Recent content by DudleySquires

Thanks folks! I have since found that the term for what I am describing above is "throat size", which has allowed for increased googling efficiency :) 1.5" * 11" is now on its way, and in this particular case should allow for a 4" throat - plenty I think for the four-steps-or-so of cut...

I need to make a stair case. Straight, nothing fancy. A wall / closed stringer will be required on both sides until about 2/3 of the way down, when one of the walls stops. At this point I want the stringer on that side to become and open / cut stringer. Obviously to make it open, the stringer...

bashing bits of wood together is about all its used for until I get these problems sorted. No services in there yet.

Can you see these pics? These are the inside of my garage. It has been ~24 hours since it has rained. I didn't get a shot of the roof because there is nothing to see, drip-wise. I understand what you are saying, Joe. I look at bare block walls on other buildings and wonder...

That was the only way I could explain the damp patches on the wall that I mentioned. The proper glisteners. Of course there is mortar between the blocks, that goes without saying. Perhaps that is the ingress point? Blocks are fibolites - maybe these aren't suitable? Or perhaps the water is...

The roof probably lets in air. However, I have not tested it so cannot say for sure. Chances are it does though. I certainly didn't intend to get an air-tight roof. So for me to argue with you and say that it is not leaky, strictly speaking I guess I would be wrong. However I can say for sure...

Greetings all, new here :) I'm having issues getting the single skin block walls on my new garage water tight. The blocks seemed to soak up the rain until it runs down the inside and puddles - not good. I shielded the wall and managed to get it dry. Then I painted the outside with dulux...