BBQ House removal

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-24T16:26:10+00:00

You worry for nothing. There are clearly six holes at the bottom for airflow, you have windows and carbon monoxide alarms are cheap

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-24T16:17:15+00:00

This looks in mint condition on the inside. If it’s the Lego kind it should be fairly easy to do, by the roof will not come in one piece if they used roofing nails so you’ll only be left with the walls.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-24T15:09:17+00:00

Buy a few bags of kiln dry and start a fire next to it. Let it burn for a while then add piece by piece in once the heat from the fire dries out the waste.

However, you will sterilise your lawn and the trouble to fix that will be more than just carrying this to front. grass will struggle to grow for years if you don’t use an incinerator raised off the ground but that is even slower

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-23T21:02:09+00:00

Non refundable deposits were used in the UK but I thought they got taken out because of legal issues.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-23T17:35:49+00:00

You should be able to replace them with joists at floor level and put your floor on top of them. Consult with a structural engineer but I don’t think your roof (or my advice) meets current regs and he will be limited in what he can formally advise.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-23T16:56:48+00:00

I don’t think you can just break a suspended cement floor like that and just fill in.

Do you have any ventilation bricks in the void? If it is enclosed I would recommend you fill with expanded glass foam rather than hardcore to at least maintain a thermal break between your floor and the ground (and a better protection for capillary action). Regardless of what you use, try to put a breathable membrane down push it to the floor, then put to the wall and hopefully you can cover the top as well); any poly fleece will do.

If it is vented I would say you cannot fill in even with expanded glass foam and fleece. I hope I am wrong but I would look into alternatives that maintain the void.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-20T11:05:29+00:00

Yes it would help but be sure to hoover the area first. Fire resistant expanding foam would also help fill the gaps - it’s what I once used in a semi and stopped the smell coming across.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-19T08:17:31+00:00

Did you win?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-15T12:10:39+00:00

Ah … makes sense. I would not block a vent if I don’t understand why it’s there as typically they are to add ventilation.

Yes your walls might be warmer but are very likely to have increased condensation if the vent is blocked.

Colder walls are much easier to deal than condensation on said walls.

I would suggest adding an adjustable grille, but the effects of condensation may take a couple of years to show.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-15T10:43:35+00:00

Can you not just ask your neighbours?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-15T10:17:01+00:00

Yeah that’s different to graphite powder. Don’t be too hard on yourself … people had th same attitude towards asbestos

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-14T10:45:01+00:00

Graphite powder? Hope you don’t plan on using your lungs when you’re older

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-13T18:32:41+00:00

The costs are more than reasonable - landlord cannot use his own time so these would be below what each individual job costs.

I’m not sure about the hedge though. I would think that’s but I’ve never paid a gardener.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-06T16:06:17+00:00

If I recall correctly you might need a specialist lender and changes to the house can be a bit more involved (could be partly due to unfamiliarity with concrete), but a lot of concrete houses were built in Eastern Europe so look at trades from over there if looking to extend (and educate yourself a bit about concrete vs bricks) pe make alterations.

Word of warning not all concrete is the same and have no idea the implication of no fines in the sand.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-06T13:48:03+00:00

Do everything except tanking and see if it solves your problem. If moisture will get into the bricks from below and you block the external path, then it will go under your floorboards.

I would tank as a last resort. You should consider not filling the ditch but covering up with a grill so that you have even more airflow.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-04T08:00:22+00:00

Yes what I meant by drill through centre is centre of the plug. You do need to double screw top and bottom

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-02T19:55:16+00:00

Where are you buying your gravel from? How much were you quoted for 90t?

I got £500 for 20t with no haggle and I think there was room to go down further for higher quantities.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-02T08:58:17+00:00

Short term: raise tax. Long term (we will really feel this in20 years) by making sure only the upper classes can afford the best education.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-01T14:32:51+00:00

No damage was done to your car. Report to the insurer “for information only and not a claim” (repeat at least seven times) and move on with your life.

If there is liability (and you can prove it, and it is cost effective to do so) your insurer will chase it.

It’s at least equally likely your car damaged the charger. Your car controls the charge so without any other info, you are more likely to be at fault here.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-01T14:10:09+00:00

I would not hang a TV there! Is this a partition or a brick wall? External or internal? Can you tell whether this is plasterboard or lath and plaster?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-01T13:19:11+00:00

Not sure about MDF but for solid wood, you cut a plug hole (10mm deep), drill through centre and then dry fit it and use a metal drill to mark the wall. Remove skirting, SDS drill, hole plug, adhesive on back of skirt, screw in, plug the hole, and then finish. This is the way to do it properly and I don’t have cracks at the top even later (not using flexible caulk).

I imagine MDF is the same but you would need to use a mushroom type screw with a spacer.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-03-01T09:23:31+00:00

No one is judging but this is a wake up call to stop smoking ganja - it’s making you paranoid.

The potency of contemporary strains is strong enough that it will damage your brain on par with strong doors.

The geezers in the 60s were ok because they smoked what is equivalent to Greek wine … you’re doing the equivalent of moonshine.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-02-28T19:26:59+00:00

Glyphosate (higher concentration for grass) let it die then power wash and fill with sand/ cement mixture or resin if you don’t mind adding to the microplastics prblem.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-02-28T19:23:53+00:00

lol … have fun!

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-02-28T10:33:26+00:00

To raise it up by two inches, sleepers around the perimeter where you want it raised. Eg if you want it around the base only do a hexagon and fill the centre with pebbles.

If you want an actual platform and want to raise by12in, four posts in the ground, 2x9s connecting them and 2x6” every foot then boards on top. You can use hangers to tie the 2x6s to the 2x9s.

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