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folks, Thanks for the replies. Sounds like it's time for an engineer. The walls are definately concrete panels, no signs of steel reinforcement either! :shock:

Hi Folks, I want to put a sunroom onto the gable end of my house. Problem is that the gable end wall is made of mass concrete and has a chimney (not used) in the middle. Has anyone any experience or advice on how best to proceed to knock an opening through a mass concrete wall without...

Hello all, Has anyone experience of mass concrete construction? I am in the middle of purchasing a 1930's farmhouse made mostly of mass concrete (single skin). There is no DPC and no foundations, evidence of some penetrating damp most likely some rising damp. Although i haven't seen it...