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I am looking to fit real wood flooring in two rooms with a door frame in the middle. I don't particularly want to have a joining strip. The boards will go along the width of the door and I am concerned that I might not be able to get the click-lock boards together once they are fitted into the...

What's the best way to fit channel drain around corners? I don't know if the corner boxes need to line up with specific parts of the channel drain or whether any cut will fit into the box. My lengths will almost certainly be random and there is a few corners to work out

I need to fit channel drain to a clay gully. I'm going need to join into the side. I think I will cut a 70mm hole with a glass cutter and fit a 68mm pipe in the side like someone else has done on this forum. The problem I have is that I can't find any channel drain with a 70mm outlet, they're...

I am looking to fit new patio doors. The room has had a substantial screed with the existing doors in place which has brought the height up inside significantly higher than the bottom of the door frame. I worry that fitting new doors without raising the exterior level will give us issues opening...

I need to lay real wood along the existing floorboards (not parallel). I have done my research and there is a mixed bag of people who say that you absolutely have to lay a ply subfloor, but then others say that it's not needed if the existing boards don't move. What do you think guys? Subfloor...

I need to fit ground Drain around my patio. It will empty into an existing rectangular clay drain. How does one join the plastic ground Drain to the clay drain? Thanks!

I am looking to lay engineered/real wood foor down throughout my downstairs. The front part of the living room is floorboards which have raised edges (wavy), the rear extensioin is concrete. I plan to sand down the high spots on the existing floorboards and put a plywood subfloor down throughout...

Fitting coving to the living room and I've noticed that the ceiling across the chimney breast has a fairly noticable drop. Over the span from right to left it's around 20mm. Normally I'd just fit the coving and allow it to follow the ceiling dip. In this case there is a big old mirror which will...

Hello I am in the process of constructing a pitched roof over my porch. It was flat bitumen previously which was old and failed. The house is pebbledash finished. The question I have is whether you would typically remove the pebbledash to fit the rear wall plate tight against the brickwork. Or...

Hello I am building a block-inner, brick outer retaining wall for a new patio. Question is whether there is a good way to tie the walls together without placing bricks across both courses? I would like to avoid any "rotated" bricks if at all possible. Thoughts?

Hi Guys I am trying to think of the best (easiest) way to do this. Basically I have a raised patio that I want to build a set of steps up/in to. the steps themselves will be almost a semi-circle. I want to use brick for the risers and then slabs on top. Question is, do I make forms and pour...

I am about to purchase the timber for the roof trusses/rafters on a new build garage. I will be putting a metal roof with dripstop on. Is there a need to buy tanalized do you think? Or will standard rough sawn be OK? Thanks, Mark.

Gents What's the perfect overhang rafter overhang at the eaves for a metal sheet roof? I am thinking somewhere in the region of 25-30cm? What do you think? Thanks, Mark.

Hi Guys Building a single skin garage and want to know the best way to handle the gable ends. Should I build up the gable before or after fitting the roof trusses. I kind of get the feeling that it would be easier to finish the block-work after the roof trusses (and possibly the roof sheets)...

Hi Guys I shall be starting to roof the new garage soon. I've decided to go with metal sheeting, the box profile rather than standard corrugated. I have a question on how to fit the barge board. Should I leave an overhang like the eaves or does it fit snugly up to the block wall? Also, can you...

Hi Guys Quick question on the best mix for a waterproof, bonded, anti-dusting mix. I am guessing a 1:6 mix for the concrete is sufficient for 10cm depth, my question is on what additives I need to put in there? Thanks, Mark.

Hi Guys I am erecting a small ish shed/workshop/garage and I was wondering about the damp proof membrane and whether it would be OK to lay it and concrete over chippings. I have flattened them really well using a punner and I would like to avoid having to raise the level any further with sand...

Hi Guys I am constructing a single skin block built garage/workshop/shed to replace an existing structure. The size is 8x4m to the outside edges. My question is on the construction of the roof truss and how to actually fix them to the top of the blocks. How thick should the wall plate be, what...