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Hello, Am going to install replace the current window with French doors. However the subfloor is suspended timber and the boards don’t reach the edge. Would it be okay to bolt a timber to to the brick work and then extend the floor boards up to the brick work? Or perhaps concrete this area...

Hello, Am going to install replace the current window with French doors. However the subfloor is suspended timber and the boards don’t reach the edge. Would it be okay to bolt a timber to to the brick work and then extend the floor boards up to the brick work? Or perhaps concrete this area...

Hello, Installing a PFC to support the weight of the chimney above the steel so I can remove the lower sections on the chimney. I have been instructed by calculations engineer to install pfc and 8mm steel plate. Should the PFC sit at the back of the chimney so 3 sections of the brickwork sit...

Hello, When choosing a tile trims depths is this how I work it out? Thickness of tile + tile adhesive - thickness of trim E.g 9mm + 4mm -2mm = 11mm (using a 8mm notched trowel) Thanks

Hello, After a bit of advice on where to have my acro supports and continuing the brick work to close the hole up. I will be keeping the tiled roof and extending to the corner of the house. I was thinking of having a strong boy 9 courses up from the window on the white wall. And 2 on the...

Hello, Struggling to find a way to fit my handheld shower outlet in my concealed shower. How am I suppose to fit this before I’ve started to tile? I need to build the wall up with tile backer board for and dabbed to the wall due to it not being level. The chrome plate doesn’t slide past the...

Hello, Installing a wall hung toilet but there’s a lot of flex at the bottom of the bowl when I put pressure on the bowl. The wall will just have a plasterboard and plaster finish. No tiles. I’m thinking that I need a timber behind the plasterboard where the bottom of the bowl hits. As the...

Hi all, What thickness foam backer board should I use on walls? The wall isn’t plum and will need to be dot and dabbed with the foam board. And what size thickness foam backer board on subfloor? 18mm ply. Which is level. Many thanks

Hello, What size timber would be okay to sister floor joists? The current ones are 175mm. 4x2? Need to raise to the floor slightly and sub base in bathroom is 20mm out.. Thanks

Hello, About to fix aluminium coping to my flat roof but want to get a few things answered before I do. If anyone can be any help that would be appreciated. 1. Where the render corner trim comes over the wall, the fixing bracket doesn’t sit level. Can I put a packer under the bracket to make...

Hello, My roof is leaking on my bay window. I think it’s coming through where the lie meets the asphalt. Would gunking it with roof sealant/CT1 stop this? I know it sounds like a bodge but it’s all I can afford at the moment. It’s only a small amount water coming through. Not enough to...

Hi all, My floorboards are 8mm out of level. Can this be fixed screwing plywood to the floorboards. I will be laying engineered wood flooring with a 5mm underlay. Hopefully this will give me some grace. If so what size plywood should I use? Many thanks

Hello, Anybody able to think of a way of making a frameless door . The ones without trims on the outside of the lining? Want a flush look upto door lining but still have a timber lining so I can fix hinges too. Thanks

Hello, I’ve just installed a new lintel in my fireplace but in the process 2 courses of bricks above the lintel have become loose and I’ve now knocked them out. Can I install the new live of bricks abouce the lintel vertically? Instead of the traditional horizontally laid. Thanks

Hello, I’ve just installed a new lintel in my fireplace but in the process 2 courses of bricks above the lintel have become loose and I’ve now knocked them out. Can I install the new live of bricks abouce the lintel vertically? Instead of the traditional horizontally laid. Thanks

Hello, I am installing a lintel for for a fire place but the smallest acros I could hire sit 8 courses Above lintel. Is this okay? Will the brick work hold below it? Will be using strong boys Thanks

Hello, what level should my subfloor + tile backboard be compared to subfloor outside of the bathroom? I want to archive a flush run from bathroom to hallway which will be carpeted. The subfloor for carpeted area outside of the bathroom is 25mm floor boards but will be later be built up...

Hello, Replacing an old gas fire and need to raise the opening. It currently has a metal bar as the lintel. If I am to install a new concrete lintel are the ones with a section of 100mm x 140mm up for the job? It’s a ground floor gas fire and the house is 2 stories. Current opening 900mm...

Hi all, What size bolt hole should I be drilling for PFC to attach timber to to hang rafter to? The steel is 4m but doesn’t hold a lot of weight. Pfc section is 150x90x24 Thanks

Hi all, Fitted a few steel beams before on ground level but not on first floor.. How do I setup acros on the first floor? Do I install them sitting on the floor joists with a board running across the bottom? Do I need to setup across on the ground floor as well? Directly under the acros on...