Recent content by Deep86

I'm planning my refurb and for budgeting reasons I want to start looking at what size radiators I need: There are so many calculators online but they all give me very different results! All my external walls are 220mm solid brick and all new walls will be brick insulated cavity block walls...

Unfortunately he doesn't know the benefits it's just what the builder did in his house recently. The cost is going to be the final hurdle, but before I start getting quotes I want to understand exactly what benefits I'll get from it. I've read different about UFH than radiators, I remember...

When my planning application eventually gets approved I'll have the perfect opportunity to redo pretty much the entire house. I currently have a suspended floor which will need insulating, but a mate of mine was saying that I should replace the timbers with concrete instead. If I do that I...

I'm going to be getting major refurbishment done at my house that hasn't been touched for 40 years or so. I'll be removing a few external walls and extending them out, but in doing so the solid wall will become cavity walls. I assume I can't leave the cavity completely empty? So if that's the...

If you have a Costco near you they sometimes have some really sturdy shelving unit. I think it's around £100 for a stainless steel 5 (or 6) shelf.

I think this is a case by case scenario tbh. The Nvidia Shield TV, which is my main media consumption device, has a gigabit ethernet port as do my gaming PC and my PS4. Even though I never use my TV smart features it has a ethernet port on that as well. In my old house I used to use a USB C hub...

I'll see who my builder recommends, but I would rather go elsewhere. I'll probably use NextDoor to get a recommendation, I got a great gas engineer from there I've got a solid wall property and my heating barely works at the moment so I'm whacking insulation everywhere I can as well just to...

Cheers for the reply. I won't be living at the property while the work is being done, it's so extensive that there is no possible way I could live there. The bits of furniture that I can't take with me will be put in storage for two months or so while the main bit of the work is being done...

Hi all, I've had some plans drawn up for the refurb on my house, it's a 1930s house that hasn't been touched in perhaps 40 years or so. The wiring in ancient and needs to be completely redone. These are my proposed plans: https://imgur.com/8cdYgRY Currently the fuse box is where the new WC is...

Could I put a piece of timber between all legs, (A & B as in the below picture) and just screw them in from the sides? Or would a mortice joist be the best method? Yeah I'm not looking forward to turning it over, but I'll have help from a few mates. I'll also be using melamine boards like...

Hi all, I was watching this YouTube video recently and he managed to sell me on the idea to make my own concrete worktop for a bar area in the garden. I am a complete novice at woodworking so it'll be one hell of a learning process. I'm planning to make a top that is 160 x 80 x 5cm, this...

You need to get an IPTV subscription though, that's a complete minefield but there are some good ones around