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Ah ok il take another look. I did see various opinions on it but were older posts and as we al know things are either proved to be right or wrong at a later date. wont be tiling, so the very top finish dont have to be perfect, just not 40mm out haha Thank you for your reply

Hi all Did have a search but lot of older threads come up Whats the general thoughts on using primer for slc? Substate is old solid concrete, doesnt appear to have any damp. It foes have what looks like old paint in a few sections but i cant be sure what it is, i may be able to sand that...

Thats a good thing to consider. Il take note of those points. Thanks woody.

Ah, so thats where it comes from. I did that above my livingroom door frame. I figured that would be the reason behind it! Thanks guys.

Hi woody. The web is pretty deep, i could get around that. But i guess id need to make sure it cant get nailed or screwed. What do you suggest in terms of plasterboard covering. Single layer of 12.5mm? Thanks as always!

Its done, architect has seen and hes happy. Insulated it while i was there. Wall ties every 3 courses and toothed in. Skeptical on the cold bridge side of things, but hes assured me its fine and bc will be happy. Were really hoping!!

Hi all. I have question regards to passing services from one side of my extension to the other. I have a 203 x 203 uc beam that will need boxing in. My question is can i use this space to pass my hot and cold feeds from one side to the other? Floor joists run in different directions so i...

Wall is down and padstone is out. Nerve racking moments taking those shims out!! Brick work was as bad as we thought. The inner skin was partially toothed in to the party wall. Mix was strong but a large section of brick was not toothed and funny enough it was the part where it over hangs...

Well had some conflicting advice. This is what really annoys me. Finally got hold of designer who did calcs. Told him the plan to scrap the padstone bridging the cavitys and he said to re brick it as the design currently is as per drawings. I dont get it. Told him my concerns about bringing...

To be honest tony your right i have felt like i have had too many ideas in my head. I have taken the architects plans literally and so far it never works out. Tried to get hold of him since thursday with no luck. That L shape setup is clear and very straight forward. Obviously the courses will...

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Hi tony. Are you saying that the 215mm (for arguments sake) brick that the padstone bears on is causing a cold bridge on what would of been the outside skin? What if i cut it and stuck one of those flexile dpc/foam strips in? Think they are about 20mm L shaped padstone is a good idea. I can...

here's two paint drawings i threw together, two ways of doing it. the second picture will require more work to tooth out the party wall to match blocks.

got a few plans together in my head. here's my proposed plan but open to suggestions or the fact its a crap idea ;) first look at the picture's before you read this as i have crap ways of explaining! i took a closer look at this today, got it propped up and ready. upon closer inspection...

i got the architect down to have a look and get some eyes on it before i get BC involved. looks like i got my work cutout for me this weekend. he wasnt happy with it. he said in theory it should pass with the bearing, but said there's a serious lack of wall ties in the pillar and window/door...

Ok buddy. I will keep an open mind for now. I suppose all i can do is see whats said

Took couple more pics. Its overhang is about 30mm.

I guess so, but iv got to get this inspected and i dont want it falling down so maybe i just need to grin and bear the BCO's response. Im pretty sure i know what its going to be.

Thats exactly how i feel mate. We have really been s#it on with this. I thought we were over this untill we took this wall down. It was covered by a window reveal so we did not see it till we took it all down. With the amount of snots in there it was impossible to look down into the cavity. We...

Evening. I have something on my mind regards to an rsj we have had installed. Its been in for a couple months while we waited to get a wall knocked through. This weekend we got round to knocking the wall through and we have since found the cavity wall to be at two different widths that is...