Recent content by Hallsy

Hi guys, Hoping for a little advice. I have sanded back some oak kitchen cabinet doors back to bare wood and have painted the front face and sides with BIN, followed by three coats of LG Intelligent Eggshell. I wanted to keep the back side of the door unpainted, but am unsure what would be...

Job&Knock - thanks for the thorough reply! I missed this last night, but I had a trial with the jigsaw and was happy with the results, so went with that. Must admit, when buying some new blades I missed that the D blades were suitable for curves....I disregarded the coarser blades as I wasn't...

I'm at the stage of fitting the bargeboard to my summer house/shed, and would like to scallop the edge. The boards are 32 x 175 PAR, and I'll have around 10m to do. Intially, I thought I would make a partial template, and use a router & flush cutter to repeat the pattern along the board. I...

I am planning to fit some felt shingles to a shed/summer house that I have been building. I have looked at various manufacturers installation methods, and most advise a drip edge at eaves & verge. I have looked at the metal drip trims, but they seem less popular in the UK and when you do...

I have an old timber door that I am going to use on my shed. The door has been dipped previously and is now back to bare wood - but I quite like how it looks as is - are there any suitable preservers/treatments out there that will leave a clear matt/satin finish, without changing the colour? I...

Also been suggested I could use a 4x2 sub fascia to support the ends a little, I did consider that, but I've nogged along the ply join line, so if I have an extra 2 inches on end of rafter, I'll have to move the noggins to suit!! Not a big deal I know, but it's the principal :LOL:

Thanks guys. I suppose I could put the ladders up, and if they seem to sag, could add some brackets later. I also wondered about passing some lengths of 4x2 or 3x2 under the ladder, gable truss & first truss, then attach to undersides. Not the prettiest, but would only be seen on inside of roof...

Hi Noseall, thanks for your advice. I had looked at various methods of extending the gable, considered drop gable, but having seen other builds with 'flying' ladders, so to speak, I went with that method in mind & cracked on building the A frames. I did wonder about gallows brackets, but...

Hi guys, I'm part way through building a shed/summerhouse, 3.6 x 3.0m, gable across the long wall, 3x2 framework with 4x2 A frame trusses (with 3x2 bottom cord), 17.5' pitch. The framework is finished so I'm now moving onto the roof - weather permitting!! I'd like to extend the front gable...

Thanks again ic1927. I'll be overcoating with Iberis White, so will go for the lightest shade they do!

Thanks ic1927 - I had also heard of a few other decs who reommend the same. Does it offer any anti rot protection though? I'll have a read of the datasheets.

I have a shed that I am building which will be finished with sadolin Superdec. Most of the timber used has been pressure treated, but some of the timber, doors/windows/liners, is bare & untreated. Any suggestions on which preserver is best to use before the Superdec? Sadolin suggest two coats...

Indeed I can big-all! I laid some decking in a period of very changeable weather and it played havoc with my expansion gaps!! Typical British weather!! My shiplap has been drying in a warm garage for a month now, just need to decide on colour before I start to install it as I'll need to...

Exactly!! Shame it's been raining most of the week - not managed to get anything done :(

Fair enough :)