cellar

I want to convert a coal chute cover to a window. Has anyone had experience of this? The current cover is on street level and the angled chute flows in to the cellar. The cast iron cover has gaps, which make the cellar very cold and with heavy rainfall small puddles appear at its internal...

Hi all, I'm replacing my kitchen in the next few months and I'm toying with the idea of creating a void below the kitchen floor and using it as a mini cellar/larder. I've seen ready made spiral staircase wine cellars, but that's way more sophisticated than I'm considering. It seems like an...

Hi Short version - moved into new house with a cellar (one main section and then a small further section with outside wall). I believe it was an old coal a cellar. Upon purchasing house appeared fairly dry. Took advice and bitchumen painted the walls to hopefully create a dry usable space...

Just doing a bit of research to see if what I wanted to do is actually possible! If you could help or have any experience of something similar that would be great! So the idea is that I may move my washing machine into the cellar and put in a sink, tumble dryer etc. Only problem is it seems...

I've just bought a house and I've discovered that the basement, which is a lot smaller than the area of the house, seems to be entirely built of hollow walls. I've also noticed parts of the ground floor which aren't over the basement flex quite a lot, considering I'd expect something like...

I live in an 1890's end terrace which has a half cellar. The wall which separates the cellar has developed a step crack, spanning about 4ft in height. It follows the mortar, although one brick has split. The joints in the cellar are a little eroded at points, and I think the crack is perhaps...