internal wall

Hello. I recently posted about whether some internal walls in my living room and kitchen maybe load bearing. I thought I’d pull off some plaster board at the place it meets the ceiling to see if I could see if the wall in question was supporting a joist. I have discovered that the internal walls...

I am building some internal partition walls inside a bungalow, they will not be supporting anything apart from their own weight and anything hung on to them. I plan to construct these out of brick (preferred) or concrete blocks. The bungalow is a 1970s build and has a solid concrete floor slab...

Hi All, csn someone suggest here? I need to build internal wall at ground level where kitchen units will be held. Can I use old bricks which was taken from other wall? Or thermal or concrete blocks is best? I don’t like to use stood wall. Thanks.

Afternoon all, When I moved into my house I started to look at mounting my TV on a bedroom wall, I couldn't find the studs when tapping and nothing was picked up with a detector. When cutting out the backbox for power and data, I found that this wall isn't a stud wall, it's 3 layers of...

Hi, We have damp issues on the inside of our bedroom walls. As you can see, it is primarily located around our window areas. The walls have been built using breeze blocks. Could anyone advise a course of action that a layman such as me could administer to correct the problem or do I need to...

Evening folks! I'm extending into an area that will retain a concierge. The the concierge office is staying as commercial whilst the extension will obviously be residential. The architect has specified the internal separating wall as being 100mm Celcon blocks + 50mm cavity + 100mm Celcon blocks...

Hi, I bought my Victorian terraced house 5 years ago and the wall that joins my neighbours has a big part of what I'm guessing is efflorescence, just inside the front door in the hallway. As far as I can tell it hasn't got much worse over the years or better. But when I paint over it or sand...

Hi. I have a strange problem. I have a random damp patch that has appeared on an internal wall out of nowhere. The patch is where a doorway has been pboarded up. Hallway is on the otherside of the wall. No pipes running under or behind. No visible dampness anywhere else. Have lived in house for...

Hey all, hoping for some advice please. I live in a first floor flat that used to be an outbuilding, stone walls as far as I'm aware, not sure of the type of plaster (I've never been told about the property itself) usually very cold inside. The property has been in my family for a long time, it...

Hi all, We are currently in the process of buying a house that has an indemnity policy for planning permission and building regulations for the front porch and also the extension. However, we are now also considering internal walls that we want to knock down such as that containing the airing...

Kitchen_damp_wall_20180613_154415 by Fishwalker posted 13 Jun 2018 at 4:04 PM We fitted a new kitchen in 2015 into our 1908 mid terrace and the room needed some serious attention to rotten floorboards and joists, which we resolved. I also did some work under the floor in the adjoining dining...