpm on the engineering bricks and then the concrete blocks are above that. Now does my concrete floor have to be above the dpc/dpm level as this would raise my floor level too hi as my...