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thanks both, the builder we just had around did suggest might get away without redoing the roof but I think i will get another one around and maybe a couple of roofers too. Many thanks for both your posts much appreciated.

We have a slate roof circa 1870, original slate, no felt. Our 3rd floor (attic floor) is a livable space or at least it was many years ago, when we bought house it hadn't been lived in for ten years and so far in last 7 since we bought it we only used attic floor for storage. We now want to...

This is going to sound stupid, but here goes. :oops: Our back yard is concrete with odd drainage channels run through. We want to improve the look so want to lay slabs. We have no DPC as house was built 1870....so do we lay slabs over concrete and raise drainage cover or dig up concrete and...

There seem to be a couple of similar topics in the forum but nothing that gives me a conslusive answer. We bought an 1870's house stone built and there was definately rot in the a back room that had the outside road onto the back wall and no DPC. The skirting was rotten along a back and side...

Ok I am convinced :lol: Thank you all for your comments, have looked at both links will definately Tank!!

We have bought a wet room type shower tray 1200x1200 its plumbed into the floorboards and two sources have told us contradictory advice re tanking before tiling. The shop we bought the tray from (Fired Earth) told us we must tank the area up the walls (plaster) and floor surround (plywood)...

Funny, we actually just paid a tiler rather than do DIY as was worried with getting the right result. Despite this the result has not been good; lips all over the place and the tiling up to the skirting board is not straight either. The tiler says we SHOULD have removed the skirting board. (he...