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I'm planning a decked area which is to sit over some sloped Tarmac. I want the finshed floor level of the deck to be roughly the same as the Tarmac at the point the decking starts and to then be level as the Tarmac slopes away underneath. I was thinking of digging out trenches for 4x2 joists to...

If the current lovely weather holds up, I'm looking to fibreglass a flat roof at the end of the week. I've done a couple before with good results. I've always prepped all the OSB boards and flashings the day before and then removed them overnight to keep them bone dry. This is highly...

am I being daft or could I insert a brick lintel (or an L section lintel, or a Catnic ANG lintel, whatever they're called) into a block wall then remove the blocks to form the doorway? Seems a bit easier than the usual Acroprop, knock out, dance around props, install concrete lintel, etc etc....

Dearest experts, We're undergoing a garage conversion at home and the boss lady would like a 5m bifold door in one of the existing walls of an old oil tank room (lean to on the main garage) The wall is single skin, 4 inch concrete block construction holding up a flat fibreglass roof (which...

We're thinking of cladding the walls of a new annex in Antracite coloured box profile metal sheeting. The thought that woke me up this morning was 'will it get too hot?' One of the walls is south facing in a little sun-trap corner which we plan to use as a small garden area and my concern is...

I'm about to use one-coat over painted walls in an effort to make them nice and flat instead of horridly all over the place (old style internal rendering). Do I need to pva before I use the one-coat like I would with multil? The instructions on the bag don't mention it. I'm hoping not but...

I'm about to use one-coat over painted walls in an effort to make them nice and flat instead of horridly all over the place. Do I need to pva before I use the one-coat like I would with multil? The instructions on the bag don't mention it. I'm hoping not but expect I do

Does anyone know of a supplier of replacement channels for bath panel screens? I'm in the middle of renovating a bathroom in which the bath was replaced but the client wanted to keep the screen. I damaged the channel taking it off the wall as it was stuck on like a goodun. I wasn't too fussed...

I'm in the middle of demolishing the upstairs walls in a friend's house before I rearrange all the bedrooms (Oh what fun!!!!). I've just come across a random bit of block wall at one end of the house. It's not quite at the centre span of the attic trusses (about 200mm out) and is only 400mm...

I'm in the middle of renovating a clients house and have just stumbled across some 8x2 floor joist on the first foor that someone has notched on the bottom. The notches are about a metre from the joist hanger and are about 5 inches wide and 1 inch deep into the joist. I'd like to...

I've been asked to construct some MDF shelves in a living room. Do I need to use MR MDF or would oridinary MDF suffice. I only ask because my local Travis Perkins tells me that MR MDF is not being used much any more. Cheers in advance

I've been asked to re-render the top of a concrete seated area because the current seat is too flat and rainwater settles on it. (FYI - the depth of the seat is 700mm) The problem I have is that the front of the seat is also concrete, so there's a corner-bead already forming a nice, clean edge...

Happy new year all! I've got an odd question - how do I make my plastering look rubbish? The client (bless him) would like me to match my plastering to what he's got in the rest of his very old house - the finish is rough and resembles artexed ceilings (but not as rough) i.e. almost like brush...

I'm just about to plaster my extension. One of the walls is to have a free-standing woodburning stove next to it. The wall is made of thermalite blocks. I was planning on Dot and Dabbing the whole wall and then plastering but someone mentioned that this wouldn't last behind the stove...

Guys, please help - I'm going bonkers!!!! I'm currently skimming a few walls that we recently stripped of wallpaper leaving old plastered walls (with too many bumps and cracks to paint over). I've PVA'd all the walls twice and yet this has not slowed down the Multi-Finsh drying time -...

I think I know the answer to this one but thought I'd check- I'm looking to Plasterboard out an extension - the inner leaf being thermalite blocks. Initially I thought I'd dot and dab onto the blocks but then thought maybe I could just screw the board to the blocks (as they can be screwed...

Hi Guys We're currently in the middle of converting our loft. Plasterboarding all the different angles has left some small to medium gaps between sheets. Apart from "Do your plasterboarding better!" has anyone got any advice on what product to use to fill these gaps(9.5mm deep, some...

Anyone got any tips on plastering a small curve? Let me explain - we're in the middle of converting our loft. The walls consist of verticles, pitches and the flat bit at the top (just like a standard room in roof truss) When I finally get around to plastering, I'd like to get a gradual...