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Hey all! I was wondering what I should have expected when a decorator came to wallpaper a single (prepared) wall. 7 x 2.4m . I fully expected him to put down the lining paper, let it dry and come back the next day to put in the wallpaper. He came in at 8am and left by 2pm (with an hour...

Hey! I'm pouring a new concrete screed in my garage and discovered the old slate DPC level is below the garage floor. I'm guessing this would cause moisture bridging in the future. I was planning to chip away a bit at the concrete slab around the edges, put down a liquid DPM and prevent the...

I'd like to install an internal door to an internal garage. The wall is an external 215mm wall and it is load bearing. I'm wondering what lintel to install above it. The LABC lady advised against a prestressed lintel since there is already weight on the solid brick wall from above. She...

Hi! I live in a 1930s house and am trying to figure out how the DPC/render works. Since the house is fairly old I don't expect it has a plastic DPC, but I can't find any sign of any DPC. The render applied to the house is very hard (you can't nail cable clips into it) but it also is flush all...

I'm looking to set up a small workshop/gym in my garage. The garage is part of a 1930s house and has a concrete floor. There doesn't seem to be a DPC (or perhaps it's been broken) between the concrete and the dirt since the concrete is constantly slightly damp in some areas (towards the center...

Hey! I was wondering why dormer roof extensions seem to be so common in the UK, especially in suburban areas where most houses have pitched roofs. We'll be looking to replace our roof in about a decade and I was wondering if it's possible to convert a pitched to a flat roof to provide...

I'm looking to install new floor joists in my loft between the existing ceiling joists. There's a beam running the whole length on the loft over the top of all the ceiling joists. It's nailed to every ceiling joist. The floor joists will be 175mm tall (mounted on 18mm ply) compared to the...

I have installed a UFH manifold with one 60m 12mm loop and the flow to the UFH loop is too hot. The flow into the manifold is 36C and the return is 32C. I'm planning to put an engineered wood floor on top of the ufh so my maximum flow temp must be 27C or I'll risk damaging the floor. Im using...

We had our driveway jetwashed and re-sanded by our gardener. We bought kiln dried sand that the gardener requested and they started brushing the sand on while the blocks were still damp from the jet washing. When I mentioned this he got out the leaf blower and started blowing the sand blaming...

I'm installing tounge and groove chipboard subfloor with channels for underfloor heating to replace old floorboards. I've added 150mm PIR between the (170 x 50 mm) joists, level with the top of the joist. The joists aren't particularly even and I've added plastic spacers in some places where...