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Hello all I’m laying a patio in an old traditional walled garden and have a lot of very old reclaimed type bricks I would like to use for it. I have levelled the area and have bulk bags of MOT sub base and sharp sand for the bed to lay the bricks onto much as you would for block paving...

Hi all you clever people I am planning on building a wooden gazebo on a flat area in the garden. I'm looking to put down a brick built patio on the floor using some nice old reclaimed bricks to keep a traditional look. My question is over the holes I dig for the verticals and the compacting...

Hello I placed an order for one of these with "BathroomSpareParts.co.uk" earlier in the summer, but they've finally told me that the part has been discontinued with their supplier sadly. So I need to get one from elsewhere, but I don't know where to start. It's a part from inside a shower /...

Hello all I moved into a new (old) home last April and now the winter is very much upon us, we're finding the house pretty chilly to say the least. It's a very old terraced house and listed, so we have the usual problem of poor windows (not double glazed of course). However, for this thread...

Hi all I've changed the rubber plate for a genuine new one but they're still just flying off. Should there be another layer between the rubber plate and the sanding discs? Looked all over online but can't find anything... Cheers

Hello all I’ve put a stud wall in and cut the plasterboard around a handful of pipes but don’t know how best to finish it around them. Rockwool that I’ve put between the inside and outside plasterboard can be seen at the top. The red pipes are (I think) both cold, and the two copper pipes...

So I’ve upcycled an old tired kitchen worksurface into a nice serving platter. Question: what can or should I treat the wood with that won’t poison my future dinner guests?

Hello all I have an older property with some windows that don’t close properly probably due in part to years of neglect (we’ve only recently purchased it) and maybe too much paint? Now summer (I know it never started) is over, looking ahead to winter I need to sort these out as they’re in a...

Hello all Looking to refresh and restyle my kitchen with a new colour. What type of paint would be best suited to painting these? They are not modern veneer units but older handmade ones in pine that are already painted. Presumably to get the best finish I should invest in some sort of pain...

Hi all I’ve just cleared out an old unused room in the basement that is about 10’ x 10’ and perfect for some storage of dry goods as we’re short of space in the kitchen. It’s not seen regular use for probably 30+ years and having cleared out the old rotten carpets, I’ve just swept it out and...

Hello all I need some help from any carpentry experts on here. I want to try and build a couple of extra units in an old kitchen that predates (comfortably) the likes of Howdens etc with the carcasses and fronts all made of pine. I would like to give this a try myself and need some direction...

Hi all Another day, another diy challenge... ive bought a very old house that’s not been decorated for a long time... I’m taking the embossed paper off in this room and as you can see there are vertical and horizontal cracks (not a surprise given the age of the house - and the cracks...

Hello all I'm looking to put in a WC in a right-angled-triangule shaped section of an old house bordering onto the dining room / family room and hence would like to sound proof it (for the sake of the user and the listeners!) as best as I can. The long side (hypotnuse) is solid already, the...

Hi all I have just bought an old house with a large basement. It’s not been made habitable and is still very much in its “raw” state. Whilst it’s not completely dry, it’s not exactly damp either although I expect there is some dampness in places. The floor is bricked in part but other bits...

Hello all Looking to build a flat roof on a garage about 7m x 3.5m. Joists to run across the shorter span. On top of these I plan to add firrings in order to achieve a slope for water run-off. Would prefer if the slope was front to back or back to front rather than side to side. This being...

Hello all I am purchasing a house that has a double driveway with a single prefab concrete garage on one side. Not liking the look of this I want to get rid of it and build a single (or slightly larger (but not double) on the existing site. New one will be single skin brick built with a flat...