Recent content by shaundiy

I was going to sheath the walls with osb? What size joists do you think I need?

Hi, Soon I am going to build a shed 4.2 by 2.4 mtrs. I am planning to include an intensive green roof which when wet weighs about 18llbs per square foot. which If I have calculated it correctly is a total weight of 881kg I am planning to use 2"x4" at 16" centres, for the whole...

When I installed some oak veneer trifold doors a couple of years ago I was advised to protect them with Danish oil. Despite a number of coats each year the oil is failing to protect the door and I now have areas where the wood is exposed. What is my best course of action and product would...

Thanks. Is it possible ascertain which one I need without switching off the water?

Hi, I have a leaking lever mixing tap similar to this in my kitchen. Will I need a washer or a ceramic disc cartridge for this sort of tap? thanks

I want to run a spur from the ringmain. The new spur will be directly behind a plug in another room. I could run the cable through the wall from the other plug to the spur. This maybe a daft question but how do I get the cable through from the backbox to the spur?

My kitchen is quite dark so I am considering installing a skylight in my flat roof kitchen extension. The extension is south facing and in the summer the sun is on the extension all day. I know that the skylight will give us lots more light but will it also make the kitchen a lot warmer during...

No there are no pipes in the vicinity of the damp patch. The dampness was on the inside of the roof a couple of feet away from the pipes There is definitely no leak in the roof as we have had quite a bit of rain this week.

I recently took the ceiling down in my Kitchen. the Kitchen is in a flat roof extension and I discovered a damp patch on the inside of the roof about 2 feet in front of the boiler. I called out a roofing guy who told me that there was no leak in the roof and that it was in good condition. He...

I want to install devimat underfloor heating in my bathroom The floor currently has two layers of vinyl covering laid by previous owners. Can I lay the underfloor heating over this or does it have to be removed? If it has to be removed can anyone give me any tips its a bugger to unstick!

Thanks for all the advice! I hired a 16cm core drill and went through the outer wall and fitted the catflap to the outside wall. I then made a 20 x 25 hole on the inside wall and fitted a plywood section. It was a bit tricky to line it all up but its worked a treat and the cats are happy...

Has anyone any experience of fitting a cat tunnel through a wall? The wall I want to go through is about 10 inches thick with an inner layer constructed of breese block and the outer layer seems to be concrete. Can anyone on the best way to cut the hole? I would also be interested to hear...