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    Insulating my cellar ceiling but what material to use

    So on Friday I had my loft insulated, a difficult job as we have some suspended ceilings which have been installed over old lathe and plaster vaulted ceilings so access is extremely difficult. As they were leaving after successfully completing the job (adding 300mm of Knauf loft roll) I asked...
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    Is a PIV a solution for a cellar?

    Recently had a cellar survey to fix general dampness (humidity around 75%) in a victorian terraced house. Floor has been properly tanked but walls haven' and the main source of dampness is the front where there is also no easy route for air input. The advice was to install a PIV. I just haven't...
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    Cavity drain cellar tanking - how to finish?

    Dear DIYnot, Longtime lurker; first time poster, so be gentle! We're currently having our cellar tanked with a cavity drain system (Wykamol). It's the full works: membrane on walls & floor, perforated channel around the outside, sump with twin pumps, and I think I understand how it all...
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    section of cellar ceiling concrete with metal protrusion

    I have just had the lath and plaster cellar ceiling removed. However, the contractor did not take down the small section beside the chimney breast. There's a metal protrusion and what appears to be solid concrete rather than lath and plaster around it. Does anybody know what sort of Victorian...
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    Air bricks - trying to find where my cellar meets ground level

    I'm living in a house with a cellar which currently doesn't have any air bricks. I want to install some but I have no idea where the cellar wall meets the outside world. Using a masonry drill, I started drilling a hole about two bricks down from the ceiling of my cellar and have got about 30cm...
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    Best method to remove rust from steel joists in cellar

    I am looking for advice on the best method to remove rust and repaint steel joists in a small cellar. House is a 2 bed back to back mid terrace house built 1860 (Budget end). Front door opens on to pavement. The property has a small cellar (Approx 4m x 1.8m = 8m2) under the kitchen which...
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    Victorian foundations: is their any point fixing the brickwork in this cellar?

    Hi All Cellar of Midterrace Victorian (likely 1905 ish), not used for anything at all (currently empty) other than hosting the electric board and meter. We're having the front repointed, should we seize the opportunity to repoint the cellar too? One guy said he could render + put insulation, I...
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    Creating a small opening in cellar wall (FOR ACCESS) - How to support the floor above?

    Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone could give me a bit of advice. I want to create a small opening (no wider than a door's width) in the cellar's internal brick wall. The reason for this is because currently there is no access to the suspended floor below and I want to access it so that it's so...
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    Flooding Cellar & House Move

    Hi all, I’m looking for advice on a particularly tricky situation we’re having with our cellar (end of terrace 1880s Victorian house). We moved in 7 years ago and although everything in the cellar was slightly raised (insinuating there may have been previous flooding), we didn’t have any...
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    Damp Cellar

    Hi, My cellar, which has always been a little damp seems to have got much worse over the past few months. During some really bad rain I could actually see it seeping through the walls and pooling up on the floor. I've had the guttering cleared as there was some overspill at the time. I was...
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    Air bricks in solid sleeper wall

    Hi everyone. Our cellar has a sleeper wall in the middle of it but is not honeycombed. Its quite musty down there and so I want to improve the cross ventilation by adding some air bricks to the sleeper wall. What I want to know is whether it's okay to have an air brick lower down the wall with...
  12. JPLindley

    Replacing Patio - Cellar Vent

    Hello all, I'm just starting out with redoing the patio in my back garden as the original and addition section had all moved and most of the concrete pavers were rocking. I've pulled the old patio up and i think i know where I'm heading with the new one apart from one bit. There is a grate...
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    Finding my cellar

    Hi Moved into my house a few years back and have recently been going through some documents I found relating to the house. One of the documents is the schematics for the house as it was in 1988 and another one with proposed alterations which is how the house is now, both documents show a cellar...
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    Basement Stone Floor / Bitumen

    So, after starting a job today it soon turned into something else so thought I'd get the views of people on here. I live in a 1840's stone built end terrace. The previous owner has converted the basement but it leaks and the walls are often damp so it clearly hasn't worked. I'd love to rip...
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    Temporary Cellar Renovation

    My Victorian terrace has a large cellar that, while not liveable, is pretty dry and doesn't smell. Long-term, I'd like to convert it into liveable space but we don't need the extra room right now and it'd be expensive to do as it might involve lowering the floors. I'm 6'3" and can stand up in...
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    Bad damp smell in cellar

    Hello. My cellar still got a bit of nasty humid smell. I already installed porcelain tiles, but the walls are drywall. I painted drywall with primer, which did not help at all. I heard that mould is not growing on concrete but it will in plasterboard, so would be clever to remove plasterboard...
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    Cellar ceiling height

    I've just bought a house with a very usable cellar - it's been insulated and has heat and light and fully decorated - all with planning permission. We bought it as a non-habitable room for storage as it didn't meet building control. I've looked at the regulations and I'm not sure why it hasn't...
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    Basement drainage | Foul and dewatering

    Hi All, We are going through a cellar to basement project and just want to ask a few details about the drainage layout and what offers both building regulation coverage, but also what is the most practical solution. We aren't 100% tied to the layout so if a more suitable layout would be...
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    Re-Routing Electrical Cables In The Cellar

    I've just moved into a Victorian property with a cellar that I'd like to convert into a proper utility area for now and liveable space in the long-term. There are effectively three rooms in the cellar: one below the hallway, one below the living room (front) and one below the dining room (rear)...
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    Ventilating a Cellar After Insulation The Ceiling

    I've just moved into a late-Victorian, mid-terrace property with a great space in the cellar that we want to use as a storage/utility area. While there is a useable drain, there is no ventilation to the space and I'd like to make sure I'm on the right track with my plans. Two surveys didn't...
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