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    Do I need a Structural Engineer?

    Thanks both! (y) I'll give that a go and see how I get on. Just need to sort out what goes in its place beforehand so we aren't without steps! Cheers
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    Do I need a Structural Engineer?

    Hello! I'm looking remove these old steps to either replace with new block work steps or decking but I'm not sure if I need to get a Structural Engineer to check they're not integrated into the extension... Or is this a case of removing them hoping there isn't anything structural going on here!?
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    How to rebuild a 1930 bay window box

    Thanks!! Appreciate the help. Do you know how I re-create the curved sections and the rotten underneath as shown in the pictures? Not sure if it's a certain piece of UPVC that could replace this bit
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    How to rebuild a 1930 bay window box

    Hello! I'm currently removing a rotten bay from the exterior as the render has failed and the laths behind are totally rotted through. 1. Does anyone know what the black sheeting is called and what the modern version is called these day? That's failed and needs replacing too. 2. I'm planning...
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    Removing old render to get rendered

    Thanks, that makes sense to do that. The bay window box has totally rotted through so removing that and planning to rebuild the frame. The black membrane is totally shot so will take that off but not sure what the equivalent product is these days to replace it? Can you help?
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    How to rebuild 1930's bay window box

    Hello! I'm in the process of removing render from the front of my how and I am just starting to tackle the bay box. It is totally rotten through so I am taking it back to the black waterproof membrane I have a few questions to help guide me on what to do next: 1. Do I need to remove the black...
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    Removing old render to get rendered

    Hello! I'm getting my 1930's house (top floor) re-rendered as it is in poor condition and has had a lot of patching jobs done in the past. Some sections are coming off really easily but where there has been water ingress through the render, the bricks have become really porous and when I remove...
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