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my property (built circa 1800) has no damproof course. The exising render reaches the concrete path (and possibly below, as clearly the ground has been raised over the years). The building inspector mentioned about cutting off some of the render (which is sound) at ground level and painting on...

My builder has applied most of the first coat (concrete) and is now letting it dry before next layer (though the bit he hasnt put first coat on wont get chance to dry, as his next visit will be his last - which I dont understand). This first layer is very sandy and i can literally wipe off the...

I have a ton of thick Damproof Membrane left over and wondered if it would be a suitable roofing material for my shed roof, in one single sheet (ie no joins)?

My acres of external walls are completely covered in flaking paint on top of the roughcast render. Where it had blown is being repaired soon and then I plan to repaint the whole house. I have tried removing the flaking paint with a decent jet washer, but its even slower going than me with a...

My electrician has placed inline backdraft shutters (eg. https://www.extractorfanworld.co.uk/4-inch-inline-backdraught-shutter-284-p.asp) into the flexible hose of the wet room vents. He has basically pushed one end of flexible hose over one end of the plastic shutter and attached another piece...

is this visible carpet join acceptable?

I have just had extractor fans added to bathrooms, kitchen and utility in my completely remodernised house and I am wondering if there are any building regs that the electrician should have adhered to regarding the vent cover on the external rendered wall. Im currently getting lots of freezing...

Im in the process of having my kitchen tanked with membrane - walls and floors. But wondering the best way to ventilate the chimney breast. On my other chimney i have vents at the bottom, inside the rooms. However poking holes in the new wall DPM mesh, in the kitchen, hopefully is not my only...

Im hoping for some advice on what should be happening with the damp proof membrane mesh being installed in my very damp kitchen (mesh on all walls). 1. Should washer seals be used on all plastic plugs below window cill height 2. lots of holes have been drilled into the mesh that havent been...

Ive searched this topic in the forums, but all the hits seem to be very old .. so hoping there may be some updated information available. My house is estimated from around 1900 and has everything wrong with it, including quite a bit of movement. One of the endless list of issues is damp patches...