Recent content by jonifife

Cheers- I phoned the local glaziers who were very helpful. Measured tight to the aperture and then took a bit off for glazing blocks. They recommended 4- 10-4 both panes toughened. Have to wait a week for the order though.

Hi We have had a new hardwood stable type door fitted recently (no why the long face jokes plz). The door has a small apperture for fitting a glazing panel which we have temporarliy boarded up for the momment. We would like to put a small DG unit - toughned outer for security Any...

just to be clear the cracks are only hairline not 5-10mm but they wander in off the corner by that amount in a random patterrn...

Hi, Snags seem to be taking an age to finish. Some cracks have appeared where we have plasterboarded and skimmed and painted the underside of the new loft stairs and existing plastered masonry wall. I'm not too worried about the cracks as in places to be expected perhaps. But would...

Quite agree I should of got a fixed price The job has included some other stuff like hanging a couple of doors, built in cupboard etc so yes did ask how long will it take and had a 2 week period which was reviewed at the start of this and seemed on track - if he'd told me earlier on rather...

no - douglas fir from local sawmill- kild dried and left in room for a week a nice bit of wood imo and was keen to avoid stuff from diy shops

O.k. is floor is going down in loft but feel the joiner is taking a bit long Carpenter has taken 3.5 days to do a room approx 4x5 meters consider fairly straight forward. Boards are 150 wide structural t&G lost head nailed. He says its taken a bit longer becuase the boards are a bit...

Thanks- sounds like what happened last time as they were milky white spots!

good luck...just getting to the end of ours and floor going down next week- has been a journey! Did get a few of the trades in but still saved a good amount of wedge! Not sure why these loft companies are so adamant about the steels? Ours was perfectly doable in timber and plenty of...

Having a debate with the mrs about floor finish to douggy fir timber floor boards which are going down next week. Having looked about there seems to be divided opinion. My good lady seems to think HWO will show up water stains - from what I have read this doesn't seem quite right although...

Cheers fine with all the regs/ball proofing stuff. The 'post' will be notched over the floor joist and bolted/screwed through I sleep on it and see if the base rail can be detailed so it finishes flush with top of floor so will be less clunky

We are fitting a return balustrade to the top of our loft stairs to form an edge guarding to the floor edge It will be formed from timber - for the spindles is a base rail needed or is this just a time labour saving device? The detail feels a bit clunky. The floor isn't in yet and will be...

don't know what the pros think but u can shave a bit off the door and think it would be normal to do so A good fitting door should have about 3mm gap between frame and door leaf at jambs but a bit more would be ok

Have spoken to the carpenter and at least he has agreed to put it right for nothing :shock: He said he doesn't normally have to chop the bottom of door linings to make it fit and they normally come at the correct length for the door width. The door door lining I got from wickes which has...

easily done then :lol: but would expect the carpenter to get it right!