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Respectfully, this is not the answer for an old building, at all. I suggest that the OP reads the advice from SPAB.

Don't do it. Injected damp courses don't work, and should be banned. They are willful vandalism. I bet they also want to replaster a metre high around the inside of the room with some rock-hard plaster. Get a surveyor who knows something about old buildings.

You're very wrong. The level is normally taken to be 85% plus, depending on the method of transmission. We're in deep do-does if we reach this sort of level without the aid of a vaccine. Hundreds of thousands will have died in us getting there.

No, it's a little knurled knob......finger & thumb is all that's needed.

No, dial calipers do have exactly that function. You loosen a screw on the top and rotate the dial until it meets the indicator hand.

That was a little more than wire mesh. It's reinforcement: a pre-made grid of reinforcing bars. It was necessary in that case because of the proximity of large trees and a clay sub-soil. There were major roots through the excavation. If you have some site photos it would help, but in an urban...

If this new fence relies on the welded parts for their accuracy, then you may have a problem. Heating steel distorts it, so even if you set everything up perfectly at right angles, after you've welded it you may well find that your straight edge is now curved. Obviously pro welders can mitigate...

My air miles were done at a very different level to some of you, clearly. I flew on an Egyptian airline sometime in the 80s which had vinyl bench seats and that chromed hand-hold on the outside corner where bus passengers could cling on whilst standing. I kid you not. It also had netting for...

Fifty drawers!!! Some of you people most definitely have too much stuff! :)

You're right, and I was wrong. Architects are used to having to say that to engineers. :lol:

Well I have to say that this is an excellent little piece, and particularly for it being a first-ever project. Well done. =D> =D> =D>

This has me confused. Have you got a child or small dog running in a ferris wheel to power your extractor? :lol:

Draws: knickers or other undergarments. Drawers: sliding boxes, usually of wood. For a workshop I can't see why you wouldn't use drawer runners, other than cost, if that's your preference.

If you have ties, meaning the roof timbers form a complete triangle (a truss), then you don't even need a ridgboard. However, they are convenient, so you simply scarf the ends of two bits of 6x1 or 8x1 together to form the required length. You can even butt joint the ends together and plant a...

You won't ever misuse a chisel again, will you. Promise? :lol: :lol: :lol:

No, not so. Laminated and toughened are both considered "Safety Glazing" for the purposes of the Building Regulations. So too, believe it or not, are leaded lights.

The jointing is just standard stuff, and done all over Europe and Britain all the time by a whole lot of people. Preparing the logs manually, though, is unusual. However, I reckon that if someone gave you a log and an axe, and told you to square the wood up and straighten it, you'd develop the...

Pixresizer. It's a freebie, and works in seconds on a whole folder of photos.

Don't rely on the glue (or epoxy) to repair this for you. I think you are going to need to repair the joints such that they fit properly. A look at the stool in question would be handy. If the legs penetrate the top then you might be able to wedge them. If they don't, then you might be able to...

Yep, Aidan has it right. The two fundamentals of building a proper long-lasting shed are to raise the base of the woodwork off the ground on a plinth, and to have an air gap behind the cladding. If you don't do that they're starting to deteriorate as soon as you've finished them. If you adhere...