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The mastic/silicon seal should still be done around the old reveals but be concealed by the render covering it. If there is a desire,need to redo it you just wait until the render is dry and run a bead around it. Don't forget victorian and earlier houses survived for centuries with only...

Who gave you the advice and why? This was a common feature of houses built up to the early part of the last century and is generally not a problem if the ventilation is adequate.

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As above, windows and if they are PVC make sure the protective film is left on or they will be ruined if any render get on them or the plaster's floats rub against them.

An IG or Catnic box lintels could have been used but they are only available up to 4.8, to short for your application as you need an additional 300mm to give the minimum 150mm bearing each end. There are some lintels over that length, intended for extreme load cavity walls but they are very...

I have on occasion seen a few stacks with a brick vent above the roof line but not sure about it. Right so you can't fit a vent OK, so make sure the stack's pointing is good and the flaunching (the mortar on top of the stack around the pots) is sound with no cracks, renew if necessary. Then...

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Only in as much as they were designed to bear the weight of ceiling joists and the plaster attached to them. You have to also consider how the walls are supported, are they on the floor slab or are they off their own foundations. Being a bungalow it is likely the walls are built off the floor...

Are the Universal beams(UB) supporting the 2 leaves of a cavity wall, in which case separate UBs is OK? Common practice, but not proper practice, is to set the beams on the brick with a mortar bed to level them. Proper practice is to use pad stones especially in older victorian buildings...

Keep the trench as clean as possible with the bottom even and level and sides as straight as possible. Consistent concrete thickness is important for overall performance of the found without weak spots that could result in cracking later. (though not so likely in in a light structure like a...

Stop worrying, as already mentioned the imposed weight of the superstructure will more than overcome any risk of slipping. bear in mind plastic DPC has not always been keyed and was never much of a problem when smooth. Try putting a piece of the DPM in a vice and try pulling it out, well...

Then not a problem with fumes and a hit-and-miss vent could be used as room ventilation if you wanted (though I have always found they just look terrible and get dirty so got rid of mine). If ventilation not wanted in room, put a brick vent in roof space to keep stack dry. Still needs...

Hire the tool mentioned by loply from your local hire shop and get a sharp cold chile or bolster and 2Lb heavy hammer to remove the waste. Better to use this machine and make narrow cuts that will be easier to knock out with the chisel. Check the depth of cut these machines make as it may not...

You can put a vented cap on the pot, but what you do with your 'lover' is up to you :lol: :lol: . No seriously, cap the pot but do not put a louver in the room it served for the very reason you state, toxic fumes from old soot. If you put a louver vent in do it in the roof space. In that...

The beads are bonded as they are injected and are by their nature non compressible. Vermiculite on the other hand is compressible (ever tried pressing it between your fingers), it is better for loose fill in roof spaces or mixed with cement to make lightweight concrete to fill around flues...

If the existing lath and plaster is sound (no cracks or loose areas) you could apply Gyproc thermaline, see http://www.british-gypsum.com/products/gyproc-thermaline-plus in thicknesses up to 90mm which includes the plasterboard finish and need only to be screwed in place and can be wet finished...

The easy part of what you are proposing is laying the new sewer runs and the 2 manholes (MH) and back filling the old MHs and pipes. However you have to consider the connection of the 3 lines from the main and ensuite bathrooms and the kitchen. Each of these now needs to be run to the 2nd...

If as the builder has told you, nothing thicker than 25mm board will fit the cavity, then he should not put anything in until the extension is built and the cavity fully closed. Then he should have it cavity filled with the silver polystyrene beads. These are treated to be fire retardant and...

Hi Now before anyone mentions it I know this post is 9+ years old, but while looking for other information on the subject of Perkos online I came across this post. At the time of the original post the BCO who enforced the requirements for both an Alarm system and Door closers in a family...