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Any suggestions on how to secure the stone?

Sorry poorly described by me. This is a picture of the timber canopy so lots of void. The blockwork walls are horizontal and vertical battened.

Hi all I've been contemplating what material to cap my parapet with. The parapet is single block with cedar cladding mounted on battens. Aluminium coping kits look ideal however expensive so I'm considering stone. I fibreglassed up and over the top of the parapet. Would I simply lay the stone...

Thats great thanks very much Woody!

Hi All I have built a single story extension and It has a parapet style flat roof that I have fibre glassed. Its cladded externally in Cedar and I am looking at coping/capping options for the parapet. Lead appears to be a far cheaper option compared to Aluminium capping or stone. My question...

Hi All My single story extension is ready for first fix wiring. I am extending the ground floor ring main into the new room to supply the sockets however its going to be difficult to access the lighting circuit of the original house in order to extend it without ripping flooring up in various...

Hi All, I am preparing my concrete base for liquid screed over 100mm PIR insulation. 2 questions... 1) The boards will be taped however they move up and down when walking across them. Whats the best way to secure them down? 2) The perimeter of the room is lined with 25mm insulation to protect...

Hi all What fixings would you recommend for securing aluminium bifold doors to H&H 3.6n blocks? Are they too soft for regular concrete screws or would you suggest using Fischer frame fixings instead? Cheers

Hi All Is it a problem to apply the top coat to a fibreglass flat roof 8-10 days after application of the resin/matt layer? What do you think? Thanks

Hi all. My extension parapet flat roof with roof lantern is almost ready to be fibreglassed (over 18mm osb). I have bought wall fillet trims to lap the fibreglass up onto the existing house wall and I was going to reinforce the roof lantern and parapet corners with an extra layer of glass matt...

Thanks for the replies. I must say it does make me a little nervous! What would you say a reasonable price should be for this amount of screed supplied and pumped by a company?

But it would be a flowing liquid? is it any different to someone mixing up their own self levelling floor screed which is done all the time by Diyers...:unsure:

Hi All After getting a £1250 quote for 18m2 of floor screed at 50mm, I thought I would investigate other options. I will require liquid screed for my extension with underfloor heating. I cannot go for a dry screed as I only have 50mm to work with. Has anyone ever DIY'ed liquid floor screed? I...

Thanks Stuart. Good to know. For peace of mind and to keep BC happy, I will bite the bullet and will use Helical ties. Is a pilot hole still needed in the timber?

About 7. :) I can only see them sold in packs of 100 and then a 50 quid tool is required for the drill. Also, can helical ties go Into timber? I figured 150mm screws and a squirt of resin would be just as good...