solid wall

  1. W

    Internal stone walls

    Hi all, I am hoping to get some advice. I have a Victorian property where all the walls (internal and external) are solid stone with thick horsehair plaster/ lime and multiple layers of wall paper. Some of the external walls are quite damp as the previous occupants never did any work to the...
  2. O

    Wall insulation with Rockwool

    Original plan was to use Kingspan but current pricing is a bit ouch so I'm looking at building a 3 x 2 framework parallel to the full brick solid outside walls then filling the void with Rockwool (got a lot of timber and rockwool so those price hikes aren't a big worry). Question- am I ok with...
  3. O

    Window sides not vertical

    Solid wall, full brick. The outside of the window is about half a brick smaller than the inside (left, right and top). Width is 910, sides aren't vertical (about 20mm out at the top). New window is going behind the front face. Question- which will look better- 950 wide (so 30mm of frame will be...
  4. MeldrewsMate

    Damp 9" solid wall - will Thompson's waterseal help?

    I got a call from the gf yesterday, a large damp patch had appeared high up on her bedroom wall, and I can't confess to being the culprit...it's been a long time since that was possible. Her flat is the ground floor of a converted 1910 (ish) semi house with solid 9" walls. The bedroom affected...
  5. K

    Failed/blown concrete lintels - replace or repair?

    Two inner concrete lintels(100x~250) supporting 1/2 of external 30s solid walls, one supports a 1.8m window opening in 1st floor (carrying 3 courses and roof) and the other a 2m window opening in ground floor (supporting 10 courses and then an exact size window opening in 1st floor), are blown...
  6. T

    Solid wall lintel type

    Hi all, I'm currently removing some patio doors to shorten the opening height to allow for double doors and a wall plate for a flat roof which will run across the sagging soldiers. I'm going to add a lintel as there's no external one at present (1930's semi). I just wanted to know if it's OK to...
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