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http://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-xpt-throughbolts-m12-x-125mm-pack-of-10/37389 I think these are the exact ones I have.

Hi I have been given quite a few steel M12 x 125 mm through bolts. I need to attached a decking ledger board to my house to partly hang decking from. Is a through bolt going to be strong enough to hold the board tight to the wall in the brick? I presume, even though its called a Through...

Hi guys (and girls) I've got a pretty large deck to hang off my house 1/2 m off the ground at one end, running to 1/2ft at the other. OK so the span is 9130 mm (attached to the house) x 3600 mm moving away from the house. I'm looking at beam spans and need a little guidance please. I...

Hi Just a quick one. I've used treated sleepers to edge path and steps and stupidly have jet washed the treatment off. What would be the best product to waterproof and protect my sleepers? Would this do the job...

Hi We have a Juliet balcony we need to fit, very similar to; http://www.ironworks-crawley.co.uk/extra/juliet_balcony_surrey1/juliet_balcony_surrey1a.jpg I will be fixing into brick, and would really appreciate some thoughts on what type of bolts would be best, and frankly simplest to...

The rectangular access and cover, sit on a circular chamber, which are cemented together and reinforced. Trust me either it stays as is or I just replace the cover, they are the only options, a new complete replacement probably won't fit anyway, they are to small.

Man this is hard work, the decking will be 600mm above the cover and the covers are heavy concrete, whether it has a concrete or metal or plastic or whatever cover clearly I will be including trap doors, I have already said that. The issue is that the weight will mean only having vertical...

Dex, what I'm trying to achieve is to find replacement drain covers, its not a question about decking?

I'm going to build into the decking 2 access hatches, but I will need the drain covers to be lite, the concrete ones are a nightmare already let alone when the deckings there. The deckings not a problems its the replacement cover that is :0)?

Hi We have what look to me like standard drain covers and sleeves from around 30 years ago. They are concrete and the cover part is roughly 540mm x 695mm in size, I've attached an image. I need to replace the cover part only as we are building decking over both drains, but can't seem to...

Hi I'm looking to construct a 9.1m (along the width of the house) x 3.65m decking raised 480mm from the ground. I plan to hang this, if that's the right word, off the house. My question is, what would be the most secure method, sleeve anchors and so on, to secure the ledger timber to...

Hi I am using Sleepers to edge my path, and to build a step. I want to know the best way to attached, secure the sleepers to the ground. So do I use a mortar mix, like I will be with the paving that sits inside the sleepers (on compacted Type 1), or do I use a 'concrete' type mix with...

anyone?