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You'll probably find most the people on here that try to give advise are cowboy builders seaking advice and work them selves :) I would suggest if your like me and confident enough to have a go then do a little more research, get a decent damp detector, a tarpoline and rope and have a go...

Right so tie it into the extensions damp course sounds logical just need confirmation thankyou, now how about the old wall, sorry for going on, shall I fit the damp course in between the underside of the stone an the soil there for forcing majority of the damp below the course or is there a...

Sounds like a plan, so membraine down on to present floor and screed over at about 75mm. Do I need to tuck it inbetween the bottom of the old wall and soil layer or leave enough so it sits flush up against the wall, and also would I need to cut down to the original damp proof layer going...

Thanks, I should have guessed that, as you said I will give a few days and go from there. Thanks again.

Hi, Previous owners decided to put a nice extension on a 100+ year old house and done a lousy job of the floor in the extension. The screed floor of the extension sits lower than the foundation of the old house (which is soil) So I have a 1inch layer of wet soil at the bottom of the adjoin...