Recent content by davebarlow

could anyone please help. i have a sandstone wall that needs building and need to find out how much stone i would need. it is 32 meters in length by 1 meter high. it's a dividing wall so will need to sandstone on both sides. many thanks. dave

thanks for the link. i now know i can get the boards but need an answer to the other question which is that the walls are covered in what i believe to be the old white wash emulsion, if i brush them down and give them a coat of uni bond will the adhesive bond to the wall ?

hi all. hope you can help me. i have a utility room that i am renovating. i have removed the old conti board and batons that was on the walls to reveal brickwork that looks like it has been painted in the old white wash emulsion, my questions are. can i get a insulated plaster board that i can...

could someone please help me. i have an awful lot of moss growing on my roof. there is none on next doors. and very little on any other property's in the road. could someone explain why this happens and how do i deal with it. many thanks. Dave.

they are just your average laminate work tops

many thanks. just wasn,t sure over the position of the base units. i have positioned them tight to the wall, the kitchen is a u shape with the sink at the top under the window the left hand side of the units run out of square because they follow the wall, so I'm assuming that if i cut the miter...

many many thanks guys. so if the walls are out of square, as these are, i should square the units up and place an end panel on to hide the gap that this will cause ? am i on the right tracks ?

hi all. just about to fit some new kitchen work tops. now i know that the walls are not square. what is the best way to attack this. is it firstly to lay the work tops on the base units making sure that i have even over hang and then scribe the back to the wall and then do the miter ?

hi all. i'm extending my garage and would like to know how thick my base should be. i've dug down between 10" & 11" from the existing garage floor and i'm on clay will this be deep enough or is it to deep. many thanks. dave

have just run the cold water tap from the sink and only gained in a 1 minute period about 7.5 litres. if this is know good for a combi how do i increase it ?

many thanks danger

thanks for the fast reply. how many litres should i be getting in the 1 minute time scale ?

hi all, after much debate about which combi boiler to go for, i think i may have a problem with the water pressure. i read on one of the topics that if you fill a bucket up from the cold water tap from the sink and check how long it takes to get a litre, but it didn't say how long it should...

bloody hell boys, i'm now more confused than ever. it's my first post, came on hoping to get some knowledgeable advice and all i've got is the people i thought could point me in the right direction, slag each other off. think i'll just check round the plumb center's and take it from there...

thanks for the response. there seems to be a few Worcester's on the market. for instance what is the difference between a junior a greenstar si and a cdi