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IMG_20170228_59609.jpg Hello, I've an old house constructed around 1900. In a back area of the house, in what I believe used to be the old original kitchen the floor was covered in vinyl that I lifted to lay a tile floor. Knowing they wouldn't have had DPM I painted on a bitumen based DPM paint, th...

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I reside in an old farmhouse made from stone. The exterior walls are just one thick wall, followed by a gap, then the lathen plaster. My intention is to remove the lathen on the exterior walls, fill with glass wool insulation roll, then add plasterboard. My question is will there still be sufficient...

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Does that mean if I remove the bottom 4 lines of slates to replace the sarking board I'll have to have the bottom row all held in place with metal clips?

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Hello, I've got a steading building and in some parts I needed to replace some slates, and replace missing ones. Also in some areas I'm needing to remove a couple rows of the bottom slates to replace the sarking. My tiles are double nailed on the top edge which prevents me sliding tiles sideways to ...

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I've had a read of sites explaining retaining walls however my project is slightly different. lve got a septic tank buried in my garden that required me to dig it out recently to be emptied. The tank is approximately 4-5ft deep, I've now dug out all around it and now look like it's at the bottom of ...

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I have a combined stone and wooden lintel across a large door opening. The wooden lintels are twice as long as the stone one crossing two openings passing over a stone built pillar. The wooden lintels are rotten at the end below the cracked stone lintel. The stone lintel has obviously been supported...

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Old Slab Floor With Moisture and Tile Grout not Setting

Insulating Stone Wall Farmhouse and Air Movement

Re: Repairing Steading Roof and Sarking on Building

Repairing Steading Roof and Sarking on Building

Building Retaining Type Wall around old Septic Tank

Cracked Combined Stone and Wooden Lintel Across Door Opening

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