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I've been using a garden shed (built by the house's previous owners) as my workshop for a couple years and was about to insulate it. The walls were ply with a vapour barrier behind it, but just the studs and cladding behind that. My plan was to stick a breathable membrane and kingspan between...

Hi, The kids keep leaving the shed door open when getting their bikes out, and the wind can slam it shut with enough force to take off some fingers or break a limb. What I want is something that will force it to close at a slow, controlled pace, but will also allow the door to stay open...

My shed roof is going to have a ridge beam and will be shingled and I'm wondering how to ventilate it at the ridge. Looking online, the Americans seem to use either… A plastic ridge vent: Or a foam-like material one like this: I can't find either of these available in the UK, or at least...

Hi, I'm building a large pitched-roof shed which will mostly be used for storage but also as a gym to house the wife's treadmill, rowing machine etc. As such I was going to insulate it. For the walls, I was planning on filling the stud voids with loft insulation in between the breathable...

I was planning on doing my shed roof with these bitumen shingles: https://www.aboutroofing.com/ars-he...gles-3-square-metre-pack-black-green-red.html Have watched a few installation videos, but there's a couple things I'm not sure about… 1 - Should I use a breathable membrane between the...

Hi I'm building a 4.7 x 4.7m shed, which in order to keep it within PD and still give usable height, will only have a 15° pitch. I'm wondering what's the best way to support the roof in this instance. I'd rather not use ceiling joists to hold it together as they would eat in to headroom. Most...

The plasterboard fixings I've used previously rely on the cavity being empty so the metal behind the board spreads out to hold it in place. The wall I need to attach some shelves to now is filled with celotex, so I need something different. Would these be up to the job, or is there something...

Hi, Our shower is dripping from the handle. I've tried to take it apart so I could replace the cartridge, but I can't it out completely. I've removed the handle, which gave me access to the cartridge but when I unbolted it, the metal collar came with it and I can't work out how to detach it...

Hi, I'm building a garden office, and built the subfloor using this plywood. It rained a bit (not a lot) before I managed to get a tarp over it, and then rained some more with some water coming through the tarp. Now it's dried out, I can see some areas where the wood has raised and split, as...

Hi, I'm looking to build a garden office at the bottom of my garden on what used to be a vegetable patch. As such, I was looking to lay a concrete slab as a base. Where my build differs to those I've seen elsewhere is that the area I want to build on has a drainage ditch directly next to it...

Hi, Just wondering if this is worth a shot… Our 3m rear extension was denied on the basis that it was 'inappropriate development in the greenbelt'. We've now found that the council is going to allow 160 new homes to be built in the field literally on the other side of the road to our house...

Hi, I'm installing a new exterior light and will need to chase the cable along the external wall for a new inches, so will need to patch up and repaint the external render shown in this picture: https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8i94mYouid80pJO2 Any suggestions how this render is made up so I can...

I've painted a new door and I'm not happy with the finish. It's not smooth at all. There's a picture here which is a close-up and directly under a spotlight, so it really shows up the texture - in reality it doesn't look nearly as bad as this!! Here's what I did to get here: Bought a brand...

Hi, My house has a load of 6 panel doors upstairs that aren't my cup of tea and want to replace them with simple, flush ones. The problem is that all the existing doors are around ~1965mm high, so I'm looking for a flush, hollow 1981 x 762 x 35mm door that I can take 20mm off in height - but...

Hi, Our house three textured ceilings and one part-textured wall. Each one of them a different texture and all of them hideous! A quick Google suggests these could be removed by spraying with water and then scraping off. Anyone done that with success? Also, it seems to mostly be for the...

Our council have just refused a certificate of lawfulness for an outbuilding with a 150mm gap from our house. The permitted development guidance for outbuildings does not specify a minimum distance from the main house, and we have heard of others having gaps as small as 25mm deemed lawful. As...

Hi all, Probably a very simple question, but it's left me baffled... We're moving out of our house and where I've disconnected the dishwasher's waste pipe from the kitchen sink's main waste pipe, I'm obviously left with a hole - see below: IMAG0747 by PeteWilliams posted 24 Oct 2015 at 6:34...

Hiya, The water pressure at our house is incredibly low (and has been since we moved in a couple years ago). At our kitchen tap we get 4 litres per minute. If I plug a sprinkler in outside it 'sprays' about 2 inches. I got Thames Water to come out and have a look at it and they measured...

We've got two ovens (instead of a double oven) and one of them has stopped working. They are both the same model - the Terim T06600SS. There is no heat/fan/light or anything - it seems like it's just not getting any power. The element blew last year but then the fan and light still worked so...

Hiya, I'm trying to hang a 9kg mirror which is approx 80 x 110cm on a brick wall. The mirror has a thick wooden frame, so after a bit of Googling, these flush mounts looked like the best option. I've just tried fitting them and found that all my screws have heads that are too big and...