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    Fixings- wooden column to wall

    Hi, I'm in need of finding some fixings to secure a 150mm square wooden column to a block wall. Anyone have any recommendations? Also, at the top of the column above I want to join it to a wooden beam, I've had some steel plates made up with 8mm pre drilled holes, I'm looking for some...
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    Board/insulation solution for single skin kitchen.

    Hi, I have a single skin concrete block extension with cement render. The walls appear to have had a number of various coats of lime render, gypsum and then finally fully tiled. There was no ventilation and mosture has been trapped in the mixture of coatings above. I'm taking it back to...
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    Wet sub floor wall and wet internal ground floor wall

    Photos: https://imgur.com/gallery/Vld7A Hi, we purchased a new house and we knew it would have some issues. 1930 concrete block 215mm thick with render construction. Timber suspended floors on concrete piers in a sub floor. There is a cracked concrete path that runs down the side of the...
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    Flashing, ridge tiles and changing a roof light

    Firstly, apologies I have a few queries on the forum. I've just come back from the house and I have a lot of thoughts buzzing around but I'd like gain some opinions from people more experienced. The kitchen extension on the house (photo links below) Has no flashing, it has a cement fillet...
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    Leave, cover or replace flat roof section

    We have a small kitchen utility that's tagged onto an extension. It has what appears to be asbestos sheeting which has been over lain with some form of surfacing. See photo links below It's not leaking at present, but the survey says it's at its end of life. From the inside we will be...
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    Damp corner with high outside path

    Hi, I think the source of a damp side of the house is a high pathway that runs alongside the house. It starts at floor level at one end but rises up circa 200mm above internal floor level. This is the corner, it appears there was a concrete fillet between path and wall originally, there is...
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    Black dust between block and plaster

    Hi, I have a corner in a house which I assume is damp (outside path is too high) which I will tackle as the source of the issue before any internal work. I removed some of the loose wallpaper in that location and the plaster skim is loose too. Upon removing this there appears to be a black...
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    Damp wall and timber floors, surveyor report

    Hi all, first my apologies on my first post being a request for help and advise. I did use these forums a long time ago when we did our first house but I've misplaced that login and email. I've just had some initial feedback from the building surveyor on a property we are trying to buy. For...
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