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There is a concrete slab just outside my back door which I absolutely despise. It always seems to be filthly with a green tinge (i'm assuming because of standing water). I dont know if I have the energy to pull it up and re-lay it as I wont be in this house for more than another year or two...

Hello, My property has a concrete floor so the old air bricks are redundant, and the cavity behind them is quite large, resulting in condensation forming on the inside wall. What should I use to fill the cavity, and what should I use to block up the hole once i've removed the airbrick?

Hello, I have a flat in a conservation area. The other freeholders and I are looking at installing a new drainpipe as we don't currently have one servicing the building (it's a terrace and goes to our neighbours, but as a result we are getting water coming over the front of the building as the...

I've been chasing out some back boxes ahead of my electrician coming in to re-wire my flat, and some of the bricks behind the chase have crumbled, leaving some quite large gaps behind where the back boxes are going to go. I remember hearing somewhere not to use bonding to fix them in, as it can...

Hello, I am just in the process of rewiring my flat and after measuring all of the new locations for the plug sockets at 480mm above floor level I checked them with a laser and noticed that they aren't level. As it turns out one side of the concrete floor is 40mm lower than the other (the room...

Hello, I have a basement flat which currently has surface mounted sockets. I want to chase all of these in whilst I am refurbing it, and when my electrician came round he mentioned that I would need to remove the ceiling to put all of the cables in, and then chase down the walls to where I...

Hello, I live in a ground floor flat of a victorian terrace in London. I'm looking at replacing the back window leading to my garden with a set of french doors. The work will also involve bricking up the old back door. I have got permission from the leaseholder, however as I understand it I...

Not entirely sure where to put this so I hope this is the right place. Im trying to solve the damp issue in my flat, but it seems everywhere I look there is an alternative method of fixing the issue, and so many rogue (and expensive ways) of just covering it up for it to still be an issue down...

I'm undergoing a renovation project and looking at installing some underfloor heating. It is a lower ground floor flat with a concrete slab for a floor. It's approx 50sqm and consists of a open plan kitchen/living room and a large bedroom. The current central heating system pipes are copper...

I am purchasing a lower-ground floor flat which currently has all of the plug sockets and wiring surface mounted in trunking. I'm undertaking a renovation project on the house soon so now is the time to get them hidden! I am looking at installing a wet UFH system between a concrete slab and my...

I'm at a loss as to what decision I should make. I'm just in the process of buying a new lower ground floor flat in London which is approx 50sqm. Its been unoccupied for a few years and we will be renovating before we move in. In the late 80s the wooden floor was ripped out and replaced with a...

I am purchasing a lower ground floor flat and we have identified that there is a fairly bad damp problem. We have had a damp specialist in and they have recommended the treatment outlined at the end of this post. They have mentioned we should give the plaster 1 month per 25mm of wall thickness...