Recent content by holy85

Hi everyone, I'm looking to paint the inside of my shed, but i would like it to have a really nice finish maybe a matt finish. What kind of preparation will i need todo and what paint would be best for the job?

Hi All, I have a question, i'm thinking of getting a gas line extended from the kitchen to an outside shelter, From there having a bayonet fitting of some sort going to a bbq. That way i don't need to bother with having to keep buying/refilling gas bottles. Can this be done and can you buy a...

Hi, What would be the maximum watt of lights i can run off a 13amp fuse spur? At the moment i have a cable going to a spot light. I'm looking to remove that and install some lights around the garden, then if needed get a electrician in to wire them in, just looking into which ones i can use...

Brilliant thanks alot for clearing this up for me. It's been bugging me for afew weeks. Just wasn't sure what the correct way to do this was :) did you mean a compound angle at the birds mouth cut?

The shelter with a clear roof will be this type of shape attached to the side of the house. The slope is towards the red side. When i use option b and install the rafters on a slope they don't align up at the top even tho the beams are level.

do i need to put my side support beam at an angle, to make the roof level? is that the correct way to do it? Thanks

I tried B and it didn't work. If both sides were parallel it works perfect. As one side is further away the angle of the rafter is less where as the angle of the rafter on the narrow end is more. Both support beams are perfect level. What did you mean by "cut the bottom of the sheets"?

i tried option B, but i found the rafters needed lifting up at the narrow end on the support beam side, to match the wider part rafter, hope that makes sense.

Hi all, this is going to be slightly complicated for the average diyer?, but hopefully someone with some roofing knowledge can help. The lean to/car port I'm building has a ledger board attached to the house and a support beam connected to posts, which does not run parallel with the house. I'm...

yep earthing rod, don't pull it out. Might be possible to install one inside?, then swap the cabling over?

thanks

Hi All, I'm looking to build a outdoor lean to shelter. I've seen some nice douglas fir timber posts planned. I wanted to check if they would be as good or better to use instead of the ones sold at selco/wickes?

I keep the windows open slightly on days when it doesn't rain. The heating is always on, can't live without it. We dry clothes outside. The kitchen and bathroom both have extractors that extract out, which is far away downstairs from this problem. Even with wall insulation it may still come...

thanks, did you use dot and dab, wooden or steel battens on the solid walls?

where we lived before didn't have this issue. it must be a building issue. Externally it's rendered and painted with a masonry paint. i think insulating the walls will help. Will it need a vapor barrier, then insulation?