wall

Hi my garden (Manchester) has slope and there is no where to play for the kids. So I decided to sort it out. I am building a wall (not the trump wall!) and this would allow me to have garden at two different levels. I will fill one side of the wall with something (any advice welcome). It has...

Hi my garden (Manchester) has slope and there is no where to play for the kids. So I decided to sort it out. I am building a wall (not the trump wall!) and this would allow me to have garden at two different levels. I will fill one side of the wall with something (any advice welcome). It has...

Hi my garden has slope and there is no where to play for the kids. So I decided to sort it out. I am building a wall (not the trump wall!) and this would allow me to have garden at two different levels. I will fill one side of the wall with something (any advice welcome). It has taken me 3...

Hi, I have recently purcahsed a house with the knowledge that I must address some of the short roof purlins as some of them are barely hangining onto the edge of the walls into which they slot - one by only just over an inch. Another has some rot in the end following a previous leak and needs...

I have a gap between my main house and double storey extension. Although I call it an extension I think it has been there since the house was built as every house on the street has the same layout. The gap is even all the way through and it is not wider at the top than the bottom. I wanted some...

re the right hand black line on the wall drawn over the crack with a thick permanent marker; the lintel below that cracked wall is redundant, the opening that required the lintel is now blocked up but still not rendered (image), there doesn't appear to be a corresponding vertical crack in the...

Long story short - last year, bees took up residence in my nice sunny south-facing wall, right next to my bedroom. Noisy things they were too, but just had to wait for the little blighters to go (didn't even leave me any honey to say thanks). I need to get something done about it before they...

Hi all, Wasn't 100% sure where to post this, but figured General was as good a place as any. Also, apologies if my terminology is incorrect here, please bear with me. I'm looking to install some pull-up bars in an upstairs room, on an exterior (?) wall (i.e. inside, but the wall is a...

I've bought a second hand conservatory that needs a dwarf wall. I've laid the foundations to the right size and now need to build a dwarf wall. I hope to build this out of blocks rather than bricks as I'm aiming to render the walls. What is the best block to use and any tips on building the...

Hi all, I found a good guide on how to block-up and un-used fire place here http://www.practicaldiy.com/general-building/chimney/chimney-blocking-up.php to start with. However my job has one more complication being I need to install a TV bracket and a heavy shelf on the newly constructed fire...

Hey everyone, we have a combi boiler which heats our radiators. Lovely. The only thing is we have big vents around the house which are just gaps in the brick, with an air brick on the outside and a sheet of metal on the inside. You can really feel how much colder it is where the vents are. So...

I have only recently bought a replacement vent for my baby's bedroom. The house is mid 1950s built and in the box room there is a vent already screwed into the wall. Its the only vent in the house. When I bought the replacement vent I discovered there are no screw holes? I have tried to contact...

Good evening everyone. Thanks for a great forum. Our home is a medium to large 1930's/40's semi-detached, made of bottom-half stone and top-half pebble. I'm not sure if this might be important info, but our home elevation is approx 675ft above sea level, although it is on a long flat road...

hi Stupid error on my behalf. It's a .7m x.7m hole. Can I retrofit by grinding out some mortar, slipping in some flat metal ties and remortaring? It will be hard walked and skimmed so prettiness is not an issue here. Thanks

Hello, I'm having an extension built. The wall is made up of an inner block leaf, an insulation layer (60mm ecotherm), a cavity, and an outer block leaf, with 25mm of external render on top. The cavity was supposed to be 50mm wide but the builder made it narrower (approx 25mm). He insists that...

Hi, Looking for next best steps. I had a pre-existing issue with a mixer shower that's valve had gone. When I have gone to replace a leak in the kitchen that I assumed was due to this and bad sealing has become more evident. The hose that connected the water supply from under the tub to the...

Hi all, Recently been aware that there is some asbestos in our artex ceiling that is going to be removed. Since then i have been trying to go through old photos of work that i've done to the house to see if anything could have potentially contained asbestos. So far i've posted about textured...

Hi all So I live in a 1920s house which has me and my boyfriend are currently attacking room by room, the room we're working on is the kitchen. Being bank holiday seemed a good idea to start ripping everything out, until on day two I thought to myself 'I wonder if that's asbestos?' and have...

Hi I have had some structural work done and inevitably the mortar on the new parts of the wall are brighter and more yellow than the original mortar which has the best part of 50 years of grime and weathering. I was told by a guy who does pointing that there is a product on the market that can...

Hi guys, I have removed a non load bearing wall to open up my kitchen and diner however the doorframe and surrounding wall which was previously the entrance to the Kitchen approx 5ft accross has joists sitting on it. These joists come from each end of the house to sit on this wall and are...