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Hi All, I have an old house (c170yrs old) which has a screed floor laid straight onto the earth. I've just laid some click vinyl flooring over the top of it but am thinking maybe I should have put some insulations down. Because of the levels going into other rooms I could only get...

Hi All, I'm looking to build a brick step using blue engineering bricks on edge as the tread. I'm wondering if this is the best solution though as I'm thinking they may get slippery in the winter. Also, not sure if it will look good or not! A slab for the tread has been ruled out as an...

Hi all, I need to replace all the swimming pool edge copings on an external swimming pool approx. 15m x 8m and also replace the paving around the poolside. A few questions Will the pool need to be drained Do I need to use any special product to bed the copings (water level is approx 100mm...

Hi All, Does anyone know what the possible cause for this is...doesn't look like efflorescence to me as it's in the mortar although I'm happy to be corrected on that! It's below a window on a groundfloor flat. Many thanks :)

Hi All, I'm a builder and am looking to get a camera that I can put up at the start of a job and leave it to take a time lapse video of the build as it progresses. Any recommendations? Many thanks

Hi All, I want to do a brick on edge capping on a garden wall using engineering bricks. Are perforated bricks acceptable for this or do I need to use solids? Many thanks

Hi all, I've got to put saddleback copings on a half brick garden wall and render it on one side, will the coping still be wide enough for the drips to be effective or will I have to look at different options? Thanks in advance

Hi all, Just after a bit of advice. I'm a builder and went self employed about a year ago. Work seems to be going ok, and I have a fair bit lined up for next year, the jobs are getting bigger as well after the first year of doing anything that came my way just to keep working. I am...

Hi all, I hope this is the right section to post this. I have a friend who has had an oil tank installed in their garden. It is about 300mm from the neighbours fence and the installers made some temporary fireproofing which was basically a few sheets of hardibacker board leant against the...

Just had someone to lay turf in the garden, looks awful. He didn't stagger the joints, didn't cut it into the edges, didn't even use a board to stand on. There is paving at either side of it so I figured it would be nice and level in between but there is high spots 2 inches above paving...

I tanked a room a month or 2 ago with cementone tanking slurry and now some damp seems to be coming through it. Originally there were some damp patches on the floor and also on a couple of walls so I tanked the room and the floor using SBR as a bonding agent, 2 thick coats at 90 degrees to...