exterior wall

Hello, I'm looking to understand how I can fill a hole in the side of my house. The part of the house with the hole was built in the 1860 so is made up of very thick walls and stone. The hole itself is approx 30cm and about meter deep, and has steel all the way through the hole (which I assume...

With the 2023 building regulations changes it looks like the external wall width (from exterior brick to finished plastered internal wall) for a new extension would be: 102.5mm - exterior bricks 150mm - cavity for standard insulation (unless using some higher performance / more expensive...

Hello, We brought this house around a year ago. Built in 1990’s. The other week I noticed a rather long hairline crack running up the corner of the house. Runs from the bottom, through DPM and through around 12 bricks… The previous owner has planted a decent sized shrub that has a fairly thick...

Hello all :) Never built anything big before. I'm want to build a masonry 15m2 outbuilding as a gym. I want to use the building all year round and I can imagine a lot of body heat being generated. I plan to have an electric heater too for winter. I have two wall designs I would appreciate...

Currently planning an extension and some internal work to re-do the kitchen and create a utility type of space. In doing this space is tight, but I can fit the rooms, walls in etc. The work is on a single story portion of the house with a flat roof. As part of the work, the current front wall...

I decided to put a new carpet and a lick of paint in the loft room. A couple of hours' work. Two days later... The problem was the old ceiling was sagging, and only insulated at the top. Truth is, I was concerned that there may have been no air gap at all, and mold was starting to grow on...

I want to build a long narrow shed down the side of my house. What is the minimum amount of space I can leave between the shed and the house to prevent any problems to the house such as damp? Im not concerned about needing to get down the side as the shed will not need maintaining. I will...

I bought a property in August 2018. A month ago, so far twice during heavy rain and wind, the water started to leak above the kitchen window. There is a small gap between the window and the wall and water is coming through there. I marked this with yellow on the pictures 05 and 06. At first, I...

Not sure which forum is right for this - happy for mods to move it as needed... I have coaxial cables from a sat dish entering the ground floor of my house in two places, neither of which is where I want - so I plan to move or remove them. Looking from outside, both cable ingress points have a...