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Thanks all, ill look at moving the frame. Occurred to me that if 3 corners are fine, then implies either the frame or the door must be warped, so I'll look at resolving that (or replacing the whole lot)

Hi I have a door badly out of the plane of the door frame, the bottom is probably 10mm or more non-flush with the jamb. Could someone give some advice on how I should move the hinges in order to make it flush? The obvious thing (to me) would be to move the bottom hinge towards the outside by...

Hi Pics attached sorry for the delay. The inside one is the edge of the floor next to the wall adjoining next door (it is a terrace). This is what I understood of the DPC - I have a concrete slab underneath the underlay, and beneath that you can see some plastic membrane. The wall itself has...

To reduce dampness on the wall (or so I was told)

Disappointingly not.. I actually went with a more expensive quote as the bloke sounded like he knew a lot about drainage The Aco is still 7inches below the DPC (not the 8 inches I asked for but I let it slide), and hence so is the soak away. Soak away is next to the house though.. do i need...

Got it thanks!

Where it runs out, they dug a hole, and filled with gravel saying it was a soak away

Hi If im honest i dont know for sure, what i can say: - Its dont blue brick or slat - The floor is concrete pad - and beneath it looks to be a plastic layer - so I assumed that.. - The walls do look like they have been injected in the past (based on the holes) but it hasnt dont much good...

Hi Just had an aco drain installed - its open at both ends, the landscaper telling me that "it doesnt need capping since it will drain out the open end" Is this standard? He has put a proper drop on it down to the open end.

Hello Having reduced the height of my front garden 6" in order to solve damp I have some questions on what to do next: - Hard to tell if the DPC is still working, but either way id be happy to re do it. The inside wall is dot and dabbed, so will easier to be done from the outside - can I drill...

Hello I've just lowered the front garden by 6" to fix a damp issue - my previous front path was above the DPC for reasons known only to the previous occupants. It has left a strip of bare brick, which is obviously bad as damp will penetrate. What should sit here to protect it - I guess some...

Worked well with a router - thanks for the advice.

Hello I'm replacing an old (stable type) external back door with a solid wood door. I'm not 100% what to do with regards the bottom of the door, where it needs to overhang the (metal) jam at the bottom. I've drawn a cross section of how the old door looked - so essentially the bottom 10mm of...