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Hi everyone. Hope you all have a fantastic xmas and new year. I recently bought a 2nd hand Creda storage heater TSR24ACW specification 75772003S. All is good and working but their is no insulation on the front panel. Looked and it seems you can only get with the front panel at around £160. Is...

Hi guys and girls! I have recently used tank slurry on my concrete/breeze block shed. I was going to have a go at plastering the walls inside. Prefer plastering old way to dot and dab but was wondering what the best gypsum plaster was to do the job? Browning then multi or one coat etc? Also...

Hi hope everyone is good. I have a customer who wants me to fit approx 20 sq metres of 22mm solid oak flooring to his concrete sub floor. Haven't done one for a few years and was wondering if someone can recommend a good glue that doesn't cost silly money. Used to use T54 Sika but that's about...

Hi all I used to use a Tacwise 191el nail gun for nailing beading when doing laminate flooring which lasted 3 years. So when I replaced it I bought the Tacwise Duo 50 thinking I could use it for beading and maybe Architraves. Anyway it broke after 6 months and I found it too powerful for...

Hi guys I have a job next week fitting some sliding doors into an opening which divides 2 rooms. This is a relatively new build and have been informed by the customer that the only thing above is a RSJ. Now the system that the sliding doors use is the weight of the doors hang from the top rail...

Hi all hope you all had a great xmas and new year. I have just a few questions regarding laying boards down in an attic with roof trusses. It is only for light storage. Insulation stick up 200mm from top of trusses, but don't mind squashing a little bit. Do I lay for example 6"x2" joists...

Hi all hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. As you might have guessed by the username I am a joiner but I don't do that much decking. I have got a job to quote and was wondering what the correct way to do the framework is. I was thinking of resting the back end on the edge of the patio and...

Hi all. I have a job for a customer fitting some triple sliding doors. They have had some builder in before me to fit the beam. For some strange reason he has fitted it 100" up so now I have to also build a stud partition above the doors :x Anyway other thing is he has made the opening...

Hi all Long story short. Friend got someone to divide 1 room into 2 and he did it with metal studwork. It's all done and plastered. She now wants me to fit a couple of door casings and doors. I have never worked with metal studwork. What is the best way to fix the wooden 4" door casing to the...

Hi all. A question for fellow joiners. Normally I would estimate how long it will take me to fit skirting boards and charge accordingly. I've just been to price up a job and there are several hundred metres of skirking to be fitted and I was wondering what the average price was per metre...

Hi all hope you are all well. I currently fit laminate, solid and engineered flooring for a flooring company. The company also sell karndean flooring. At present there are 3 of us who get the work passed on to us, but they don't have any karndean fitters. I was hoping to find a course in...

Hi all. A question for my fellow joiners. I have recently being asked by a customer to fix a bracket to a stud partition wall for a plasma which is a monstrous 5ft wide 35 inch high and 70kg's in weight. The only way I can think is to strip the plasterboard off one side of the wall. Fix more...

Hi all Probably a simple answer for you tilers. I want to tile the wall surrounding a gas fire. It's an old house and the wall is very uneven. Was thinking of fixing some pink plasterboard and then tiling onto that. Do I prime the pink plasterboard with something or can i tile straight onto...

Hi I have recently fitted a solid russian oak flooring grade A&B onto a sleeper system. Visqueen then 3"x2" framework at 200mm centres then the solid wood running perpendicular fixed with tongue tite screws. The next day when i went back to do another room the floor was making cracking noises...

Hi all Hope you are all well. Im just after some advise and helpful tips. I am going to be laying a solid wood flooring onto a concrete slab. I am doing around 100sqm running into 4 rooms. I have decided to do this using the sleeper method using 2"x1" batons. I was thinking of doing it in...

Hi all :D Was hoping for some good advise off all you plastering experts. I am a joiner and recently had a go at plastering a wall, which was pretty good. even shocked myself. But was wondering if you girls/guys could give me more help to make me better. The steps i did was as follows:-...

Hi can you please help me I am trying to install a new light in a walk in wardrobe i have done. I have wired the new light to my new switch and from my new switch to the attic space using 1.0 twin core and earth. The exsisting lighting is an old circuit type. 3 Live 1 neutral no earth and no...