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found the watermains and gas pipes with my pick luckily didn't do any harm,there appeared to be no reason for subsidence so have put new base in and filled with readymix, it cost £200 in total £40 for tool hire, £160 for concrete, got the sub base for free(road planings) and my brother took the...

My concrete drive has a section approx 3m square which has cracked and sunk with a hole appearing where a bit has broken off, looking into the hole it appears there is a cavity underneath the area which is all cracked the rest of the drive way is fine. Could this be caused by subsidence? my idea...

hi, we got a local hetas registered lad to fit a stovax stockton 5 he took the wood lintel out and fitted a concrete one so the fireplace is now building regs compliant. We then sent the wood to a joiner who cut it and fixed it to the concrete as a feature. It looks smart and burner works great...

hello, i'm slowly renovating a victorian terrace house and have found the original hallway tiles under the old carpet they're not in the best of nick but i want to keep them exposed. One problem i have is that where there was rotten old wood panelling on the wall which has now been removed there...

we're renovating our victorian terrace house,about 4 months ago we took out the gas fire and opened up the fire place fitting an Elm lintel with a view to fitting a wood burner.The lintel now appears loose and the new plaster in the alcove next to chimney breast is cracking.How can i rectify...

thanks i know my mate isn't so does it take much to get building control out?

Can anyone fit a wood/multifuel stove or do you need some kind of qualification like you do for gas? my mate is a builder and has said he can fit one for me but someone else told me if my house burnt down my insurance would be void if i didn't have some kind of certification.

if the floor is level do i need to bother with the self level compound or can i use something like hey'di k11 mixed with sbr and then put the laminate down?

my victorian terrace house has concrete floors, in the kitchen i intend to put laminate flooring down with underfloor heating mats, as i suspect there is no damp proof membrane under the concrete can i apply tanking slurry then put the heating mat insulation boards down? the floor appears sound...