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Hi all, looking for advice on how to get around a disaster of a levelling job. Basically we have cracked and slightly hollow sounding levelling compound in a low profile underfloor heating floor. It’s mostly solid as it’s bonded to the castellated panels, but areas sound hollow in places...

Hi, I’m just painting a newly plastered ceiling which is 12mm plasterboard on resilliant bars. The bars were installed at 400mm centres and every joint had a bar installed to ensure all edges had support. The joints were all taped up with skrim. It looks like theres a small amount of movement...

i now have 150mm of well compacted hardcore down in the extension and around 50mm of sand for blinding. Does the sand need to be wackered as well, at the moment I've just levelled it down with a float? Thanks in advance Sam

Whats the purpose of this exactly? I see that you should slope it away to allow water to run away from the internal wall, but surely it would be better if it just dropped further and soaked away well below the DPC? Thanks in advance Sam

The outside of the existing house is a very corse spar dash (council style) but it's very well bonded and not chance of it coming away. It is painted though. Do I need to remove this where the wall starters will be fixed or can I leave it on, screwing the wall starters to the face of it? I...

I've got to build over the set of drains for the rear single story extension I'm building. Been a really tough job getting to good ground (2 metre deep) and the build over paperwork took ages too. So I've got concrete poured and now need to bridge where the drains are. They are about 1000mm...

So, the garden currently looks like the Somme. Managed to get a 3/4 tonne digger in over the weekend and if it wasn't for the massive lump of concrete found underground, everything would have gone fairly smoothly! Anyway, I need to shutter off the crater that's left and I've seen some people...

So, the garden currently looks like the Somme. Managed to get a 3/4 tonne digger in over the weekend and if it wasn't for the massive lump of concrete found underground, everything would have gone fairly smoothly! Anyway, I need to shutter off the crater that's left and I've seen some people...

So basically, rear extension mid terrace. Neighbour on the left is an arse and I knew would be problematic. Originally I wanted to remove a small party wall which is on the boundary and forms a garden wall. I was going to replace this with my extension wall, built on my side of the boundary...

So another question, sorry. The rear extension I am doing was originally going to have a full width knock through, but this is proving to be a bit of a pain in terms of cost etc As it is, we already have two openings in the wall, two lintels. They start at either side of the wall, which is...

I am in the middle of plans for a single storey extension to the rear of my terrace house, permitted development. One part I am struggling to decide on is the eaves to the new rear wall, which will have a window and a French door in. The rear of the existing house has a fairly low window in...

hi all, I'm in the middle of doing some plans to show the LABC my intentions for a self built single storey rear extension. I'm also trying to gather how far I need to dig out below FFL. Could someone confirm whether this document is still acceptable please? It's a few years old...

hi, I have a mid terrace house which I'm looking to add a rear extension to. The biggest issue for me is the knock through. The current cavity wall is 6 metres long, with 2 upvc Windows and a door already in place (the door and one window are joined and share the same lintel) Both lintels are...

Hi, Thanks for reading. I am proposing a rear extension which will be the full width of the rear of the ex council house. The existing structure appears to have a full width (6.6 metres) concrete reinforced lintel which spans the building, with a wall in the middle. Picture attached. I've done...

Hi, i'm planning an extension on my mid terrace house at the rear of the property. The plan is for it to be the full width of the property, or as near as. On one side there is a wooden fence (mine) which can be moved and no issues with neighbours. The other side is a little more...

As per another thread I started, I have been rendering a wall after damp in my brothers house. Yesterday I put up the first scratch coat, SBR'd the wall first with 2 diluted coats approx 10 - 1 , then proceeded to apply the render. The wall was obviously still very porous as I had to work...

Hi, My brother has a 1920's house which has suffered from damp for a few years. The kitchen is being replaced and on removal of the units the damp became apparent and needed sorting before the new units went back. he had a damp proofer out and we were informed that an injection damp proof...

I live in a 1970's mid terrace which is an ex council whimpy build I think. The tiles are marley or similar all appear to be in ok condition. The problem started in the wetter months when I noticed a few damp patches on my newly plastered bathroom ceiling :shock: Looking up in the...

Quick question, Need to run a supply to my garage soon to replace the buried 2.5 T&E which is existing :roll: Was planning on a 16a type 2 RCBO on main house CU, 4mtr's of 2.5 T&E joining 8 mtr's of 2.5 SWA inside the house through to the garage. The SWA will be fixed to a wall surface...

As above, can i simply plaster onto this? I have a section which need's feathering in where 12.5mm plasterboard meet's? This will then be tiled over if that makes any odd's. Cheers, Sam