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This is my room at the stage where the Type 2 hardcore on compacted ground had been sand blinded then had 25mm lain over it: I squared of the old footings with shuttered concrete. The original tar DPC is at the top of the breeze block: I then painted liquid DPM up to the tar DPC: Then stuck 2" of EPS as perimeter insulation: The went 1m up the wall with more DPM on the two external walls before studding:
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My 3x3m bathroom. I screwed "screed rails", (actually lengths of Unistrut), either side and made a tamping board. 100mm of wet concrete. Came out flatter than a flat thing.
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Love the smell of proper creosote. Just bought 25 litres. It goes much further if you cut it with old oil.
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A mix of 75% old engine oil and 25% white spirit would work.
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Before you rip up the glazing buy some of this and go around the glass to silicone joint. https://www.grime-x.co.uk/product/grime-x-seek-n-seal-windscreen-sealer-sealant-liquid-rubber-silicone-repair/178 Or this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Captain-Tolleys-Creeping-Crack-sealer/dp/B003T6EJ9A If only for the name!
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Stone Outbuilding Reroof - is this the right design?
Onoff replied to Lears's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
Time might be better spent by shuttering and casting level wall plates down the long sides. Then you could use trusses or it would make doing a cut roof easier. 2x 47x220 c24 timbers screwed together as ridge beam seems overkill thickness wise.- 2 replies
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Got a pic from above that roof light? Meanwhile throw some more money at it: https://www.maxam.co.uk/maintain-your-property/seek-n-seal/
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Got a pic from above that roof light?
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All joking aside, how about a wet room tanking kit? Tape the corners & between the different substrates then paint on the flexible tanking slurry.
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Music to @Pocster's ears that suggestion.
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In all seriousness, great news if it's fixed! Be very aware of any fissures or cracks that may hold water then freeze/expand during the winter undoing all your hard work. Hopefully any such gaps are well filled with the black stuff.
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Said measurement being in litres?
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I've had my lad 3D print plastic "shuttles" that we tie brick line to and suck through with a hoover. Similarly I've cut a square of plastic carrier bag, popped a hole through the centre and stuck the line to the plastic with a bit of duct tape.
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Best approach for drilling 20mm terrazzo tile?
Onoff replied to markharro's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
Use a guide. Lidl sometimes stock a set of drills including a vacuum type guide like the one below that you stick to the tiles. Did all my bathroom with a set of drills like this and just drilled bits of timber to make a guide -
The correct answer was "I'm easy, either! 😉"
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Inside or out?
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The bigger ones like you show usually need a 3 phase input which isn't a problem on commercial sites. You can get smaller ones like this for instance that run off of a 230V single phase supply. Look at the description. You would need a kiosk, temporary or otherwise with a 5OA Type D MCB in. That then feeding a suitably sized armoured cable to power the site transformer. Cable size is basically dependant on length of run.
