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Fair comment. :D My query is more along the lines of damage limitation!

Hi All Am looking to re-roof my lean to with feather edge boards, but the lengths in which they come aren't as long as I'd like so I need to join them in the middle. I have a supporting joist running down the centre so the butt ends will have something to fasten to. Is it possible to use...

Yeah I was thinking that. Not sure what the consequences would be to the cavity though. Old air bricks don't have a pipe between inside and out do they?

Hello Everyone, I have a 1930s semi which has had the box room (small corner front bedroom) airbrick rendered over on the outside. I wondered whether the original purpose of this was just for ventilation of upstairs fireplaces or whether it's more important than that? Reason I ask is that...

Ok I'll accept that. As a final question while I'm picking brains, is there anything which can be applied afterwards to disguise the splits? :D

Cheers, Thermo. Problem is they weren't split when I brought them home. Is there anything I can put on in future to prevent it?

Howdo all. I've begun a project to retain my backyard using steels planted in the ground and 5" railway sleepers placed between. Bought some sleepers (new tanalised ones) and I've noticed a fair few have developed splits. Is this normal? And if so, how can I best prevent it? The only...

htgeng: I know the one you mean, it's this isn't it? http://www.railwaysleeper.com/Customers%20ideas,%20photos%20and%20projects.htm Thermo: It's funny as depending who you speak to either say it'll flop right over or it won't. :D I want to set a balcony rail along the inside so that's why...

Thanks, Thermo. That second pic looks like the sort of thing we're after, I'm trying to do this with no or little concrete- an eco challenge! What I'm going to go for is to lay the initial course on a trench of gravel, and drive some 4ft rebar through into the bedrock. Then each additional...

This one isn't really doing any retaining in the usual sense. I've excavated a cliff face in the back garden and really just want something to cover it up and perhaps hold back the bits of topsoil which sometimes spill over when it's raining. The existing cliff face hasn't moved anywhere or...

Hi all I've decided to build a retaining wall in my garden using new 8" thick treated sleepers. The wall is 1.8m high, so what I've thought to do is stagger the ends for strength and use steel ties and deadmen where possible to fasten to the rock behind. Does anyone have any advice on how...